Monthly Archives: December 2017

These mountains lie mostly W of the main Purcell watershed between the headwaters of Hamill and Glacier Creeks. They extend S from Jumbo Pass (7480, Jumbo to Glacier Creek) to Earl Grey Pass (7475, Toby to Hamill Creek). That small … Continue reading →

This group includes the peaks which encircle the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers on the E, S, and W. Most of them can be climbed in one day from a camp placed at the N end of the lake although … Continue reading →

Grouped here are all the peaks S of Horsethief Creek, E of its tributary, Farnham Creek, and N and NW of Toby Creek and its N fork, Jumbo Creek. All peaks of this group lie E of the main Purcell … Continue reading →

In this group are the mountains circumscribed by the great arc of Stockdale Creek, between it and Horsethief Creek of which it is the major N branch. Included also are the lesser sedimentary peaks of the Purcell Divide which here … Continue reading →

Within the area delimited roughly by Horsethief Creek on the N and Toby Creek on the S rise all but one (Howser Spire) of the nine summits of the Purcell Range which exceed 11, 000′ in elevation, as well as … Continue reading →

 Until relatively recently, the existence of this group of in­teresting peaks was hardly suspected. When viewing N from peaks of the main Purcell uplift, the eyes of early moun­taineer-explorers passed over the intervening area to the higher and more spectacular … Continue reading →

This small and rather inconsequential group of summits oc­cupies the main watershed from Bugaboo Pass (7350) eastward to Forster Pass (7450). The highest and most interesting of these sedimentary peaks is Taurus Mt. Directly SE of this summit lies a … Continue reading →

Entirely E of the main water parting, this group comprises a sub-range along the western border of the Rocky Mountain trench between the valleys of Bugaboo Creek to the N and Frances Creek to the S. These peaks are prominent … Continue reading →

A large wedge-shaped mountainous area lies between the major valleys of NE-trending Bugaboo Creek and E-flowing Horsethief-Stockdale Creeks. Almost 25 mi wide near the Co­lumbia, the wedge narrows almost to a point in the vicinity of Taurus Mountain, surrounded by … Continue reading →

HAYSTACK MT   2683m   8800’ Difficulty: C2 Elevation gain: 3200′ from TH Key elevations:  TH 1707m (5600’); Summit 8800′ Distance: 7.2km Time: 3.5hours one way Access: Good gravel HC to bad bridge  Season: July through September  Map: Drive:  From the Gray … Continue reading →