Carcajou Peak is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

Carcajou Peak is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 780 metres (2,560 ft) above the Cheakamus River in 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) and 1,580 metres (5,184 ft) above Billygoat Creek in four kilometres (2.5 mi).

[4] The peak was named by John Clarke and in French-speaking parts of Canada, the wolverine is referred to as carcajou.

[6] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall.

As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.