Pyroclastic Peak

Pyroclastic Peak
South face of Pyroclastic Peak
Highest point
Elevation	2,349 m (7,707 ft)
Prominence	145 m (476 ft)
Coordinates	50°06′51.8″N 123°17′34.1″W / 50.114389°N 123.292806°W / 50.114389; -123.292806Coordinates: 50°06′51.8″N 123°17′34.1″W / 50.114389°N 123.292806°W / 50.114389; -123.292806
Geography
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Parent range	Pacific Ranges
Topo map	NTS 92J/03
Geology
Age of rock	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruption	Pleistocene
Climbing
First ascent	1971 R. Chicoine; F. Douglas; R. Wyborn^[1]

Pyroclastic Peak is the second highest of the five named volcanic peaks immediately south of Mount Cayley in British Columbia, Canada. It is steep and rotten and is located 12 km (7 mi) southwest of Callaghan Lake and 24 km (15 mi) west of Whistler. It is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes.

On the south ridge of Pyroclastic Peak is a feature known as The Vulcan's Thumb which remains unclimbed^[1] because of the looseness of the rock.

References

1 2 "Pyroclastic Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2007-05-01.

Pacific Ranges

Ranges	Bendor Britannia Bunster Cadwallader Calliope Camelsfoot Cantilever Caren Chilcotin Colville Conical Douglas Earle Edwards Fannin Fitzsimmons Franklyn Fraser Garibaldi Gastineau Georgina Koeye Lewis Lillooet Namu Nicholl Niut North Shore Pantheon Pembroke Sir Harry Tantalus Tottenham Unwin Waddington Wharncliffe Whitemantle

Mountains	Akasik Alfred Alice Arthur Asperity Birkenhead Bishop The Black Tusk Blackcomb Blanshard Brandywine Breakenridge Brew Brew Burke Callaghan Capricorn Castle Towers Cauldron Cayley Cinder Cone Clarke Coquitlam Crevasse Crag Crickmer Crown Currie Cypress Devastator Dewdney Eagle Edge Elsay Fang Fee Fitzgerald Forefinger Frederick William Fromme Garibaldi Good Hope Grouse Helena Job Judge Howay Kinch Little Finger Little Ring Luna Mamquam Meager Merlon Middle Finger Monarch Monmouth Munday Nicomen One Eye Opal Cone Overill Pali Petlushkwohap Plinth Powder Price Pylon Pyroclastic Queen Bess Raleigh Red Tusk Ring Robie Reid Round Serratus Seymour Silverthrone Skihist Stein Somolenko Spearhead Table Tantalus Taseko Tatlow Tiedemann Tricouni Tuber Vic Victoria Vulcan's Thumb Waddington Wedge Wellington

Passes	Cayoosh Griswold McGillivray Pemberton Railroad Tyoax Wedge

Glaciers	Compton Névé Diamond Garibaldi Névé Ha-Iltzuk Homathko Klinaklini Mamquam Monarch Pashleth Powder Mountain Silverthrone Spearhead

Communities	List of communities in British Columbia

Parks	Clendinning Duffey Lake Garibaldi Mount Elphinstone Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Spruce Lake (South Chilcotin) Upper Lillooet Golden Ears Tantalus Mehatl Creek Birkenhead Lake Joffre Lakes Ts'il?os Bishop River Princess Louisa Marine Callaghan Nairn Falls Brandywine Falls Alice Lake Blackcomb Glacier Tetrahedron Stawamus Chief Murrin Mount Seymour Cypress Indian Arm Pinecone-Burke Shannon Falls Rolley Lake Sasquatch Big Creek Homathko Estuary Davis Lake

Volcanoes of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt

The Black Tusk Mount Brew Tuber Hill Salal Glacier volcanic complex Sham Hill Cauldron Dome Mount Cayley Pyroclastic Peak Vulcan's Thumb Cinder Cone Ember Ridge Mount Fee Franklin Glacier Volcano Mount Garibaldi Atwell Opal Glacier Pikes Little Ring Mountain Mount Meager Bridge River Vent Capricorn Mountain Devastator Peak Mount Job Perkin's Pillar Plinth Peak Pylon Peak Monmouth Creek complex The Castle Pali Dome Mount Price Clinker Peak Ring Mountain Round Mountain Silverthrone Caldera Mount Silverthrone Machmell River Cone Slag Hill The Table Tricouni Southwest Watts Point volcanic centre

See also Volcanism of Canada portal

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Pyroclastic Peak

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