North America / Purcell Mountains
Canada · 3,204 m
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Bugaboo Spire is a granite climbing peak in Bugaboo Park, British Columbia. BC Parks labels it 3,176 m on its park map; the imported atlas record above lists 3,204 m. That discrepancy is unresolved. Height alone does not describe the glacier approach, technical climbing or descent.
BC Parks · Bugaboo Park map · Los Alamos Mountaineers · Bugaboo Northeast Ridge
Wikidata description: mountain in British Columbia, Canada. Imported context (CC0); retrieved 2026-10-05, not independently reviewed.
This overview is assembled from the geographic records cited below; it has not been independently field-verified.
4 source-linked entries · research checked 2026-10-05. The inventory remains incomplete.
Starting point: 1 of 4 · Difficulty with grading system: 2 of 4 · Elevation gain: 1 of 4 · Duration: 1 of 4 · Season: 0 of 4
0 historical entries. These counts describe published entries, not all possible routes. Current access is not established.
See route research coverage and priorities →Grades retain their published rating system; different systems and historical grades are not equivalent. Elevation gain means climbing metres, not summit altitude. Missing figures are not estimated.
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| Route | Activity / direction | Difficulty / system | Starting point | Elevation gain | Duration | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conrad Kain Hut approach | HikingApproach | Not documented | Bugaboo Park trailhead parking | About 700 mHut approach: ACC table and BC Parks; ACC prose gives 720 m | 3–4 h (ACC); 1.5–3 h (BC Parks)One-way hut approach; published estimates differ and trail damage may invalidate them | Source 1 ↗ Source 2 ↗ |
| Kain route · Southeast ridge | AlpinismAscent | III / 5.6 (table); AD / 5.8 (overview)Published commitment / YDS and alpine overall / YDS notations | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Source 1 ↗ Source 2 ↗ |
| Northeast ridge | AlpinismAscent | IV / 5.8Commitment grade / Yosemite Decimal System | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Source 1 ↗ Source 2 ↗ |
| Kain route descent after Northeast ridge | AlpinismDescent | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Not documented | Source 1 ↗ |
Choose an activity to see its entries. Ascent, descent, approaches and historical climbing lines are labelled separately.
These figures concern the hut approach, not a Bugaboo Spire ascent. ACC reports damaged trail sections and difficult crossings.
Alpine Club of Canada · Conrad Kain Hut · source checked 2026-10-05
BC Parks · Bugaboo Park · source checked 2026-10-05
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
No source-backed climbing duration or elevation gain established here. Glacier approach and descent require separate planning.
Summit Mountain Guides · Bugaboo Alpine Rock · source checked 2026-10-05
Los Alamos Mountaineers · Bugaboo Northeast Ridge · source checked 2026-10-05
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Alpine rock ridge with glacier travel and a complex return via the Kain route.
Summit Mountain Guides · Bugaboo Alpine Rock · source checked 2026-10-05
Los Alamos Mountaineers · Bugaboo Northeast Ridge · source checked 2026-10-05
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Los Alamos identifies the Southeast ridge / Kain route as the descent for the Northeast ridge. Detailed descent logistics remain separate research.
Los Alamos Mountaineers · Bugaboo Northeast Ridge · source checked 2026-10-05
The source establishes a route listing. Detailed navigation, current protection and conditions require the original reference.
Specific planning questions, with the scope of each source kept visible.
Summit Mountain Guides lists III/5.6 in its route table but AD/5.8 in its overview. These combine different grading systems and also disagree on the rock grade. We preserve the discrepancy; the catalogue does not select a definitive grade or silently convert it.
No. ACC and BC Parks publish hut-approach estimates, not a summit-climb duration. Their estimates also differ. Add the selected climb and descent separately, and check the current park or hut notice before relying on a published approach time.
Alpine Club of Canada · Conrad Kain Hut · BC Parks · Bugaboo Park
Climbing Chronicle Redaktion · Sources checked · Source research; current route conditions are not confirmed.
BC Parks’ park map gives 3,176 m. Our imported geographic record lists 3,204 m, so the figures disagree. Use the attributed park-map figure for this answer; a survey-based reconciliation of the catalogue remains open.
No. Los Alamos describes technical climbing with substantial glacier travel. The Kain route is the easier alternative in that reference and also the descent from the Northeast ridge; easier does not mean a walking trail.
Compare approach, rock climbing and descent separately. The Los Alamos reference lists IV / 5.7 and stresses route finding and efficient climbing. A checked climbing time and elevation gain remain open.
ACC lists a 4.6 km approach taking about 3–4 hours. Its feature table gives 700 m of ascent, while the access description says 720 m. These are hut-approach figures; they exclude the Bugaboo Spire climb and descent. Flood damage can make the published estimates unreliable.
The ACC page still carries a 14 July 2026 warning about damaged crossings after the 2025 flood. It describes possible fording and says operations may be adjusted or suspended. This source check does not confirm that the crossings have been repaired or that the hut is operating on your travel date.
Compare the rock climbing, glaciated approach and return route separately. Missing climbing times and elevation gains remain open.
The less technical alternative in the checked references, also used for descent from the Northeast ridge. Published rock grades disagree; do not infer a hiking route.
Los Alamos Mountaineers · Bugaboo Northeast Ridge · Summit Mountain Guides · Bugaboo Alpine Rock
Longer, more involved alpine rock climbing. Los Alamos stresses efficient route-finding, glacier travel and the complexity of the Kain descent.
The usual hut approach begins at the Bugaboo Park public trailhead. ACC lists 4.6 km and 3–4 hours to Conrad Kain Hut, not to the summit. Its notice dated 14 July 2026, still published when checked on 7 October, reports flood-damaged crossings and warns that hut operations may be suspended if access cannot be managed safely. Check the operator before travelling.
Alpine Club of Canada · Conrad Kain Hut · BC Parks · Bugaboo Park
Summit Mountain Guides lists Kain as III / 5.6 in its difficulty table but AD / 5.8 elsewhere on the same page. Northeast is IV / 5.8 there; Los Alamos lists IV / 5.7. These published differences are unresolved. Glacier travel and a complex descent add demands beyond the rock rating.
Summit Mountain Guides · Bugaboo Alpine Rock · Los Alamos Mountaineers · Bugaboo Northeast Ridge
ACC describes a summer-only hut. BC Parks warns that summer storms can still bring lightning and snow; glacier conditions and hut dates need separate checks.
Alpine Club of Canada · Conrad Kain Hut · BC Parks · Bugaboo Park
Hut operation and approach notices, including trail damage advisory updated 14 July 2026.
Park access, advisories and glacier-travel requirements; check live advisories before travel.
This page stores reference sources, not live conditions. Check the provider’s publication date and route coverage before use.
For Bugaboo Spire, this atlas does not yet document first-ascent history. Missing first-ascent evidence does not mean a mountain is unclimbed.
Use the linked sources as starting points; summit coordinates do not describe a climbing route or public access.
Imported geographic data from Wikidata (CC0); not independently field-verified. Data snapshot: 30 September 2026. Elevations and boundaries can differ between sources. Mountain-range membership follows explicit Wikidata relationships or a coordinate match against published GMBA v2 standard polygons. GMBA: Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment (2021), CC BY 4.0; methodology: Snethlage et al. (2022). Missing evidence remains open.
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