Mount Gould (Montana)

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Mount Gould
Garden Wall.jpg
Mount Gould (center) and the rest of the Garden Wall
Highest point
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Parent peak Mount Siyeh
Listing Mountains in Glacier County, Montana
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Geography
Parent range Lewis Range
Topo map USGS Logan Pass
Climbing
First ascent 1920 by Frank B. Wynn, Harry R. Horn, Henry H. Goddard, and party
Easiest route West Face (scramble/Class 3)

Mount Gould is a peak on the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States. It is the highest point of the Garden Wall, a distinctive ridge of the Lewis Range. It is most notable for its huge, steep east face, which drops 4,000 ft (1,220 m) in only one-half mile (0.8 km). This face provides a backdrop to Grinnell Lake, and is often photographed.

The first recorded[3] ascent of Mount Gould was in 1920, by Frank B. Wynn, Harry R. Horn, Henry H. Goddard, and party. They used the West Face route, which is the easiest and most commonly used route today. It starts from the Highline Trail, which skirts the west side of the peak, and involves some rock scrambling but no technical climbing.

Climbing the sheer East Face of Mount Gould is theoretically possible; however the brittle, loose nature of the rock in Glacier National Park makes the ascent highly technical, unpleasant, and dangerous.[citation needed]

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East face of Mount Gould above Grinnell Lake


See also

Notes

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  3. Since access to the summit is nontechnical, an earlier ascent, and perhaps a much earlier Native American ascent, is possible.

Sources

  • J. Gordon Edwards and Josephine Gould, A Climber's Guide to Glacier National Park, Falcon Press, 1991. ISBN 0-87842-177-7.

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