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 ...

Sandwiched between British Columbia's Purcell Mountains and the ... and is the largest of its kind in the world. The Bugaboos, a two-hour drive from Golden, have serious mountaineering pedigree ...

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 ...

"The Bugaboos have kind of got a long history ... it pales in comparison to other recent rockfalls in British Columbia. Two landslides on Joffre Peak in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park in 2020 ...

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 ...