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Mount Gould
Mount Gould's summit from its south ridge, May 2009.
Highest point
Elevation	13,011 ft (3,966 m) NAVD 88
Prominence	1,030 ft (314 m)
Parent peak	Black Mountain
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates	36°46′48″N 118°22′40″W / 36.7798674°N 118.3778757°W / 36.7798674; -118.3778757
Geography
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Location	Fresno / Inyo counties California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS Mount Clarence King
Climbing
First ascent	1890, by J. N. LeConte, Hubert Dyer, Fred Pheby, and C. B. Lakeman
Easiest route	Simple Scramble, class 3

Mount Gould is a thirteener on the Sierra crest, just north of the Kearsarge Pass.

Geography

Mount Gould's north-south ridge straddles the boundary between Fresno County and Kings Canyon National Park to the west, and Inyo County and the John Muir Wilderness to the east. Its western slopes drain to the Kings River, and its eastern slopes feed the Owens River. Its nearest neighboring peaks are Dragon Peak to the north across Gould Pass, and Nameless Pyramid to the south across Kearsarge Pass.

Climbing history

The first recorded ascent was in 1890 by Joseph N. LeConte, Hubert P. Dyer, Fred S. Pheby, and C. B. Lakeman. They called it University Peak. They scrambled the talus of Gould's south ridge, and climbed the more solid rock of its summit block. This route, by way of the Kearsarge Pass Trail from the Onion Valley trailhead, remains the easiest and most accessible approach. In 1896, LeConte and a party climbed a higher peak, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) to the south, to which he transferred the name, University Peak. The next day he led a second climb of Mount Gould and named it for his companion, Wilson S. Gould.

See also

• Thirteener

References

1. ^ "Mount Gould, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
2. "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
3. "Mount Gould". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
4. Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club.
5. ^ Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 171. ISBN 978-0898869712.
6. Gudde, Erwin G. (2004). California Place Names (4th ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.

External links

• "Mount Gould". SummitPost.org. Retrieved May 31, 2011.

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