The Lecture Cutters is located in the McBride Range of the Coast Mountains, and 23 kilometres (14 mi) southeast of Whistler in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

[5] He was accustomed to students skipping his classes, especially members of UBC's Varsity Outdoors Club who regularly climbed in the Garibaldi Park area.

[7] 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.

The months of July and August offer the most favorable weather for climbing The Lecture Cutters.