Goodale Mountain Explained

Goodale Mountain
Elevation:12,736+ ft (3882+ m)
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:624
Parent Peak:Striped Mountain[2]
Etymology:Thomas J. Goodale
Listing:Sierra Peaks Section
Map:California#USA
Map Size:200
Label Position:bottom
Country:United States
State:California
Region:Inyo
Region Type:County
Part Type:Protected area
Part:John Muir Wilderness
Range:Sierra Nevada
Coordinates:36.9722°N -118.3854°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]
Topo:USGS Mount Pinchot
Rock:granitic
Age:Cretaceous
Type:Fault block
First Ascent:July 23, 1939 by Norman Clyde, Allan MacRae and Albion J. Whitney[4]

Goodale Mountain is a 12772feet mountain summit located one mile east of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Inyo County of northern California.[3] It is situated less than two miles southeast of Taboose Pass in the John Muir Wilderness, on land managed by Inyo National Forest. It is also northwest of the community of Independence, and one mile northeast of Striped Mountain, the nearest higher neighbor. Topographic relief is significant as the east aspect rises 7200abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Owens Valley in 3.5 miles. It ranks as the 218th highest peak in California.[2]

History

The mountain's name was officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names to commemorate Thomas Jackson Goodale (1830–1894), an Owens Valley pioneer who had an adobe house at nearby Fish Springs.[5] [6] The first ascent of the summit was made July 23, 1939, by Allan A. MacRae, Albion J. Whitney, and Norman Clyde who is credited with 130 first ascents, most of which were in the Sierra Nevada.[7] [8]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Goodale Mountain has an alpine climate.[9] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Sierra Nevada mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into Goodale and Taboose Creeks, thence Owens Valley.

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Notes and References

  1. 2747 . Goodale Mountain, California . 2021-05-27.
  2. 32487 . Goodale Mountain . 2021-05-27.
  3. 260695. Goodale Mountain. 2021-05-27.
  4. 133 . 1.
  5. http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/place_names_of_the_high_sierra/g.html Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
  6. Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada From Abbot to Zumwalt, 1986, Wilderness Press,, page 83.
  7. http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/norman_clyde/page57.html Norman Clyde - Mountaineer, Owensvalleyhistory.com
  8. R. J. Secor, The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, Trails, 2009, Third Edition, Mountaineers Books, .
  9. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1027-5606.