Photos by thc

The Bugaboo-Snowpatch Couloir awaits, melts, and yawns open its crevasses. (Previous photo merge error corrected)

Snowpatch Spire is the rock on the left, Bugaboo Spire is on the right, and the col is, of course, in between. The Howser Towers are in the distance beyond the col.

Alex and Hal silhouetted on top of The Totem Pole (2001).

Unknown climber dude on the crux of the Kain/ South Ridge Route of Bugaboo Spire in Bugaboo Glacier Park (British Columbia, Canada).

The Kain Route serves as the descent for the Northeast Ridge of the Bugaboo Spire. We scouted the route out two days beforehand. Original photo is 4782x1391 pixels.

After several warm days, the descent of the Bugaboo-Snowpatch couloir became more difficult with the widening of the bergshrund, softening snow on the steep, and thinning snow bridges.

Fancy footwork on a moderate Rupley Tower trad climb with many familiar Windy Point rocks in the background: Rupley Towers, More Rupley Towers, Lobos Wall, Chimney Rock, Punch and Judy Towers?, Ripple Wall, The Pharaoh, Friction Rock, and Lost Hawk Pinnacle. 8/11/02

Kasi flashes David and Goliath (5.10c) on 7/28/02.