Mount Hosmer is a

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of the

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. It shares its name with the adjacent community of

Hosmer Hosmer may refer to: People *Hosmer (surname) Places *Hosmer, South Dakota, United States *Hosmer's Grove, Maui, Hawaii, United States *Mount Hosmer (disambiguation) *Hosmer, British Columbia, Canada Other uses *Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of Am ...

, but its best-known elevation, a series of south-facing

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s, can be seen from further down the Elk Valley in Fernie. The mountain is an upside down mountain, where the oldest part of the rock formation is near the top and the youngest is at the bottom.

Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider is a shadow, particularly visible during summer evenings, cast on the central southern cliff face of Mount Hosmer. It closely resembles a figure on horseback followed by a second figure on foot. It has become incorporated into local folk legend and become symbolic of the community of Fernie. The

Fernie Ghostriders The Fernie Ghostriders are a Junior ice hockey, Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Fernie, British Columbia, Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay Internationa ...

hockey team takes its name from this shadow.

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart ( ; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian and American musician, known as the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush (band), Rush. He was known to fans by the nickname "the Profe ...

's autobiography, ''

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'', also owes its title to the shadow, seen by Peart on his cross-country motorcycle journey detailed in the memoir (attributed by Peart to Three Sisters), although the title is also a play on Peart himself.

References

NRC GeoNames
Elk Valley (British Columbia) Two-thousanders of British Columbia Regional District of East Kootenay Front Ranges Kootenay Land District {{EastKootenay-geo-stub