Decimal Degrees (DD)
49.683820, -123.155300
Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDM)
49° 41.0292' N  123° 9.318' W
Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS)
49° 41' 1.752" N 123° 9' 19.08" W
The Malamute is a smaller granodiorite monolith located in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park directly across Hwy 99 from the eponymous face that has become famous in climbing circles. Similarly popular with the rock-scaling crowd, this water- and ice-scoured exposure features prominent glacial polishing and striations on the same batholithic basement rock as the Stawamus Chief, which formed ~100 million years ago some 15-30 kilometres below the Earth’s surface.
The dark-coloured intrusive mafic dyke (mainly ferromagnesian minerals) that runs vertically down the face of The Chief and figures in a popular First Nations legend, also continues across the highway to the Malamute.
Protection and guardianship are at the heart of the Geopark philosophy. We ask that you treat the land with the same reverence as its original inhabitants, and not remove anything from a site but what you’ve brought to help preserve it for future generations.
The Malamute is located in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park and easily accessed from either the northbound or southbound lanes of Hwy 99 ~2 km south of Squamish.
49.683820, -123.155300
49° 41.0292' N  123° 9.318' W
49° 41' 1.752" N 123° 9' 19.08" W
Geosites of the Aspiring Geopark lie wholly within the unceded traditional territories of the LĂl̀“wat Nation and the Sk̀²wx̀²wĂº7mesh Nation. The nations have lived in—and shared parts of—these territories since time immemorial, with many landscape features and geological events woven into their cultural and oral histories. We are grateful for, and committed to, the opportunity to learn and share these perspectives of the land alongside its original stewards.
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The Fire & Ice Aspiring Geopark comprises four main geological pillars referenced in all interpretive material: (M)ountain Building, (G)laciation, (V)olcanism and (C)ollapse.
Mountain building can involve several processes that contribute to the formation of mountains, such as the collision of tectonic plates that result in folding, faulting, metamorphism and the creation of subduction zones associated with volcanic activity and igneous intrusion.
Glaciation refers to landform phenomena associated with the formation, movement and recession of glaciers and ice sheets. In temperate latitudes such as British Columbia, montane glaciation at higher altitudes is the norm while continental glaciation occurred during Ice Ages like the recent Pleistocene.
Volcanism is the eruption of subterranean molten rock (magma) and gasses onto the surface of the planet and includes the production of volcanic landforms and the effects of eruptions and flowing lava on pre-existing surface formations.
Collapse is a term that refers broadly to both slow processes of destabilization and erosion by wind, water and ice, as well as rapid processes like rockfall and landslides.
Whether acting as primary or secondary forces, one or more of these processes figure in the creation of each geosite.