Mount Goode: Difference between revisions

This mountain is called ''Skitnu Dghelaya'', meaning Brush River Mountain, in the [[Denaʼina language]].<ref>James Kari and James A. Fall, ''Shem Pete's Alaska'', 2nd Ed. 2003, page 319.</ref> The Mount Goode name was officially adopted March 5, 1924, by the [[U.S. Board on Geographic Names]] to commemorate [[Richard Urquhart Goode]] (1858-1903), geographer for the [[United States Geological Survey]], in charge of the Pacific Division, Topographic Branch, at the time when work in the Alaska area was first conducted.<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1402769|name=Mount Goode|accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> The [[first ascent]] of the peak was made in April 1966 by John Vincent Hoeman and Helmut Tschaffert.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196734500/North-America-United-States-Alaska-Mount-Marcus-Baker-Second-Ascent-and-Mount-Goode-First-Ascent-Chugach-Range|title=AAC Publications - North America, United States, Alaska, Mount Marcus Baker, Second Ascent, and Mount Goode, First Ascent, Chugach Range}}</ref><ref>Michael Wood and Colby Holmes, ''Alaska: A Climbing Guide'', The Mountaineers Books, 2001, page 132.</ref> 

Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mount Goode is located in a [[subarctic climate]] zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the [[Knik Glacier]] which surrounds the mountain. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing.