Purcell

The Bugaboos exude a greater air of hostility than the much more touristy national parks to the east. If the bumpy 50-kilometre approach road doesn`t damage the underside of your car, then the rubber-loving porcupines might do. The mosquitoes at the forest service camp"ground" (three sites only) seem more voracious in appetite and number. After you`ve negotiated those hazards, your plans might still be scuppered by rain, low cloud or even summer snow in the valley. In the Bugaboos, more than anywhere else in the Rockies, "no pain, no gain" is the order of the day.

Snowpatch Spire from ridge
above Cobalt Lake

Bugaboo Spire from ridge above
Cobalt Lake

Hound`s Tooth and Snowpatch Spire from
near the end of the
approach road to the Bugaboos

Protecting under-carriage of car
from porcupines

Bugaboo Spire and Cobalt Lake

Wire mesh to protect car
from porcupines at Bugaboos

Hound`s Tooth from near the
Conrad Kain Hut 1988

Conrad Kain Hut, 1988

Pasqueflower,
Cobalt Lake Trail

Bugaboo Glacier from ridge
above Cobalt Lake

Pasqueflower,
Cobalt Lake Trail

Pigeon and Howser Spires from
ridge above Cobalt Lake

Bugaboo Glacier and Hound`s Tooth
from Forest Service Campground

Northpost Spire above Cobalt Lake

Cobalt Lake Spire
and Bugaboo Spire;
pussytoe foreground

Snowpatch, Cobalt Lake, Howser and
Bugaboo Spires from
east of Cobalt Lake

Dutch Creek Hoodoos

East Peak in Vowell Group from
flats to east of Cobalt Lake

Dutch Creek Hoodoos

Dutch Creek Hoodoos
with Highway 93 behind

Dutch Creek Hoodoos

Canadian Mountain Holidays
Bugaboo Lodge

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