Mount Meager massif

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The broad top of Mount Meager contains six named major summits. The highest is called Plinth Peak. The second highest summit is the main summit of Mount Meager, 2,646 metres (8,681 ft), the third highest summit is Capricorn Mountain, 2,569 metres (8,429 ft), which consists of a boomerang shaped ridge, with one summit on each end of the boomerang. The fourth highest summit is Mount Job, 2,493 metres (8,180 ft), which is a steep pile of rubble held together by volcanic ash and sand. The fifth highest summit is Pylon Peak, 2,473 metres (8,112 ft), at the southern edge, which overlooks Meager Creek Hot Springs. The lowest of the six summits is Devastator Peak, 2,327 metres (7,635 feet), this peak is seen as an impressive towering horn while from other angles it looks like a minor bump.

On the southernmost flank of Mount Meager are two pinnacled ridges that extend out from Pylon Peak and are named respectively the Pylons and the Marionettes on the Geological Survey of Canada special area map.

On the north side of Capricorn Mountain is a spectacular volcanic plug called Perkin's Pillar. The upper half of Perkin's Pillar broke sometime in June of 2005 and only a jagged sliver remains of the previously mighty summit.

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

Elevation: 2,551 metres (8,369 feet)
Type: Outcrop
Age of rock: Pliocene
Last eruption: Pleistocene

Mount Meagher has long been considered suitable for potential geothermal energy.