A bugaboo is an imaginary monster invented to frighten children. In British Columbia, the Bugaboos are real-life rock monsters that make the hearts of rock climbers skip a beat when they see them.

The Canadian Alpine Club Bugaboos hut in southeast British Columbia. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) The trail into the heart of the Bugaboos Mountains of British Columbia. BUGABOO PROVINCIAL PARK ...

SPILLIMACHEEN, British Columbia — Nestled on a rock outcrop at the head of Bugaboo Creek Valley sits the Conrad Kain Hut with a striking view of the Bugaboo Glacier. Named after Conrad Kain ...

HALFWAY UP the South Howser Tower, a 2,000-foot spire of white granite in the far reaches of Bugaboo Provincial Park, my partner, Rob Frost, a 30-year-old professional climber from New Hampshire ...

IN THE BUGABOOS, British Columbia — My holiday in the Bugaboos almost ends as it begins. I am crouched, as instructed, for a helicopter to land and take us to the mile-high Bugaboo Lodge ...

They’d been camping at the base of Snowpatch Spire in the Bugaboos in British Columbia for two months, attempting the first free ascent of the Tom Egan Memorial Route, a 1,500-foot splitter ...

Over the next month we’ll share his stories and photos from the Bugaboos of British Columbia, the Swiss Alps, and New Hampshire’s White Mountains in what we’ve come to call The Mountain Series. The ...

Four climbers reenacted alpine climber Conrad Kain's historic 1916 ascent of Bugaboo Spire. From left to right: Rob Leblanc, Natalia Danalachi, Garry Reiss, and Bryan Thompson. (Ivan Petrov ...

From a rocky ridge high above the Columbia River wetlands, I survey my surroundings. It’s mid-July, but deep snow lingers on the slopes of British Columbia’s Bugaboo mountains. Where the snow ...