Vetter Peak is separated from the Nass Ranges of the Hazelton Mountains in the east by the Tseax River valley.

Vetter Peak was subsequently renamed to Xhlawit on May 11, 2000, in accordance to the Nisga'a Treaty.

According to Sigidimnak' Angaye'e, a Nisga'a elder, "the shape of the mountain peak is likened to a xhlaawim gan/ a V-shaped stem or limb of a tree.

[3] 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.