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Young Warrior

Name: Young Warrior
Rating: 3.0

5.9 YDS 5c French 17 Ewbanks VI UIAA 17 ZA HVS 5a British A3

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	All Along the Watchtower T 5.11 6c+ 23 VIII- 23 E4 5c C2- R
	Armageddon T 5.12+ 7c 28 IX 27 E6 6b
	Dodging Deanna T 5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b
	Eye of Providence T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a
	Hey Kool-Aid! T 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
	Seventh Rifle, The T 5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c C1 PG13
	Spicy Red Beans and Rice T 5.12- 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R
	Under Fire T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Young Warrior T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a A3

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Type:	Trad, Aid, Alpine, 3000 ft (909 m), Grade VI
GPS:	50.73041, -116.81367
FA:	Dave Russel, Chris Harkness
Page Views:	4,258 total · 19/month
Shared By:	chris harkness on Jul 11, 2008
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

After failing on an attempt to climb an undone column system on the right side of N. Howser, we settled for what appeared to be an unclimbed line to the right of "Warrior" (Burton, Sutton). After talking to Hugh Burton and Marc Piche, we are still unsure how much of this route is shared with "Warrior". Nonetheless, this climb was nothing short of an epic. Check out the following link for the full story:

alpinist.com/doc/ALP18/news…

Location

W. face of N. Howser tower. We approached via the East Creek Basin rappels. I would not recommend it. It was a lot of work. Perhaps skirting around the north side of the massif, though longer, would be less arduous. We descended the West face, though I believe most people descend the East face.

Protection

Standard trad/aid rack. We put in a rappel route down the entire West face which follows this route. (Warning: some raps are more than 60 meters) First set of anchors can be found where the ridge scrambling begins, near the top out of "All along the Watchtower" and the other routes on the left side of the wall.