Precipitation runoff from the peak drains north into the Stawamus River, and southwest to Howe Sound via Shannon Creek.

The first ascent of the summit was made in July 1912 by Don Munday, Fred Smith and C. Field via the northeast ridge.

[4] The first ascent party named the mountain "Eagle Head" for the shape of its profile as seen from Sky Pilot.

The mountain's present toponym was officially adopted June 2, 1955, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to remember Samuel A. Habrich, a local prospector who built trails in this area in the early 1900s.

[6] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall.