A cool picture of Snowpatch Spire taken last year by Chris Sampson. Helped my descision to go again this year (not like you need to twist my arm or anything).

It's getting to be that time of year....Winter has been great but soon it will be time to go surf and restart the climbing season.

This is a view of Snowpatch Spire taken from the tarn above the Applebea campsite. Taken by Graniteavenger. Fuji Sensia 100asa.

Steve Keys on The Buckingham Route. An enjoyable route up the West face of Snowpatch Spire. Taken by Graniteavenger on Fuji Sensia 100asa.

You can't miss Sunchine Crack on the Snowpatch Spire. This was taken from the Snowpatch/Bugaboo col on Aug 25/05.

Views of Snowpatch Spire while hiking to the Snowpatch/Bug col. Photo taken Aug/25/05

Me laybacking around the horn on the amazing 5.9 pitch just after the Surf's up ledge. Great exposure on this pitch!

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Second to last pitch of Surf's Up... a wicked 5.8 crack with nice exposure to the glacier a few thousand feet down!

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Ben on the glacier underneath the west face of Snowpatch after doing the Buckingham Route.

Our tent at applebee dome - in the warm morning light is Snowpatch Spire - photo taken by Tradclimbinfool

One of the best routes i've done on Snowpatch spire. 10 pitches of superb crack climbing. Photo by Ulysse

See that little man at the base of Snowpatch Spire in the Bugaboos in SE British Colombia? Thats me. The wall goes on, oh, about 800ft further. I'm on the glacier approaching the spire, and my partner Tyler is taking this photo from about 3/4 of a mile away.

Here I am looking at the West Face of Snowpatch Spire, guide book out, checking out all the great lines. You can see Surfs Up Ledge half way up on the right sky line.

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Looking down at Kathrin relaxing on the comfortable belay while I climb the final pitch on Surfs up.

Kathryn powers up the 5.9 layback flake above Surfs Up ledge.

Looking down the deceptively difficult fourth pitch of Surfs Up.

Kathryn taking a nap in the sun on the most welcome and most spacious Surf Up Ledge.

From surfs up ledge you have two options as to where to go. To the left is the most enjoyable 5.9, and to the right you have a less enjoyable 5.7 option. Here's Kathrin half way up the route on Surfs up ledge thumbing through the guide trying to figure it all out.

Here I am enjoying the view and all the shiny new bolted belays on Kraus-McCarthy rap route.

I took this photo from the top of the South Summit looking across the West Face at a couple of rock climbing good ol' boys from Tennessee. They're on the third to last pitch.

This shot brings 3 of the main objectives for Bugaboo climbers together in one frame. We were there in early August and there was still a lot of snow in the Howser group - the Becky Chounaird had a 30 foot summitt cornice!

The Bugaboo-Snowpatch Couloir awaits, melts, and yawns open its crevasses. (Previous photo merge error corrected)

Snowpatch Spire is the rock on the left, Bugaboo Spire is on the right, and the col is, of course, in between. The Howser Towers are in the distance beyond the col.

Mike Soucy looking up at the North Face of Snowpatch from Bugaboo-Snowpatch Col. Yes....those are unclimbed splitters.