Goode Mountain

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Goode Mountain
Goode Mountain.jpeg
height 2810  m
location Chelan County , Washington , USA
Mountains Northern Cascade Range
Notch height 1161 m
Coordinates 48 ° 28 '58 "  N , 120 ° 54' 39"  W Coordinates: 48 ° 28 '58 "  N , 120 ° 54' 39"  W.
Goode Mountain (Washington)
Goode Mountain
First ascent July 5, 1936 by Wolf Bauer, Philip Dickett, Joe Halwax, Jack Hossack and George MacGowan
Normal way Southwest Couloir ( easy climb with exposed tips , difficulty level 4 ( YDS ))
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The Goode Mountain is one of the main peaks of the North Cascades in the State of Washington . It is named after the topographer Richard Urquhart Gooden of the USGS and is the highest peak within the North Cascades National Park , between the Skagit River and Lake Chelan . It is the fourth tallest non-volcanic peak in Washington and the twelfth tallest overall.

Goode Mountain is a massive mountain that rises more than 6,000 ft (about 1,800 m) above its base and nearly 7,000 ft (about 2,100 m) above the floor of the Bridge Creek Valley. The mountain consists of a main and two smaller secondary peaks (The West Tower, Southeast Peak). Both minor peaks are more than 8,700 ft (2,652 m) high. On the northeast side, it reaches its height at just 1.6 mi (2.6 km) away. However, due to its isolated location in the rugged North Cascades, it cannot be seen from another main peak. The Goode Glacier is also on the northeast slopes; in addition, there are numerous small snow fields in the high areas. Other main features of the mountain are Greenview Lake at 5,455 ft (1,663 m), the Memaloose Ridge (ridge) at 7,200 ft (2,195 m) and the Goode Ridge at 7,640 ft (2,329 m).

The mountain was first climbed in 1936 via the Southwest Couloir / Southeast Ridge Route, which is still the least technically demanding route. The Northeast Buttress, which was developed by the well-known mountaineers Fred Beckey and Tom Stewart on August 6, 1966, is currently more popular . It contains some stretches in snow, possibly in ice, as well as rocky stretches up to difficulty level 5.5 ( YDS ). One of the most impressive routes is over the Megalodon Ridge; it was first committed on September 6, 2007 by Blake Herrington and Sol Wertkin. The route with difficulty level IV + 5.10 (YDS) leads over a 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long ridge and required Harrington and Wertkin twelve hours to climb. The route covers about 4,000 ft (approx. 1,200 m) to 5,000 ft (approx. 1,500 m) vertical meters and is considered the most difficult on the mountain.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Goode Mountain, Washington . peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
  2. a b Fred W. Beckey : Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass  (= Cascade Alpine Guide: climbing and high routes), 2nd edition, Volume 2, The Mountaineers Books, 1996, ISBN 978-0-89886-838-8 .
  3. Harry M. Majors: Exploring Washington . Van Winkle Publishing Co, 1975, ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6 , p. 45.
  4. ^ US National Park High Points . peakbagger.com. Retrieved in 20180710.
  5. John Roper, Jeff Howbert: Washington 100 Highest Peaks . Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  6. Goode Mountain . summitpost.org. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  7. Blake Harrington: MASSIVE RIDGE CLIMBED IN NORTH CASCADES . Alpinist Magazine. September 22, 2007. Accessed July 10, 2018.

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