Mount Fee

Mount Fee
Mount Fee as seen from the northeast
Highest point
Elevation	2,162 m (7,093 ft)
Prominence	312 m (1,024 ft)
Coordinates	50°04′59″N 123°15′00″W / 50.08306°N 123.25000°W / 50.08306; -123.25000Coordinates: 50°04′59″N 123°15′00″W / 50.08306°N 123.25000°W / 50.08306; -123.25000
Geography
Mount Fee Map of British Columbia, western Alberta, northern Washington and northeastern Pacific Ocean, with Mount Fee located in southwestern British Columbia.
Parent range	Pacific Ranges
Topo map	NTS 92J/03
Geology
Age of rock	Unknown
Mountain type	Eroded volcano
Volcanic arc/belt	Canadian Cascade Arc Garibaldi Volcanic Belt
Last eruption	Unknown; age

Mount Fee is a volcanic peak in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located 13 km (8.1 mi) south of Callaghan Lake and 21 km (13 mi) west of the resort town of Whistler. With a summit elevation of 2,162 m (7,093 ft) and a topographic prominence of 312 m (1,024 ft), it rises above the surrounding rugged landscape on an alpine mountain ridge. This mountain ridge represents the base of a north-south trending volcanic field which Mount Fee occupies.

The mountain consists of a narrow north-south trending ridge of fine-grained volcanic rock and small amounts of fragmental material. It is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long and 0.5 km (0.31 mi) wide with nearly vertical flanks. Mount Fee has two main summits, the southern tower of which is the highest. The summits are separated by a U-shaped crevice that gives them a prominent appearance.

Mount Fee is one of the southernmost volcanoes in the Mount Cayley volcanic field. This volcanic zone forms the central portion of the larger Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, which extends from the Silverthrone Caldera in the north to the Watts Point volcano in the south. The volcanic belt has formed as a result of ongoing subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate under the North American Plate at the Cascadia subduction zone along the British Columbia Coast. This is a north-south trending fault zone about 1,000 km (620 mi) long, extending 80 km (50 mi) off the Pacific Northwest from Northern California to southwestern British Columbia. The plates move at a relative rate of over 10 mm (0.39 in) per year at an oblique angle to the subduction zone.