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This article is about Mount Gould in Montana. For other uses, see Mount Gould (disambiguation).
Mount Gould 
Mount Gould above the Garden WallElevation 9,553 ft (2,912 m) Prominence 1,953 ft (595 m) Location Location Glacier National Park, Montana, United States Range Lewis Range, Rocky Mountains Coordinates 48°44′34″N 113°42′52″W / 48.74278°N 113.71444°W 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 4000 feet (1220 m) in only one-half mile (0.8 km). This face provides a backdrop to Grinnell Lake, and is often photographed.
The first recorded[1] 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 highly technical ascents like this one particularly unpleasant and dangerous.
Images of Mount Gould 
Mount Gould from Piegan Pass trail, 1917[2]
Mount Gould's steep east face drops some 4,000 feet down to the valley below.
Mount Gould (center) and the rest of the Garden WallContents
See also
Notes
- ^ Since access to the summit is nontechnical, an earlier ascent, and perhaps a much earlier Native American ascent, is possible.
- ^ Holtz, Mathilde Edith; Bemis, Katharine Isabel (1917). Glacier National Park: Its Trails and Treasures. New York: George H. Doran. http://www.archive.org/download/glaciernationalp003161mbp/glaciernationalp003161mbp.pdf.
Source
- J. Gordon Edwards and Josephine Gould, A Climber's Guide to Glacier National Park, Falcon Press, 1991. ISBN 0-87842-177-7.
External links
Categories:- Mountains of Glacier County, Montana
- Mountains of Flathead County, Montana
- Mountains of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
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