Situated west of the Columbia River high above the shore of Upper Arrow Lake, this prominent peak is visible from the Trans-Canada Highway, Revelstoke, and Revelstoke Mountain Resort ski area.

The first ascent of the mountain was accomplished June 11, 1907, by James Robert Robertson, J. Herdman, and Rupert W. Haggen, with Edward Feuz Jr. as guide.

Despite the modest elevation, the climate supports a glacier in the north cirque.

[1] Mount Begbie is a gabbroic volcanic plug, and one of the volcanoes of the Chilcotin Group.

More than 50 small pegmatite bodies on the northern slope of the mountain are relatively well known among prospectors.