Mount Goode (California)

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Mount Goode
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North aspect, from Long Lake
Highest point
Elevation 13,085 ft (3,988 m) [1]
Prominence 845 ft (258 m) [1]
Parent peak Mount Gilbert [1]
Isolation 1.62 mi (2.61 km) [1]
Listing Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates 37°07′23″N118°34′05″W / 37.1230273°N 118.5681061°W / 37.1230273; -118.5681061 [2]
Naming
Etymology Richard Urquhart Goode
Geography
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Mount Goode
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Mount Goode
Location Fresno  /  Inyo counties California, U.S.
Parent range Sierra Nevada [1]
Topo map USGS North Palisade
Geology
Rock type granite
Climbing
First ascent July 16, 1939 by Chester Versteeg [3]
Easiest route class 2 [3]

Mount Goode is a 13,085-foot-elevation (3,988-meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, United States. [2] It is situated on the shared boundary of Kings Canyon National Park with John Muir Wilderness, and along the common border of Fresno County with Inyo County. It is also approximately one mile west-northwest of Bishop Pass, one mile east-southeast of Mount Johnson, 1.23 miles (1.98 km) south of Hurd Peak, and 16 miles (26 km) west of the community of Big Pine.

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History

This mountain's name and location were officially adopted in 1926 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names based on a recommendation by the Sierra Club. [2] Prior to 1926, the USGS placed Mount Goode at the location of Black Giant. The name commemorates Richard Urquhart Goode (1858–1903), geographer for the United States Geological Survey, in charge of the Pacific Division, Topographic Branch. [4] The first ascent of the peak was made July 16, 1939, by Chester Versteeg, a prominent Sierra Club member.

Climbing

Established rock climbing routes on Mount Goode: [5]

Route Class PitchesFirst Ascent
Southeast Slope21939
West Ridge5.4
No Goode5.43
North Buttress5.991974
Goode Earth5.106
Sky Pilot5.1162014

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Goode is located in an alpine climate zone. [6] 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 west into the Kings River, and east to Owens River via Bishop Creek.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount Goode, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Goode". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 223. ISBN   978-0898869712.
  4. ↑ Moynier, John; Fiddler, Claude (1993). Sierra Classics 100 Best Climbs in the High Sierra. Chockstone Press. p. 150. ISBN   978-0934641609.
  5. ↑ "Mt. Goode Rock Climbing". Mountain Project. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 1. ISSN   1027-5606.
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