{{short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Piccolo Summit | image = | image_caption = | map = British Columbia | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | elevation_m = 2043 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 73 | prominence_ref = | location = British Columbia, Canada | district = New Westminster Land District | range = Fitzsimmons Range | coordinates = {{coord|50|02|48|N|122|56|27|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|J|2}} | type = Volcanic | age = Late Cretaceous | last_eruption = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Piccolo Summit''' is a summit in the Fitzsimmons Range of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the north side of Cheakamus Lake just southeast of the town of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park. The mountain is the highest point of a group of hills called the Musical Bumps.
In 2004, volcanologist Jack Souther of the Geological Survey of Canada convinced that Piccolo Summit is composed of lava flows that erupted from a volcano about 100 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period.<ref name="SI">{{cite web|author=Jack Souther|publisher=Whistler Naturalists|date=August 12, 2004|url=http://www.whistlernaturalists.ca/?page_id=318|title=Why Flute is Red and Piccolo Green}}</ref> Nearby Whistler Mountain is composed of lava flows and nearby Flute Summit is a subvolcanic intrusion that was formed during the same period.<ref name="SI"/>
==See also== *Gambier Group
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==External links== * {{BCGNIS|14202|Piccolo Summit}} * [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=595 Piccolo Summit] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Garibaldi Ranges Category:Volcanism of British Columbia Category:Cretaceous volcanism Category:New Westminster Land District Category:Cretaceous British Columbia
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