Piccolo Summit is a summit in the

Fitzsimmons Range The Fitzsimmons Range is a small mountain range on the northwestern edge of the Garibaldi Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located between the valleys of Cheakamus Lake (SW) and Fitzsimmons Creek (NE). Its most famous summit is ...

of the

Garibaldi Ranges The Garibaldi Ranges are the next-to-southwesternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains; only the North Shore Mountains are farther southwest. They lie between the valley formed by the pass between the Cheakamus River and ...

of the

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in southwestern

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. It is located on the north side of Cheakamus Lake just southeast of the town of Whistler in

Garibaldi Provincial Park Garibaldi Provincial Park, also called Garibaldi Park, is a wilderness park located on the coastal mainland of British Columbia, Canada, 70 kilometres (43.5 mi) north of Vancouver. It was established in 1920 and named a Class A Provincial ...

. The mountain is the highest point of a group of hills called the Musical Bumps. In 2004, volcanologist

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of the

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convinced that Piccolo Summit is composed of lava flows that erupted from a volcano about 100 million years ago during the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cre ...

period. Nearby

Whistler Mountain Whistler Mountain ( Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Nsqwítsu) is a mountain in the Fitzsimmons Range of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, located on the northwestern edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park. It is the location of the Whistler-Blac ...

is composed of lava flows and nearby Flute Summit is a

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that was formed during the same period.

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Piccolo Summit
in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Two-thousanders of British Columbia Garibaldi Ranges Volcanism of British Columbia Cretaceous volcanism New Westminster Land District Cretaceous British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaCoast-mountain-stub

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