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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 →

TETRAGON PEAK  2910m  9547′ Highest summit and the hydrographic apex of the group. There is conspicuously folded bedrock on the northeast face. The rock is of good quality on Tetragon Peak. 1. Southwest Ridge. The FA party first climbed Unnamed 2790m … Continue reading →

THE STEEPLES  2880m  9449′ One large and three small pinnacles in the notch immediately north of Cuestaform Peak. The rock is not good, and The Steeples are adjacent to Cuestaform Peak, far closer than indicated on the map.  CUESTAFORM PEAK  2760m  9055′ … Continue reading →

CRYSTALLINE MOUNTAIN Crystalline Mt. has two summits about 0.5 km apart, located about halfway along the watershed of the group. The north summit is labeled on the map. NORTH SUMMIT 2850m 9350′ 1. Northeast Face, East Ridge. Camp east of … Continue reading →