Hounds Tooth, The Bugaboos | |
Elevation M: | 2824 |
Prominence M: | 19 |
Region Type: | Province |
Region: | British Columbia |
District: | Kootenay Land District |
Part Type: | Protected area |
Part: | Bugaboo Provincial Park |
Range: | Purcell Mountains The Bugaboos |
Coordinates: | 50.7242°N -116.775°W |
Type: | Granite |
First Ascent: | 1930 Conrad Kain |
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]
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.