[1] It is situated 16 km (10 mi) southeast of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park, and the nearest higher peak is Mount Benvolio, 669 metres (2,195 ft) to the north-northeast.

Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) above the river in two kilometres (1.24 mile).

[4] Diavolo is an Italian word, meaning "devil", and the peak was so-named by Carter and Townsend because of a steep, rotten arête and black-colored rock.

[5] 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.