Crescent Towers

Crescent Towers, The Bugaboos
Crescent Towers
Highest point
Coordinates 50°45′01″N 116°46′38″W / 50.75028°N 116.77722°W / 50.75028; -116.77722 [1]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Purcell Mountains, Columbia Mountains
Topo map NTS 82K/10
Geology
Mountain type Granite

Crescent Towers are towers just east of Crescent Spire and south of Eastpost Spire in the Purcell Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Crescent towers consist of the North tower, two Central towers, and the two southern most towers named "Donkey Ears" because they resemble the ears of the animal.[1][2]

Routes

North Tower

  • North Ridge, 5.6
  • Northwest Side, 5.4

Central Towers

  • Northwest Gully, 4th
  • Lion's Way, 5.6
  • Lions and Tigers, 5.8
  • Tiger's Trail, 5.9
  • Lost in Space, 5.10+

South Towers (Donkey's Ears)

  • Thatcher Cater, 5.10
  • Edwards-Neufeld, 5.10+
  • Ears Between, 5.7
  • Eeyore, 5.9

References

  1. 1 2 "Crescent Towers". summitpost.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Crescent Towers". mountainproject.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.


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