Hound's Tooth (mountain)
| Hounds Tooth | |
|---|---|
 Hound's Tooth centered | |
| 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[1] |
| Geography | |
  Hounds Tooth Location within British Columbia | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Protected area | Bugaboo Provincial Park |
| Parent range | Purcell Mountains The Bugaboos |
| Topo map | NTS 82K10 Howser Creek |
| Geology | |
| Granite | |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1930 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
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.
Gallery
Hound's Tooth is large exposed rock face to right, north aspect
(Anniversary Peak to left)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- 1 2 "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.