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Mount Goodall
Map
Highest point
Elevation2,930 m (9,610 ft)
Coordinates52°46′N 120°05′W / 52.767°N 120.083°W / 52.767; -120.083
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeCariboo Mountains
Topo map093A090 or PS-WG3 (north half)
Geology
Mountain typePyramidal peak
Climbing
First ascentAugust 21, 2006
Easiest routeVia Turquoise Pass

Mount Goodall is a mountain in east-central British Columbia, Canada, located near the headwaters of the Clearwater River. Situated in the Cariboo Mountains of the Columbia Mountains, it is the second highest mountain in Wells Gray Provincial Park with an elevation of 2,930 m (9,613 ft). Mount Goodall has eleven distinct summits and extends nearly 8 km (5.0 mi) in a northwest to southeast direction.[1]

The first ascent of Mount Goodall was on August 21, 2006 by Roger Wallis, Don Chiasson, and Jim Lundy from the Alpine Club of Canada. They established its height, only 16 m (52 ft) lower than Wells Gray Park's highest mountain which is unnamed. As of 2015, only four of Goodall's summits have been climbed. [1][2]

Mount Goodall was named in 1966 in honor of Canadian Army Trooper Walter Henry Goodall, K 76212, from Macalister (near Quesnel, British Columbia). He was serving with the Governor General's Horse Guards, RCAC, when he was killed in action on January 4, 1945, age 24. Five other neighbouring peaks were named at the same time for Canadian soldiers from the Quesnel area who were killed during World War II: Mount Pierrway, Mount Winder, Mount Beaman, Mount Hogg, and Mount Aves. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Neave, Roland (2015). Exploring Wells Gray Park, 6th edition. Wells Gray Tours, Kamloops, BC. ISBN 978-0-9681932-2-8.
  2. ^ Correspondence from Roger Wallis on November 30 2014
  • "Mount Goodall". BC Geographical Names.
  • Wells Gray Provincial Park official government website