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Columbia Valley

Floor781 m2,562 ft

Depth: 937 m
Rim: 1,719 m
Length: 39.3 km
Tonight: -6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 8 km/h NW

Columbia Valley is up to 937 m deep: the rim reaches 1,719 m and the floor 781 m, along 39.3 km.

All facts

Floor: 781 m

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Depth

Depth of Columbia Valley

Up to 937 m deep (typically 659 m) along the 39.3 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Columbia Valley 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Columbia Valley terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the centre

Columbia Valley elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Columbia Valley weather

Today · Clear · -6 / 1°C (21 / 34°F) · Wind 8 km/h NW

Columbia Valley forecast for about 1,719 m.

Today-6°1°–8 km/h NW
Sat-4°2°3.5 mm6 km/h NE
Sun-5°2°–7 km/h E
Mon-2°0°–1 km/h N
Tue-4°3°2.9 mm4 km/h NE
Wed-4°0°23.6 mm3 km/h NW
Thu-12°1°7.4 mm4 km/h NE
Fri-15°-4°0.5 mm1 km/h N
Sat-13°-3°0.2 mm3 km/h NE
Sun-11°-2°–3 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Columbia Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Columbia Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Wilbur Lake Recreation Site
5.0 km WSW
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Wilbur Lake Recreation SiteCampsite	5.0 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 26.1 × 26.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 54% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

54.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

28.8%

Steep, 30–45°

15.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 17.1% of the 681 km² view
Relief in view: 2,099 m low point 779 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 77.1%Grassland 14.7%Bare rock / sparse 3.9%Water 2.1%Moss & lichen 1.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 13.1 km; 196 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Nostoc kihlmanii8
Water Marigold7
American Beaver6
Rainbow Trout6
Clouded Sulphur6
Floating-leaved pondweed6

Where it sits

Where Columbia Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake O'Hara2,115 m41 km NNE

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Print & wall

JPGColumbia Valley satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-21.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-21)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia

Columbia Valley

West → east through the centre

Nearest campsite