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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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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 34 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 31) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1994-04-24 by Brian Friedrich 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)
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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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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	Minor Streams of Canada/SE Alaska 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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