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Howser Spire

3,412 m11,194 ft

Prominence: 1,320 m4,329 ft
Isolation: 35 km
Tonight: -17°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NE

Howser Spire is a 3,412 m (11,194 ft) mountain in the The Bugaboos, British Columbia, Canada.

All facts

Elevation: 3,412 m · 11,194 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Farnham (3,493 m)
Range: The Bugaboos
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates: 50.7299° N, 116.8135° W

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3D map

Howser Spire 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Howser Spire 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 summit

Howser Spire elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Howser Spire weather

Today · Clear · -17 / -10°C (1 / 14°F) · Wind 6 km/h NE

Howser Spire forecast for the summit, about 3,412 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,108 m.

Today-17°-10°–6 km/h NEBase -4 / 4°
Sat-15°-10°5.0 mm7 km/h EBase -1 / 4°
Sun-14°-9°–8 km/h NEBase 0 / 5°
Mon-11°-5°0.6 mm2 km/h NEBase 3 / 8°
Tue-12°-10°4.3 mm4 km/h SWBase 2 / 4°
Wed-14°-10°21.2 mm5 km/h NEBase 0 / 4°
Thu-23°-12°4.6 mm3 km/h NEBase -9 / 1°
Fri-19°-14°0.5 mm3 km/h NEBase -6 / 0°
Sat-17°-15°0.5 mm8 km/h SWBase -4 / -1°
Sun-18°-14°–3 km/h NEBase -4 / 0°

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 Howser Spire

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

Nearest campsite
Applebee Dome Campground
3.4 km ENE · +1 more within 3.5 km
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Nearest hut
Conrad Kain Hut
3.4 km ENE
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Nearest parking
6.4 km ENE
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All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Applebee Dome CampgroundCampsite	3.4 km ENE
Conrad Kain HutHut	3.4 km ENE
Boulder CampCampsite	3.5 km E
Parking	6.4 km ENE

Slope

Share of the 9.2 × 9.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

16.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

33.9%

Steep, 30–45°

36.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

13.1%

Steeper than 30°: 49.6% of the 85 km² view
Relief in view: 2,264 m low point 1,108 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 37.9%Bare rock / sparse 34.7%Trees 15.3%Moss & lichen 6.5%Grassland 5.1%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.6 km, measured from the Howser Spire summit.

Summit list 9

1Pigeon Spire3,124 m 1.5 km E
2Snowpatch Spire3,063 m 2.3 km ENE
3Flattop Peak3,057 m 2.3 km SE
4Marmolata Mountain3,032 m 2.4 km ESE
5Bugaboo Spire3,204 m 2.5 km NE
6Thimble Peak2,926 m 2.9 km SE
7Rock Ridge Peak2,980 m 3.4 km ESE
8Howser Peak3,062 m 3.6 km SE
9Brenta Spire2,942 m 4.4 km NE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.6 km; 79 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Arrowleaf Senecio14
Dwarf Fireweed12
White pasqueflower11
Fireweed10
Leatherleaf saxifrage9
American Pika8

Where it sits

Where Howser Spire sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Marble Canyon70 km NE

Downloads

Howser Spire downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGHowser Spire satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-20.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

40 m low This 3D map reads 3,372 m at the summit; the official height is 3,412 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 62 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,412 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,372 m	-40 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,350 m	-62 m

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 2026-09-20)
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
Accuracy comparison, 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 · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Howser Spire

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

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