The view from the West Ridge of Pigeon Spire... beautiful day!

Pigeon Spire was one of our objectives on a 36-hour jaunt into the Bugs. Perfect weather... beautiful view from the west ridge!

A shot of myself solo'in up the West Ridge. If it wert for sams finger, this would be beauty! Anyone with the mad Photoshop skills wanna try to get that out? I'd be grateful.

A photo of yours truly after simulclimbing most of the West Ridge of Pigeon Spire with Wetrocks.

The west ridge of pigeon is a mellow 5.4 route with nicely exposed knife edge sections. It's a good route to do to get a feel for climbing in the bugs. That said, don't waste an excellent weather window on it if you've planned some more ambitious climbs. This route is good for neglegible weather days. Had I known it was going to piss rain the next few days I would have saved it.

This is a photo that tradclimbinfool took of our new Seattle buddies Seth Steve Sandy and Doug are braving the 30+ mph winds and fridgid temps

byron and I had just finished the west ridge of pigeon spire, an excellent warm-up route for climbing in the bugs. the north faces of the howser towers dominate the background.

Byron Bennett tiptoes across the short knife egde section below the false summit of pigeon spire, on the west ridge route. Howser towers behind.

Cathy looking nervous climbing across one of the more interesting parts of the west ridge.

Mike Burke just before the false summit of Pigeon. Taken by Christiaan Burchell August 2002

Gary walking the knife edge on Pigeon with the Howser Towers in the background.

For years I'd been dreaming of one day going to British Columbia's Bugaboo Provincial Park. Finally in August '09 I met up with Darkside and for the first time found myself in the Bugs awake. This is me crossing the glacier after climbing Pigeon Spire. The light came out weird but I like it.

Summit of Pigeon Spire. The best 5.4 in the world, I reckon.