Buckingham, IV, 5.10

8th Pitch- 25m- 5.9/ The most difficult climbing of the first eight pitches of the Buckingham route. It is published at 5.8, many claim it is 5.10, but my partners and I believe 5.9 is a good compromise. Bottom line is somebody in your party needs to be confident of their slab skills. Traverse out left and up past a bolt for several crux moves, with little positive traction and some exposure to boot (thus the only bolts on the route). Continue back right past another bolt and thus another crux slab move that puts you into a small right angled crack that can assist your ascent from there on easier ground as you near a rap station. Snowpatch Spire, Buckingham, IV, 5.10, Bugaboo Provincial Park, BC, August, 2007