Northpost Spire is a peak in
British Columbia
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, Canada.
Description
Northpost Spire is located in
The Bugaboos
The Bugaboos are a mountain range in the Purcell Mountains of eastern British Columbia, Canada. The granite spires of the group are a popular mountaineering destination. The Bugaboos are protected within Bugaboo Provincial Park.
Geography
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, along the east side of the Vowell Glacier at the south end of
Bugaboo Provincial Park.
Precipitation
runoff
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from Northpost's north slope drains into the headwaters of Vowell Creek → Bobbie Burns Creek →
Spillimacheen River
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→
Columbia River; and from the south slope to Cobalt Lake → Bugaboo Creek → Columbia River. Northpost Spire is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as
topographic relief
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is significant with the summit rising 1,100 meters (3,309 ft) above Vowell Creek in . The nearest higher neighbor is
Brenta Spire
Brenta Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada
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, to the south.
History
The peak's name was applied by James Monroe Thorington in 1930,
and the toponym was officially adopted on November 15, 1962, by the
Geographical Names Board of Canada.
[ The ]first ascent
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of the summit was accomplished in 1938 by Dr. I. A. Richards and his wife Dorothy Pilley Richards
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.[Robert Kruszyna, William Lowell Putnam (III) (1977), ''A Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, south'', American Alpine Club, p. 64.] The first ascent of the north face was made on August 20, 1966, by Fred Beckey
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and Jerry Fuller.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, Northpost Spire is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
* The Bugaboos
The Bugaboos are a mountain range in the Purcell Mountains of eastern British Columbia, Canada. The granite spires of the group are a popular mountaineering destination. The Bugaboos are protected within Bugaboo Provincial Park.
Geography
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* Geography of British Columbia
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*
References
External links
* Northpost Spire
weather
{{Geographic Location 2
, Center = Northpost Spire
, North = Vowell Creek
, Northeast =
, East = Bugaboo Creek
, Southeast = Cobalt Lake
, South = Brenta Spire
Brenta Spire is a peak in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada
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, Southwest = Vowell Glacier
, West = Wallace Peak
, Northwest = Spear Spire
Columbia Valley
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Purcell Mountains
Kootenay Land District