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Stanley Peak
- Easiest route
- 8.0 km+1,681 m · about 5 h
- Prominence
- 248 m814 ft
- Tonight
- -18°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW
Stanley Peak is a 3,155 m (10,351 ft) mountain in the Ball Range, British Columbia, Canada.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,155 m · 10,351 ft
- Range
- Ball Range
- Region
- British Columbia, Canada
- Protected area
- Kootenay National Park
- Coordinates
- 51.1701° N, 116.0535° W
How to get to the top of Stanley Peak
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 4.7 km WNW of Stanley Peak
- Distance
- 8.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,681 m−39 m (5,515 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Stanley Peak 3D map
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Stanley Peak terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Stanley Peak weather
Today · Clear · -18 / -11°C (0 / 12°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW
Stanley Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,155 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,493 m.
- Today-18°-11°–6 km/h NWBase -8 / -1°
- Sat-16°-8°5.3 mm9 km/h EBase -6 / 2°
- Sun-16°-9°–6 km/h EBase -6 / 1°
- Mon-13°-4°–3 km/h WBase -3 / 6°
- Tue-12°-6°1.4 mm3 km/h SWBase -2 / 4°
- Wed-12°-9°16.3 mm6 km/h EBase -2 / 1°
- Thu-19°-10°2.6 mm4 km/h SBase -9 / 0°
- Fri-21°-12°0.9 mm3 km/h WBase -11 / -2°
- Sat-21°-14°0.3 mm7 km/h SWBase -11 / -4°
- Sun-17°-11°–5 km/h SWBase -7 / -1°
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 near Stanley Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Stanley Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Stanley Glacier Trailhead
Nearest parking
4.4 km NNW
Nearest campsite
Marble Canyon Campground
Nearest hut
Shadow Lake Lodge
All mapped places 10
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Stanley Glacier TrailheadTrailhead | 4.4 km NNW |
| Parking | 4.4 km NNW |
| Marble Canyon CampgroundCampsite | 4.9 km WNW |
| Parking | 5.0 km WNW |
| Parking | 5.1 km WNW |
| Marble Canyon TrailheadTrailhead | 5.2 km WNW |
| Ochre Beds & Paint Pots TrailheadTrailhead | 6.6 km W |
| Re21 Ball Pass JunctionCampsite | 7.1 km ESE |
| Tw7 Twin LakesCampsite | 7.1 km NE |
| Shadow Lake LodgeHut | 7.5 km E |
How steep is the route to Stanley Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 8.0 km from 1,493 m to 3,155 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°5.1 km
- 15–30°2.4 km
- 30–45°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Stanley Peak summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Stanley Peak E1.33,047 m 1.2 km E
- 2Beatrice Peak3,125 m 2.1 km ESE
- 3Shadow Mountain W13,087 m 2.9 km NE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 143 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Hooker's Mountain-Avens32
- American Pika27
- Whitebark Pine25
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel25
- Fringed Grass of Parnassus19
- Eggleaf Beardtongue19
Where Stanley Peak sits
- Region
- British Columbia115Canada331North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Marble Canyon↑5.3 km WNW
Floe Lake↑14 km SSW
Mount BabelPeak · 3,103 m↑17 km NNW
Moraine Lake1,884 m↑19 km NNW
Deltaform MountainPeak · 3,424 m↑20 km NW
More in the Canadian Rockies 6
Stanley Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,145 m at the summit; the official height is 3,155 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,155 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,145 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,134 m | -21 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 2026-09-17)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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)