Large rockfall on Snowpatch Spire will "change the Bugaboos forever'
Mountain guide James Madden was flying over Snowpatch Spire in Bugaboo Provincial Park last week surveying weather conditions when he saw dust clouds.
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Mountain guide James Madden was flying over Snowpatch Spire in Bugaboo Provincial Park last week surveying weather conditions when he saw dust clouds.
Mountain guide James Madden was flying over Snowpatch Spire in Bugaboo Provincial Park last week surveying weather conditions when he saw dust clouds.
Guide Tim McAllister said while dozens of climbing routes on the west side of the Snowpatch Spire are still intact, it was a 'special chunk' that fell off.
The loose rocks left behind will be a hazard for anyone walking in the area for years to come, says mountain guide James Madden. Read more.
Snowpatch Spire, at more than 3,000 metres tall, is considered the centrepiece of the Bugaboos mountain range and is a well-known granite alpine climbing area. Climbers say they were dismayed to learn of a recent rockfall on the peak.