The Wedge is a distinctive and attractive little peak named for its similarity to a carpenter's wedge. The lower slopes of the mountain clearly show the extent to which the most recent forest fire reached. The darker coloured forest is made up of spruce trees which survived the fire while the lightest coloured trees are a younger, lodgepole pine forest which started growing immediately following the fire. The mountain is sometimes confused with Wedge Mountain which is located in the Crowsnest River Valley.