# Snowpatch Spire

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**Snowpatch Spire** is a [mountain](/source/Mountain) peak in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. With its [first ascent](/source/First_ascent) in 1940, it was the last of the [Bugaboo Spires](/source/The_Bugaboos) to be climbed.[1] It is located southwest of the [Conrad Kain hut](/source/Conrad_Kain_hut), between Bugaboo, Vowell and Crescent Glaciers, at the south end of [Bugaboo Provincial Park](/source/Bugaboo_Provincial_Park).[5] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted October 29, 1962, by the [Geographical Names Board of Canada](/source/Geographical_Names_Board_of_Canada).[6]

## Climate

Based on the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), Snowpatch Spire is located in a [subarctic climate](/source/Subarctic_climate) zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

## Routes

Climbing routes on Snowpatch Spire:[8]

- *Wildflowers* –
- *Kraus-McCarthy* – class 5.9
- *Sunshine* – class 5.11
- *Surf's Up* (*aka* Southwest Ridge) – class 5.9
- Southeast Corner (*aka* Snowpatch Route) – class 5.8

## Gallery

## References

1. ["Snowpatch Spire, Peakvisor.com"](https://peakvisor.com/peak/snowpatch-spire.html). Retrieved 2023-02-05.

1. Mary Caperton Morton (2017), *Aerial Geology; A High-Altitude Tour of North America's Spectacular Volcanoes, Canyons, Glaciers, Lakes, Craters, and Peaks*, Timber Press, ISBN 9781604698350, p. 42

1. Bedayan, Raffi (1941). "A Bugaboo No Longer". Vol. 4. p. 219. Retrieved 2025-01-04.

1. ["Snowpatch Spire – 10,006' BC"](https://listsofjohn.com/peak/216610). *listsofjohn.com*. Retrieved 2020-11-10.

1. 21772. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

1. JBMUJ. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

1. ["Snowpatch Spire Rock Climbing"](https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105868064/snowpatch-spire). *mountainproject.com*. Retrieved 2023-02-05.

## External links

- "Snowpatch Spire". 2536.
- Snowpatch Spire weather: [Mountain-forecast.com](https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Snowpatch-Spire/forecasts/3084)

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