Goode Mountain

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title: "Goode Mountain" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-chelan-county,-washington", "highest-points-of-united-states-national-parks", "north-cascades-of-washington-(state)", "north-cascades-national-park"] description: "Mountain in Washington (state), United States" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goode_Mountain" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Washington (state), United States ::

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Field	Value
name	Goode Mountain
photo	Goode Mountain.jpeg
photo_caption	Goode Mountain
elevation	9,220+ ft (2,810+ m)
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prominence_ft	3808
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etymology	Richard Urquhart Goode
location	Chelan County, Washington, U.S.
range	Cascade Range, North Cascades
coordinates
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topo	USGS Goode Mountain
first_ascent	July 5, 1936 by Wolf Bauer, Philip Dickett, Joe Halwax, Jack Hossack, George MacGowan
easiest_route	Southwest Couloir (Simple climb, with exposure, )
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| name = Goode Mountain | photo = Goode Mountain.jpeg | photo_caption = Goode Mountain | elevation = 9,220+ ft (2,810+ m) | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 3808 | prominence_ref = | etymology = Richard Urquhart Goode | location = Chelan County, Washington, U.S. | range = Cascade Range, North Cascades | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Goode Mountain | first_ascent = July 5, 1936 by Wolf Bauer, Philip Dickett, Joe Halwax, Jack Hossack, George MacGowan | easiest_route = Southwest Couloir (Simple climb, with exposure, ) Goode Mountain is one of the major peaks of the North Cascades in the U.S. state of Washington. Named for topographer Richard Urquhart Goode of the United States Geological Survey, it is the highest peak located in North Cascades National Park, between the Skagit River and Lake Chelan. It is the fourth-highest non-volcanic peak in Washington, and the twelfth-highest summit overall.

Goode Mountain is a massive mountain, rising over 6000 ft from its footings, and almost 7000 ft from the bottom of Bridge creek valley. The mountain is made up of one main peak, and two smaller sub-peaks, The West Tower, and southeast peak. Both are over 8700 ft. Goode Glacier is also located on the northeast slopes of the mountain, in addition to many small snowfields located at higher elevations. Goode Glacier is a hanging glacier and sitting more than 2800 ft below the summit is broken into several sections descending from 7200 to. Other major features of the mountain are Greenview Lake elevation 5455 ft, Memaloose Ridge over 7200 ft, and Goode Ridge 7640 ft.

The mountain was first climbed in 1936 via the Southwest Couloir/Southeast Ridge Route, which is still the least technical route. More popular now is the Northeast Buttress, pioneered by well-known climber Fred Beckey and Tom Stewart on August 6, 1966. It involves some snow, possible ice, and rock climbing up to class 5.5. One of the most impressive routes is The Megalodon Ridge first ascent was September 6, 2007 by Blake Herrington and Sol Wertkin. A IV+ 5.10 route, along a ridge over 5000 ft feet long, which took 12 hours to ascend by Blake Herrington and Sol Werkin. The route has 4000 to of exposure, it's considered one of the toughest established routes on the mountain.

Routes

• Southwest Couloir/Southeast Ridge: first ascent July 5, 1936 by Wolf Bauer, Othello Philip (Phil) Dickert, Joe Halwax, Jack Hossack, George MacGowan
• Northeast Buttress IV 5.5: first ascent August 6, 1966 by Fred Beckey and Tom Stewart.
• Megalodon Ridge IV+ 5.10: first ascent September 6, 2007 by Blake Herrington and Sol Wertkin | last = Herrington | first = Blake | title = Massive Ridge Climbed in North Cascades | work = Alpinist | publisher = Alpinist Magazine | date = September 22, 2007 | url = http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web07f/newswire-goode-megalodon-ridge | access-date = 2008-08-17 }} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Goode_seen_from_Buckner.jpg" caption="Goode seen from Buckner"] ::

References

References

1. {{cite peakbagger. 1836. Goode Mountain, Washington. 2009-01-20
2. {{cite gnis. 1520128. Goode Mountain. 2009-01-20
3. Majors, Harry M.. (1975). "Exploring Washington". Van Winkle Publishing Co.
4. {{cite peakbagger
5. On the northeast side it accomplishes this rise in only {{convert. 1.6. mi. km. horizontal. However, due to its isolated location in the rugged North Cascades, it is not visible from any major road.{{cite summitpost. 151448. Goode Mountain
6. Beckey, Fred W.. (1996). "Cascade Alpine Guide: climbing and high routes, Vol. 2, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass". [[The Mountaineers (club).
7. "MASSIVE RIDGE CLIMBED IN NORTH CASCADES - Alpinist.com".

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