Mount Gould (California)

This article is about Mount Gould in California. For other uses, see Mount Gould.
Mount Gould
Mount Gould's summit from its south ridge, May 2009.
Highest point
Elevation13,011 ft (3,966 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,030 ft (314 m)[1]
Parent peakBlack Mountain[1]
ListingSierra Peaks Section[2]
Coordinates36°46′48″N 118°22′40″W / 36.7798674°N 118.3778757°W / 36.7798674; -118.3778757[3]
Geography
Mount Gould is located in California
Mount Gould
Mount Gould
Mount Gould is located in the United States
Mount Gould
Mount Gould
Location Fresno / Inyo counties California, U.S. 
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Clarence King
Climbing
First ascent1890, by J. N. LeConte, Hubert Dyer, Fred Pheby, and C. B. Lakeman[4]
Easiest routeSimple Scramble, class 3[5]

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

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Gould, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  3. ^ "Mount Gould". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  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.