Devastator Peak Explained

Devastator Peak
Elevation M:2327
Prominence M:67
Location:British Columbia, Canada
District:Lillooet Land District
Range:Pacific Ranges
Map:Canada British Columbia
Map Size:250
Label Position:right
Coordinates:50.5928°N -123.5308°W
Topo Maker:NTS
Type:Volcanic plug
Age:Pliocene
Volcanic Arc/Belt:Canadian Cascade Arc
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last Eruption:Pleistocene
First Ascent:1931 N. Carter; A. Dalgleish; T. Fyles; M. Winram

Devastator Peak, also known as The Devastator, is the lowest and southernmost of the six subsidiary peaks that form the Mount Meager massif in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located 550NaN0 west of Bralorne.

Geology

Devastator Peak is a dissected andesitic volcanic plug, which was part of a larger structure of Mount Meager, but parts eroded away, leaving Devastator Peak. Like the rest of the Mount Meager massif, it is part of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt which is a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, but it is not within the geographic boundary of the Cascade Range.

Devastator Peak was the source for a thick sequence of andesite lava flows that occurred 0.5-1.0 million years ago. Erosional remnants of these flows form the stratified crags of Pylon Peak. The slopes of the peak are highly unstable, consisting of weak, hydrothermally altered felsic rocks. There have been many recent debris flows which have flowed down into the Meager Creek drainage.

See also

References