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BC Rockies and the Purcells

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Trip reports and GPS traces by objective for the East Kootenay, Elk Lakes, the Height of the Rockies, and the Purcells.

199 objectives indexed from 13 blogs, 71 of them with reports from more than one.

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Each entry links every trip report, video, or GPS trace the indexed blogs published for that objective. Hover a link to see the report’s own title, which is how combined trips and traverses show what else they cover.

Where an objective is on one of the four tick-lists, that is marked after the links: Kane and Nugara for scrambles and Don’t Waste Your Time for hikes, each carrying the book’s own grade, and the 11,000ers carrying the peak’s elevation. None of the three books is published online, and the 11,000ers is not a book at all, so every mark links to Adam Laycock’s page for that objective, which is the best canonical reference there is for one. Where there is a book, the route description is in it.

The line under each entry says who puts it where. Where the sources agree, that is one region with several names. Where they disagree, the objective is listed on every region page named, and the line links the others: the blogs file Bow Peak under both Banff and the Icefields Parkway, so it is on both pages.

A region marked inferred is not stated by any blog. It was worked out from where the blogs place the objectives around it: those climbed in the same trip, those a report links to, those near its trailhead, or those near where its name is on the map. Checked against objectives the blogs do place, these are right about nine times in ten, so treat one as a pointer rather than a fact. One marked weakly inferred rests on thinner or split evidence — a single linked report, a trailhead between two regions — and is only used where nothing else places the objective, so it may be listed under each region it could be in. Place-name positions are from the Canadian Geographical Names Database, under the Open Government Licence – Canada, and south of the border from the USGS Geographic Names Information System.

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  • 5 Star Summit — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou

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  • Antrim Peak — Steven Song, Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles, Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map

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  • Carmarthen Peak — Steven Song, Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles, Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Central Crescent Tower — Steven Song
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Steven Song
  • Centre Mountain — Sonny Bou, Peaks and Streams
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou, Peaks and Streams
  • Chisel Peak — Bill Kerr
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bill Kerr
  • Copperstain Mountain — Steven Song, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
  • Cradock — Explor8ion
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Explor8ion
  • Cranbrook Mountain — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Cranbrook Summit — Bob Spirko
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko
  • Crescent Spire — Steven Song
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Crescent Towers, North Tower — Steven Song
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Steven Song

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  • Eager Hills Lookout — Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou
  • Eagle's Landing — On-Top
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • East Elk Pass Hill — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Eastpost Spire — Steven Song, Andrew Nugara
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Elko Hill — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Elko Hill Jr — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Elmer Peak — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou

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  • Gaff Peak — Spectacular Mountains
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Spectacular Mountains
  • Ghost Rider Mountain — Bob Spirko
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko
  • Ghost Rider North Peak — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Ghost Rider Peak — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Glamorgan Peak — Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Graves Lookout — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • Gwendoline Mountain — Steven Song, Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles, Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map

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  • Lake of the Hanging Glacier — Annie Ouellet
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • Lakit Lookout — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Sonny Bou
  • Lakit Mountain — Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Leach Ridge — Peaks and Streams
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Peaks and Streams; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Leitrim Peak — Steven Song, Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles, Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Lone Peak — Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Lone Pine Hill — Bob Spirko
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Lookout Point — Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
  • Lookout Point on Ridge North of Fairmont — Bill Kerr
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bill Kerr
  • Loop Ridge (Flathead Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Sonny Bou, Peaks and Streams
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Peaks and Streams · Crowsnest Pass and the Castle: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Lower Bugaboo falls — Annie Ouellet
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • Lussier Peak — Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles

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  • New Lake Viewpoint — Bob Spirko
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko
  • North Star Hill — Bob Spirko
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Northpost Spire — Andrew Nugara
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Numa Pass — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Outstanding
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists

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  • Packhorse Peak — Sonny Bou
  • Pigeon Spire — Steven Song
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Pinto Mountain — Golden Scrambles, Annie Ouellet, Sonny Bou, Bill Kerr
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Annie Ouellet, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Bill Kerr
  • Plumbob Mountain — Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: weakly inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Prince George Mount (Royal Group) — Explor8ion
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • Princess Mary Mount (Royal Group) — Explor8ion
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • Proctor Mount Planner Peak — Explor8ion
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: set by hand
  • Prospectors Valley — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Dont Do
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists

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  • Rampart East Bump — Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou
  • Red Line Peak — Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Redstreak Mountain — Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map · Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou
  • Ridge above ski hill Fairmont Hot Springs — Bill Kerr
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Bill Kerr
  • Rockypoint Ridge — Steven Song
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Steven Song

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  • Vertical Mountain — Golden Scrambles
    • BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map

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Reports are the authors’ own accounts of one day in particular conditions, not route descriptions that stay true. Check current conditions and carry the judgement the terrain needs.

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