Capricorn Mountain

Capricorn Mountain
Capricorn Mountain Location in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation	2,551 m (8,369 ft) [1]
Prominence	303 m (994 ft) [1]
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	50°37′28″N 123°31′54″W / 50.62444°N 123.53167°W / 50.62444; -123.53167Coordinates: 50°37′28″N 123°31′54″W / 50.62444°N 123.53167°W / 50.62444; -123.53167 [2]
Geography
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Parent range	Pacific Ranges
Geology
Age of rock	Pleistocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruption	Pleistocene
Climbing
First ascent	1931 N. Carter; A. Dalgleish; T. Fyles; M. Winram[1]
Easiest route	Climbing

Capricorn Mountain is one of the several volcanic peaks of the Mount Meager massif in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The slopes of Capricorn Mountain appear to be more gentle than other volcanic peaks of the massif. The mountain consists of a boomerang-shaped ridge, with one summit on each end of the boomerang and the main summit in the centre.

On August 6, 2010, a large debris flow started in the vicinity of the Capricorn Mountain. The dam created by the debris flow, on Meager Creek, lasted about one day and was about 30 m (98 ft) high, and impounded water in a temporary lake about 4 km (2.5 mi) long. The debris flow also crossed the Lillooet River downstream and wiped out a forestry road on the opposite bank of the Lillooet River. The response of emergency personnel, fearing a sudden failure of the dam on Meager Creek, was to direct residents on the Lillooet River floodplain, in the village of Pemberton 55 km (34 mi) downstream and in the Lil'wat community at Mount Currie to evacuate the area.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Cascade Volcanoes
• Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

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

Cascade Volcanoes
British Columbia	Silverthrone Caldera Franklin Glacier Volcano Mount Meager Mount Cayley Mount Garibaldi
Washington	Mount Baker Glacier Peak Mount Rainier Goat Rocks Mount St. Helens Mount Adams Indian Heaven
Oregon	Mount Hood Mount Jefferson Three Sisters Broken Top Mount Bachelor Newberry Volcano Diamond Peak Mount Thielsen Mount Mazama (Crater Lake) Yamsay Mountain Mount McLoughlin
California	Medicine Lake Volcano Mount Shasta Mount Tehama Lassen Peak