| Bugaboo Provincial Park | |
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![]() Interactive map of Bugaboo Provincial Park | |
| Location | Kootenay Land District,British Columbia, Canada |
| Nearest city | Invermere, British Columbia |
| Coordinates | 50°48′04″N116°48′09″W / 50.80111°N 116.80250°W /50.80111; -116.80250 |
| Area | 13,646 ha. (136.46 km²) |
| Established | July 13,1995 |
| Governing body | BC Parks |
| Website | bcparks |
Bugaboo Provincial Park is aprovincial park inBritish Columbia, Canada, located in the centralPurcell Mountains.
It was established in 1995 as an amalgamation of Bugaboo Glacier Park, Bugaboo Alpine Recreation Area, and various adjacent lands.[1] The park is known primarily forthe Bugaboos, a formation of mountains that attractsclimbers andmountaineers, and for theConrad Kain hut, analpine hut managed by theAlpine Club of Canada.
Bugaboo has asubarctic climate (KöppenDfc).
| Climate data for Bugaboo Creek Lodge, British Columbia (1981-2010) :1529m | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.5 (86.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 30.6 (87.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) | −2.5 (27.5) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | −1.9 (28.6) | −7.7 (18.1) | 6.7 (44.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.1 (13.8) | −8.1 (17.4) | −3.3 (26.1) | 1.1 (34.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | −5.8 (21.6) | −11.9 (10.6) | 0.8 (33.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) | −13.5 (7.7) | −9.4 (15.1) | −4.7 (23.5) | −1.1 (30.0) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 3.8 (38.8) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.4 (25.9) | −9.6 (14.7) | −16.1 (3.0) | −5.1 (22.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.5 (−35.5) | −40.5 (−40.9) | −31.0 (−23.8) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −10.0 (14.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.5 (27.5) | −4.5 (23.9) | −9.0 (15.8) | −22.0 (−7.6) | −37.5 (−35.5) | −39.0 (−38.2) | −40.5 (−40.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 108.4 (4.27) | 81.6 (3.21) | 63.2 (2.49) | 52.4 (2.06) | 52.8 (2.08) | 75.0 (2.95) | 74.2 (2.92) | 63.7 (2.51) | 51.1 (2.01) | 80.4 (3.17) | 116.8 (4.60) | 88.4 (3.48) | 908 (35.75) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 99.6 (39.2) | 77.5 (30.5) | 58.3 (23.0) | 35.7 (14.1) | 7.1 (2.8) | 0.1 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 2.1 (0.8) | 30.3 (11.9) | 98.2 (38.7) | 87.7 (34.5) | 496.6 (195.5) |
| Source:Environment Canada[2] | |||||||||||||
50°48′N116°49′W / 50.800°N 116.817°W /50.800; -116.817 (Bugaboo Provincial Park)
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