Mount Neal is located in the Coast Mountains, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) east-northeast of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

[3] Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from this mountain's slopes drains to the Lillooet River via Ure, Kakila, and Chaos creeks.

[4] Carter was a prominent member of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club and was credited with many first ascents in Garibaldi Park in 1922–23.

[4] The first ascent of the summit was made September 6, 1949, by three members of the University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club: Arnie Ede, Fleming McConnell, and Bob Nicholson.

[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.