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Hound's Tooth (mountain)

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Hounds Tooth, The Bugaboos
Hound's Tooth centered
Highest point
Elevation2,824 m (9,265 ft)[1]
Prominence19 m (62 ft)[1]
Coordinates50°43′27″N 116°46′30″W / 50.72417°N 116.77500°W / 50.72417; -116.77500[1]
Geography
Map
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictKootenay Land District
Protected areaBugaboo Provincial Park
Parent rangePurcell Mountains
The Bugaboos
Topo mapNTS 82K10 Howser Creek
Geology
Mountain typeGranite
Climbing
First ascent1930 Conrad Kain[2]

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]

Climate

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Hound's Tooth is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[3] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

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Hound's Tooth is large exposed rock face to right, north aspect
(Anniversary Peak to left)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ^ a b "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  3. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.