Pigeon Spire
Pigeon Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It may be one of the most climbed of the spires in The Bugaboos owing to its relatively low prominence from the Vowell Glacier and the existence of an easy route.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snowpatch Spire and Howser Spire.
Snowpatch Spire
Peak
Photo: Pmc, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Snowpatch Spire is a mountain peak in British Columbia, Canada. With its first ascent in 1940, it was the last of the Bugaboo Spires to be climbed. It is located southwest of the Conrad Kain hut, between Bugaboo, Vowell and Crescent Glaciers, at the south end of Bugaboo Provincial Park.
Howser Spire
Peak
Photo: George Showman, CC BY 2.0.
Howser Spire, or Howser Spire Massif, is a group of three distinct granite peaks, and the highest mountain of the Canadian Bugaboo Spires. The mountain is located at the southwest corner of the Vowell Glacier, within the Bugaboo mountain range in the…
Bugaboo Spire
Peak
Photo: Pmc, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bugaboo Spire is a peak in Bugaboo mountain range in Canada, located between the Vowell and Crescent glaciers, just under 2 km West of the ACC's Conrad Kain hut. It is known for its alpine climbing. The Spire was first climbed by Conrad Kain in 1916.
Pigeon Spire
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,156 metres
- Description: mountain in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: East Kootenays, Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.73089° or 50° 43′ 51″ northLongitude
-116.79279° or 116° 47′ 34″ westElevation
3,156 metres (10,354 feet)Open location code
9525P6J4+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3570732803OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pigeon Spire” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pigeon Spire”
- Dutch: “Pigeon Spire”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيجيون سپير”
- Ladin: “Pigeon Spire”
- Swedish: “Pigeon Spire”
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