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Nivation is the set of
geomorphic processes ****ociated with snow patches. The
primary processes are m****
wasting and the freeze-and-thaw cycle, in which...
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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...
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Ridge (Pigeon Spire),
Northeast Ridge (Bugaboo Spire),
Snowpatch and Surf's Up (
Snowpatch Spire)
attract world-class climbers.
There are both bolted...
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Snowpatch Crag is a 6,345 ft (1,930 m)
elevation glaciated mountain summit located in the
Boundary Ranges of the
Coast Mountains, in the U.S.
state of...
- may be from the
melting of the
snowpatch itself, from
groundwater reaching the
surface in
slopes next to the
snowpatch or from
groundwater being forced...
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mountain by
Darrington postmaster W. C.
Hiles in 1894, who
noted that a
snowpatch on the
mountain resembled a
white horse owned by
pioneer Fred Olds that...
- (left) up to the
Douglas Gap; it is
easier still to
scramble onto the
ridge by a right-rising
traverse from the left end of the large, high
snowpatch....
- (left), Hound's Tooth/Marmolata
Spire (centered) in
Bugaboo Glacier, and
Snowpatch Spire (right). East aspect.
Anniversary Peak (left), with Hound's Tooth/Marmolata...
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Purcell Sub-ranges
Farnham Group The
Bugaboos Mountains Farnham Bugaboo Spire Howser Spire Pigeon Spire Snowpatch Spire Glaciers Toby...
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descent route for all
routes on the spire.
After gaining the Bugaboo-
Snowpatch col, 3rd
class scrambling starts up the
ridge following trails and cairns...
