Hound's_Tooth_(mountain)

Hound's Tooth (mountain)

Hound's Tooth (mountain)

Mountain in the country of Canada

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]

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Climate

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.

See also

Hound's Tooth is large exposed rock face to right, north aspect
(Anniversary Peak to left)

References

  1. [1]
    "Crescent Spire". bivouac.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. [2]
    "Crescent Spire". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  3. [3]
    Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.


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