Crescent Spire

Mountain in the country of Canada
50°45′01″N 116°46′38″W / 50.75028°N 116.77722°W / 50.75028; -116.77722[1]GeographyLocationBritish Columbia, CanadaDistrictKootenay Land DistrictParent rangePurcell Mountains, Columbia MountainsTopo mapNTS 82K10 Howser CreekGeologyMountain typeGraniteClimbingFirst ascentJune 1933 Conrad Kain; J. Thorington[1]

Crescent Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Crescent Spire was named in 1933 by James Monroe Thorington because he was impressed with its shape.[1]

Routes

  • West Ridge 5.4 / 180m
  • WIMTA 5.10- / 5 pitches
  • Clean and Dirty 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Paddle Flake Direct 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Paddle Flake 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Left Dihedral 5.11 / 6 pitches
  • Westside Story 5.11 / 6 pitches
  • Roof McTech 5.10+ / 2 pitches
  • Energy Crisis 5.11+ / 2 pitches
  • McTech Arete 5.10- / 6 pitches
  • Mc Tech Direct 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Woza Moya / 5.10- / 6 pitches
  • Dunlop's Dangle 5.10- / 6 pitches
  • Surprisingly Subsevere 5.10 / 6 pitches
  • Northeast Ridge 5.6 / 300m

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.

External links

  • "Crescent Spire". BC Geographical Names.


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