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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

Subpeaks	Unnecessary Mountain-North Peak (1543 m/5062 ft)
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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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 81 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 78) Selected Trip Reports: 1994-04-24 by Brian Friedrich 2006-08 by Matt Juhasz 2011-08-20 by Conrad Vander Eyk 2014-03-11 by Serguei Okountsev 2014-08-20 by Serguei Okountsev (GPS Track) 2018-04-06 by Seb Kraemer (Unsuccessful) 2018-08-01 by Amy Tso 2019-07-03 by Anders Olson 2020-06-13 by Simon Willan 2020-07-04 by Andrew Knapman
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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)

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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

Capilano
Burrard Inlet
Strait of Georgia
Pacific Ocean

Howe Sound
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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