Hound's Tooth (mountain)

Hounds Tooth, The Bugaboos

Hound's Tooth
Highest point
Elevation 2,824 m (9,265 ft)[1]
Prominence 19 m (62 ft)[1]
Coordinates 50°43′27″N 116°46′30″W / 50.72417°N 116.77500°W / 50.72417; -116.77500[1]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains
Topo map NTS 82K/10
Geology
Mountain type Granite
Climbing
First ascent 1930 Conrad Kain

Hound's Tooth is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Hound's Tooth is a rock pinnacle at the end of Marmolata Mountain's northeast ridge. Both mountains are Nunataks, sticking up from the middle of the Bugaboo Glacier.[1] The Hounds' Tooth is composed of a coarse, fractured granite.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.


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