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Unnecessary Mountain, British Columbia
Prominence: 108 m, 355 ft
Elevation: 1548 meters, 5079 feet
True Isolation: 1.62 km, 1.01 mi
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
49° 26' 41'' N, 123° 12' 1'' W
49.44467, -123.200195 (Dec Deg)
485488 E 5476909 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
Canada
State/Province
British Columbia
County/Second Level Region
Greater Vancouver
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Unnecessary at Bivouac.com
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Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
51
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 50)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
1994-04-24 by Brian Friedrich
2006-08 by Matt Juhasz
2011-08-20 by Conrad Vander Eyk
2014-03-12 by Serguei Okountsev
2014-08-20 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track)
2018-04-06 by Seb Kraemer (Unsuccessful)
2019-07-03 by Anders Olson
2020-06-13 by Simon Willan
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It was once necessary to go over Unnecessary Mountain enroute to climb the Lions, hence the name. The early climbers begrudged the fact that an 'unnecessary' mountain had to be climbed en route to the desired summits of the Lions.
Unnecessary Mountain has 3 summits. The southern is the lowest. The middle is a bit higher than the original Unnecessary Mountain on the old Lions Trail to the North.
The Howe Sound Crest trail now goes around the flank of Unnecessary Mountain on the east side. The Howe Sound Crest trail in this vicinity is a subalpine ramble with extensive views across Howe Sound to the Tetrahedron Plateau. The mountain may also be reached directly from Lions Bay via a steep Unnecessary Mountain Trail (access to this trail is from the gated road leading to the Harvey Creek water reservoir.) (description courtesy of bivouac.com)
Unnecessary Mountain, south ridge (2017-01-03). Photo by
Weiwei Yin
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 108 m/355 ft
Optimistic Prominence
: 128 m/420 ft
Line Parent
:
West Lion
Key Col
: 1440 m/4724 ft
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 1.62 km/1.01 mi
Isolation Limit Point
: 49.4567, -123.1875
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
West Lion
(NE)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Coast Mountains
Range4:
Southern Pacific Ranges
Range5:
North Vancouver Ranges
Range6:
North Vancouver Area
Drainage Basins
Strait of Georgia
Pacific Ocean
Topo Map
North Vancouver 92 G/6 1:50,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by
Brian Friedrich
.
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