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Alpha Mountain is a 2,302-metre summit in the Tantalus Range of southwestern British Columbia, in Tantalus Provincial Park northwest of Squamish. Surrounded by glaciers and above Lake Lovely Water, it drains into tributaries of the Squamish River and stands out as part of the Alpha-Serratus-Tantalus-Zenith Ridge. Basil Darling and Alan Morkill first climbed the peak in 1914 by the southwest ridge and soon named it Alpha for both the first Greek letter and its position as the ridge’s first southeastern summit. Officially adopted in 1957, the mountain is also known for severe coastal mountain weather and a notable early climbing history.
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