Mount Hosmer is a mountain

Mountain

Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 in the Rockies

Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...

 in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It shares its name with the adjacent community of Hosmer

Hosmer, British Columbia

Hosmer is a small town near Fernie, British Columbia, and Sparwood, British Columbia.And is situated near Mount Hosmer.Hosmer was named after Charles R...

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

Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. Cliffs are formed as erosion landforms due to the processes of erosion and weathering that produce them. Cliffs are common on coasts, in mountainous areas, escarpments and along rivers. Cliffs are usually...

s, can be seen from further down the Elk Valley in Fernie

Fernie, British Columbia

Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...

. 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

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

Fernie Ghostriders

The Fernie Ghostriders are a Junior B Ice Hockey team based in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at Fernie Memorial Arena...

 hockey team takes its name from this shadow. Neil Peart

Neil Peart

Neil Ellwood Peart , OC, is a Canadian musician and author. He is the drummer for the rock band Rush.Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario . During adolescence, he floated from regional band to regional band in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer...

's autobiography, Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider (book)

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road is a 2002 memoir by Neil Peart, the drummer and main lyricist for the Canadian progressive rock band Rush...

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

The Ghost Rider shadow should not be confused with the popular show Ghost Writer or Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider (comics)

Ghost Rider is the name of several fictional supernatural antiheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Marvel had previously used the name for a Western character whose name was later changed to Night Rider and subsequently to Phantom Rider.The first supernatural Ghost Rider is...

the Marvel comicbook.