Mount Goode is a 13,085-foot-elevation (3,988 meter) mountain summit located on the crest of the

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mountain range in

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, United States. It is situated on the shared boundary of

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with

John Muir Wilderness The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California for , in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it encompa ...

, and along the common border of

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with

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. It is also approximately one mile west-northwest of

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, one mile east-southeast of Mount Johnson, south of

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, and west of the community of Big Pine.

History

This mountain's name and location were officially adopted in 1926 by the

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based on a recommendation by the

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. Prior to 1926, the USGS placed Mount Goode at the location of

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. The name commemorates

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. The

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of the peak was made July 16, 1939, by Chester Versteeg, a prominent Sierra Club member.

Climbing

Established rock climbing routes on Mount Goode:

Climate

According to the

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system, Mount Goode is located in an

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zone. Most

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s originate in the

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, 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 Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes. It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout ...

onto the range (

orographic lift Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and cr ...

). Precipitation

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from this mountain drains west into the Kings River, and east to

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via Bishop Creek.

Gallery

File:Mount Goode north face detail.jpg, North Face of Goode File:Mount Goode, Bishop Pass Trail.jpg File:Mt. Goode from the end of Long Lake.jpg, Mt. Goode from the end of Long Lake File:Mount Goode from Bishop Pass.jpg, Goode's non-technical southeast slope (left) seen from Bishop Pass.
(Bishop Lake centered and Saddlerock Lake to right) File:Mount Goode and Bishop Lake.jpg, Goode's southeast slope seen from Bishop Pass File:Mount Goode of California.jpg, North aspect File:Mt. Goode CA.jpg File:Westerly View, S Side of Chocolate Peak - panoramio.jpg

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