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Divine Intervention

Name: Divine Intervention
Rating: 3.2

5.11b YDS 6c French 23 Ewbanks VIII- UIAA 23 ZA E3 5c British

Routes in Bugaboo Spire

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	Cooper-Gran (East Face) T 5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b A0
	Divine Intervention T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Kain Route (South Ridge) T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	Midnight Route T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A2
	North East Ridge T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c

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Type:	Trad, Alpine, 1000 ft (303 m), 9 pitches, Grade IV
GPS:	50.74546, -116.78853
FA:	Colin Moorhead, Chris Brazeau 2006
Page Views:	9,366 total · 57/month
Shared By:	hanshan on May 5, 2012
Admins:	Mark Roberts, Kate Lynn, Braden Batsford, Mauricio Herrera Cuadra Page Updates (admin only)

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Access Issue: SNOWPATCH SPIRE ROCKFALL Details

BC Parks is aware of a rockfall incident that occurred on December 23, 2022 on the north end of Snowpatch Spire in Bugaboo Park. The natural occurring event triggered a significant deposit of rock into the glacial basin below, however no park facilities were impacted by the debris. The area involved is a popular recreation area during the operational season (July to September). With this in mind BC Parks has implemented a Closure Area (Travel Not Permitted – Section 17 (Park Act)) and a Rockfall Hazard Zone (Travel Not Recommended) in the localized incident area (February 1 – July 15, 2023) until more information becomes available.

Description

Badass and as classic as anything in the park!!! This is an amazing climb blasting up an incredible face which is often ogled and rarely climbed. That will change once word of the quality of this route gets out.

This route was put up onsight- you'll have full respect for that when climbing the pin protected face climbing on the crux pitch.

No pitch by pitch description here but the line on the photo is accurate, there is a lot of sustained 5.10 fingers, and a couple harder cruxes. The crux of the climb is found around pitch 5 and involves long reaches through a face section where the dihedral peters out for a short section. It's heady and hard. Probably only 11b for climbers who climb a lot harder than that or maybe it just feels hard way up on that face.

If you run the pitches really long (50+ meters) you end up at nice stances for each belay. The best way to finish is to join the Northeast Ridge and go up and over.