Anniversary Peak is a

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, Canada. It is located southeast of the Bugaboo Glacier, on the southern boundary of

Bugaboo Provincial Park Bugaboo Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the central Purcell Mountains. It was established in 1995 as an amalgamation of Bugaboo Glacier Park, Bugaboo Alpine Recreation Area, and various adjacent lan ...

. Precipitation runoff from Anniversary Peak drains into Bugaboo Creek which is a tributary of the

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. Anniversary Peak is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as

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is significant with the summit rising 1,350 meters (4,429 ft) above Bugaboo Creek in .

History

Anniversary Peak was climbed by 43 persons of the

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in five parties in July 1946. The club so-named the peak because it was the 40th anniversary of the club's inception.William Lowell Putnam, Glen W. Boles, Roger W. Laurilla (1990), ''Place names of the Canadian Alps'', Publisher:Footprint, , p. 10 The mountain's toponym was published in "''A Climber's Guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia''" by J.M. Thorington in 1947, and it was officially adopted on October 29, 1962, by the

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Climate

Based on the

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, Anniversary Peak is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Bugaboo Glacier below the peak's northwest slope.

Gallery

File:Anniversary Peak to Snowpatch Spire.jpg, Anniversary Peak (left), Hound's Tooth/Marmolata Spire (centered) in Bugaboo Glacier, and Snowpatch Spire (right). East aspect. File:2015-06-21 Bugaboos 8761.jpg, Anniversary Peak (left), with Hound's Tooth/Marmolata Spire to right. File:Bugaboos, view from lodge.jpg, View from the Bugaboos Lodge. Left to rightː Anniversary Peak, Hound's Tooth, Bugaboo Glacier, and Snowpatch Spire. File:Applebee Dome vista.jpg, Anniversary Peak (left of center) and Marmolata Mountain seen from Applebee Dome File:Bugaboos.jpg

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{{Geographic Location 2 , Center = Anniversary Peak , North = Hound's Tooth , Northeast = Frenchman Mountain , East = Bugaboo Creek , Southeast = Bugaboo Pass , South = , Southwest = Howser Peak , West = Flattop Peak , Northwest = Marmolata Spire Columbia Valley Two-thousanders of British Columbia Purcell Mountains Kootenay Land District

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