Monthly Archives: November 2017

NORTH FORK SURVEY STATION   2733m   8967′ North Fork Survey Station is east of the confluence of Baird Brook and Spillimacheen River. Surveyed at 8967 feet. Map 82N/3 Mount Wheeler. Grid 847-743. The Topographical Survey party of Wm. S. Drewry approached … Continue reading →

COPPERSTAIN MT  2609m  8561′ To the west, at the head of Copperstain Creek; surveyed at 8561 feet. Climbed and used as a camera station, date and route unknown. Map 82N/SW Glacier Park, 1974, and map 82N/6 Blaeberry West Slopes. Approach up … Continue reading →

DAWN MOUNTAIN   2700m   8858′ Three kilometres NNE of Moonraker Peak, on the divide, the border of Glacier National Park at this point. It was a popular climb at the KMC hiking camp, in 2000. Southeast Ridge. The southeast ridge of … Continue reading →

DOGTOOTH RIDGE   ca. 2600m This ridge gives the Dogtooth Group its name. Drive: Take the Holt Creek road which branches from the Gorman Creek road (consult the regional traverse, Gorman Lake to Quartz Lake) and climbs into the alpine zone … Continue reading →

HEATHER MOUNTAIN  2406m  7892′ It is the northernmost summit of the group. Climbed by the Survey, date and route unknown. Map 82N/6 Blaeberry.  DONALD SURVEY STATION   2700m  8858′ Located south-southwest of Donald Station on the railroad, on a northeastern spur; surveyed … Continue reading →

The Dogtooth Group is enclosed in the angle between the Rocky Mountain Trench (Columbia River) and the Purcell Trench (Beaver River), and the Spillimacheen River forms the southern boundary. Its westernmost slopes are in Glacier National Park. The best view … Continue reading →

The Purcell Range is shaped somewhat like a wedge that is bordered on the east by the north-northwest trend of the Rocky Mountain Trench (Columbia and upper Kootenay Rivers) and the nearly north to south trend of the Purcell Trench … Continue reading →

COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS – INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS Includes the Cariboo, Monashee, Selkirk and Purcell Mountains. For many years this extensive alpine uplift was referred to as the Interior Ranges of British Columbia. The Columbia Mountains are separated from the … Continue reading →

PURCELL MOUNTAINS The Purcells are a mountain range that forms the east side of the Columbia Mountains. The high summits of the Purcells tend to be on the west side of the range above the Purcell Trench near the Selkirks, … Continue reading →

The Warren Group is outlined by Vowell Creek on the west, Bobbie Burns Creek on the northeast, Bugaboo Creek on the southeast, and the creek just south of Rockypoint Creek on the south. It is a large area which contains … Continue reading →