Approaching the gendarme on the Kain route. Climber is in the lower right of the photo. The summit of Bugaboo is in the upper left of the photo.

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Approaching the gendarme on the Kain route. Climber is in the lower right of the photo. The summit of Bugaboo is in the upper left of the photo.

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Brennen on the summit

More vistas from the scrambling part of the route (taken on descent) Tony Tennessee and Fred Batliner.

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“Approaching the gendarme on the Kain route. Climber is in the lower right of the photo. The summit of Bugaboo is in the upper left of the photo.”

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Approaching the gendarme on the Kain route. Climber is in the lower right of the photo. The summit of Bugaboo is in the upper left of the photo.

More vistas from the scrambling part of the route (taken on descent) Tony Tennessee and Fred Batliner.

Kain Route, Bugaboo Spire<br>
Photo by MP conributor Kevin Craig<br>
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White dots - Kain Route (south ridge)<br>
Red dots - Rappel at Great Gendarme<br>
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Climbers on the upper Kain Route.

Crux pitch on the Kain route,

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Looking over at Snowpatch Spire from the summit of Bugaboo Spire.

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Paul Hudak at the crux

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Vista on the lower part of the route.

The 4th class intermediate ridge.

Wearing the latest in safety headgear, M-J Cross cleans the last piece of pro on the Gendarme pitch (1982)

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The added hike from the Kain hut to Applebee

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descending the snow patch bugaboo col, there are bolted anchors (4) that get you down the steep section. I used a 60 m rope without an issue. I have circled two anchors

Crossing the Gendarme of the Kain Route

Kain Route Map<br>
contour interval : 100 feet<br>
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Green - Kain Route<br>
Blue - Northeast Ridge

Early season climb up Bugaboo!

Upper section of Kain route showing the Gendarme (led in hob-nailed boots in 1916!) and the approximate route to summit

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Some of the lower roped pitches

David deciding the Knife Edge on the Kain Route.

A key, inobvious rap station on the descent.

Easy scrambling low on the Kain Route. July 1974. Bob Dodds & Wendy Weiss.

On the descent, traversing the pitch below the gendarme.

Looking down from just below the Gendarme pitch.

Bolted belay at the base of the Gendarme pitch.

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