Mount Goode, pronounced like "good", is a prominent glaciated mountain summit located in the

Chugach Mountains The Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska are the northernmost of the several mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Coast Ranges of the western edge of North America. The range is about long and wide, and extends from the Knik and Turnaga ...

, in the

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...

. The peak is situated east of

Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring ...

, northwest of

College Fjord College Fjord is a fjord located in the northern sector of Prince William Sound in the U.S. state of Alaska. The fjord contains five tidewater glaciers (glaciers that terminate in water), five large valley glaciers, and dozens of smaller glaciers ...

, west of

Mount Grace Mount Grace, , is a prominent monadnock located in north central Massachusetts in the town of Warwick, approximately two miles south of the New Hampshire border. The mountain is rugged and largely wooded, but a firetower on the summit provides e ...

, and southwest of

Mount Marcus Baker Mount Marcus Baker (Ahtna: ''Ts'itonhna Dghilaaye’''; Dena'ina: ''Ch'atanhtnu Dghelaya'') is the highest peak of the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. It is located approximately east of Anchorage. This peak is very prominent because of its proxim ...

, on land managed by

Chugach National Forest The Chugach National Forest is a United States National Forest in south central Alaska. Covering portions of Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula and the Copper River Delta, it was formed in 1907 from part of a larger forest reserve. The C ...

History

This mountain is called ''Skitnu Dghelaya'', meaning Brush River Mountain, in the

Denaʼina language Denaʼina , also Tanaina, is the Athabaskan language of the region surrounding Cook Inlet. It is geographically unique in Alaska as the only Alaska Athabaskan language to include territory which borders salt water. Four dialects are usually dist ...

. The Mount Goode name was officially adopted March 5, 1924, by the

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to commemorate

Richard Urquhart Goode Richard Urquhart Goode (December 8, 1858 – June 9, 1903) was an American geographer and topographer with the United States Geological Survey, Northern Transcontinental Railroad Survey, and the Panama Canal Company. Early life Goode was bor ...

(1858-1903), geographer for the

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, in charge of the Pacific Division, Topographic Branch, at the time when work in the Alaska area was first conducted. The

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they e ...

of the peak was made in April 1966 by John Vincent Hoeman and Helmut Tschaffert.Michael Wood and Colby Holmes, ''Alaska: A Climbing Guide'', The Mountaineers Books, 2001, page 132.

Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

, Mount Goode is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the

Knik Glacier The Knik Glacier ( Dena'ina: ''Skitnu Łi'a'') is an ice field located east of Anchorage, Alaska on the northern end of the Chugach Mountains. The ice field averages over long and over across, making it one of the largest glaciers in southce ...

which surrounds the mountain. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing.

References

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* Weather forecast
Mount Goode

Mountain Forecast

Goode Goode ( or , depending on family) is a surname. Notable people Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Goode (Born 1988), British rugby union player * Alexander D. Goode (1911-1943), US Army chaplain * Andy Goode (born 1980), British r ...

Denaʼina

History

Climate

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