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[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]

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

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  Hound's Tooth is large exposed rock face to right, north aspect
  (Anniversary Peak to left)

See also

• The Bugaboos

References

1. "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
2. "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
3. 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.