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]
| 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 in 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 | |
| Mountain type | Granite |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1930 Conrad Kain[2] |
Climate
editBased 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
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Hound's Tooth is large exposed rock face to right, north aspect
(Anniversary Peak to left)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- ^ a b "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". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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