Goodale Mountain

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Goodale Mountain
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East aspect, from Owens Valley
Highest point
Elevation 12,736+ ft (3882+ m) NAVD 88 [1]
Prominence 624 ft (190 m) [1]
Parent peak Striped Mountain [2]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 36°58′20″N118°23′08″W / 36.9721692°N 118.3854380°W / 36.9721692; -118.3854380 [3]
Naming
Etymology Thomas J. Goodale
Geography
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Goodale Mountain
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Goodale Mountain
CountryUnited States
State California
County Inyo
Protected area John Muir Wilderness
Parent range Sierra Nevada
Topo map USGS Mount Pinchot
Geology
Rock age Cretaceous
Mountain type Fault block
Rock type granitic
Climbing
First ascent July 23, 1939 by Norman Clyde, Allan MacRae and Albion J. Whitney [4]
Easiest route   scramble, class 2, Summit block class 3 [4]  

Goodale Mountain is a 12,772-foot-elevation (3,893-meter) mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California. [3] It is situated less than two miles southeast of Taboose Pass in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is also 16.5 miles (26.6 km) northwest of the community of Independence, and one mile northeast of Striped Mountain, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 7,200 feet (2,200 meters) above Owens Valley in 3.5 miles. It ranks as the 218th highest peak in California. [2]

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History

The mountain's name was officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names to commemorate Thomas Jackson Goodale (1830–1894), an Owens Valley pioneer who had an adobe house at nearby Fish Springs. [5] [6] The first ascent of the summit was made July 23, 1939, by Allan A. MacRae, Albion J. Whitney, and Norman Clyde who is credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada. [7] [8]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Goodale Mountain has an alpine climate. [9] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Goodale and Taboose Creeks, thence Owens Valley.

 

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Goodale Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Goodale Mountain". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Goodale Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Secor, R.J. (1992). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (1st ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 133. ISBN   978-0898863130.
  5. ↑ Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
  6. ↑ Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada From Abbot to Zumwalt, 1986, Wilderness Press, ISBN   9780899970479, page 83.
  7. ↑ Norman Clyde - Mountaineer, Owensvalleyhistory.com
  8. ↑ R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, ISBN   9781594857386.
  9. ↑ Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
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