This article is about Mount Gould in Montana. For other uses, see Mount Gould.
Mount Gould (9,557 ft (2,913 m)) is a peak on the Continental Divide in Glacier National Park, Montana, United States.[4] 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[6] 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]
East face of Mount Gould and Angel Wing above Lake Josephine
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Gould is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone characterized by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool to mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −30 °F.
Geologyedit
Like the mountains in Glacier National Park, Mount Gould is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slab of precambrian rocks 3 mi (4.8 km) thick, 50 miles (80 km) wide and 160 miles (260 km) long over younger rock of the cretaceous period.[8] The bulk of the peak is composed of limestone of the Siyeh Formation, and the conspicuous dark band on the east face is a dioritesill.[9]
^Logan Pass, MT (Map). TopoQwest (United States Geological Survey Maps). Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^Decisions of the United States Geographic Board, Place Names, Glacier National Park, Mont., US Government Printing Office, March 6, 1929, page 7.
^Since access to the summit is nontechnical, an earlier ascent, and perhaps a much earlier Native American ascent, is possible.
^Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606. S2CID 9654551.
^Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^James L. Dyson, The Geologic Story of Glacier National Park
Sourcesedit
J. Gordon Edwards and Josephine Gould, A Climber's Guide to Glacier National Park, Falcon Press, 1991. ISBN0-87842-177-7.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Gould (Montana).
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