Snowpatch Spire South Face - Bugaboo Spire East Face

With classics such as the Northeast Ridge (part of Steck and Roper's 50), the Cooper-Gran and the moderate Kain route, the east face of Bugaboo Spire offers some great climbing with a moderate approach (by Bugaboo standards). The south face of Snowpatch, on the other hand, is the realm of long and difficult aid routes, with a few more modern free lines being put up on the left side in recent years.

Route List

1: Guy Like You, 5.12c, Cunningham, Ouellette, Willie, 2017/Bureau-Lafontaine, Ouellette, Tanguay, 2018

2: South Saddle Schtick Up, 5.11c, Brazeau, Lank, 2016

3: South Face Left, 5.8 A2, Jones, Lowe, 1973

4: This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven, A4, Berg, Hector, 2005

5: ASTA, 5.9 A3, Blanc-Gras, Jonglez, 1996

6: Edwards-Jessup, 5.12- R, Edwards, Jessup, 1999

7: South Face Direct, 5.8 A2, Abrons, Millikan, 1965

8: Upper South Face, 5.12-, Hudson, Leemets, Williams, 1966/Gibson, Rohn, 1980

9: Lightning Bolt Crack, 5.10, Banks, Beidleman, Dean, 1981

10: Left Hand var., 5.9, Boeking, Hall, Hall, 1986

11: Direct var., 5.10-, Geoff, MacAllister

12: Snowpatch Route, 5.8, Arnold, Bedayn, 1940

13: Honeymooners var., 5.9, Benoliel, Hamilton, 1989

14: Kain Route, 5.8, Kain, MacCarthy, MacCarthy, Vincent, 1916

15: Herr2 Route, 5.11, Herr, Herr, 1979

16: Japanese Pillar, 5.12-, Bowling, Cosgrove, 1992

17: Cooper-Gran, 5.11, Cooper, Gran, 1960/Gibson, Tschipper, 1980

18: Symposium, 5.8 A2+, McAfee, 2002

19: Midnight Route, 5.12b, Cole, Wilson, 1981/Brazeau, Simms, 2007

20: Divine Intervention, 5.11b, Brazeau, Moorhead, 2006

21: Modern Graffiti, 5.10+, Harvey, Roach, 1990

22: Pretty Vacant, 5.10 A1, Buszowski, Thompson, 1983

23: Where’s Issac, 5.11+, Copp, Hollenbaugh, 2002

24: Northeast Ridge, 5.8, Craft, Isles, Sykes, Turner, 1958/Buszowski, Ehmann, 1985