Goat Mountain (California)

Goat Mountain is a 12,207-foot-elevation (3,721-meter) mountain summit located in Kings Canyon National Park, in Fresno County of northern California, United States.^[3] It is situated on Monarch Divide which is west of the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Topographic relief is significant as the southeast aspect rises 5,600 feet (1,700 meters) above Paradise Valley in 2.5 miles. This feature was so named because mountain sheep, erroneously called goats, were once seen on the slopes.^[4] The name was already in use when the first ascent of the summit was made in 1896 by Joseph Nisbet LeConte and party.^[5] This mountain's name has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[3]

Goat Mountain
Northeast aspect
Highest point
Elevation	12,207 ft (3,721 m)[1]
Prominence	927 ft (283 m)[1]
Parent peak	Dougherty Peak (12,241 ft)[2]
Isolation	3.89 mi (6.26 km)[2]
Listing	Sierra Peaks Section
Coordinates	36°52′10″N 118°34′27″W[3]
Geography
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Location	Kings Canyon National Park Fresno County, California, U.S.
Parent range	Sierra Nevada
Topo map	USGS The Sphinx
Geology
Rock age	Cretaceous
Mountain type	Fault block
Rock type	granitic
Climbing
First ascent	1896
Easiest route	class 2[2]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Goat Mountain is located in an alpine climate zone.^[6] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, 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 onto the range (orographic lift). Precipitation runoff from this mountain drains into tributaries of the South Fork Kings River.

Goat Mountain from Lake 10620 (Kid Lakes)

See also

• Mountains portal

• List of mountain peaks of California

References

1. "Goat Mountain, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
2. "Goat Mountain - 12,207' CA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
3. "Goat Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
4. Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt, Wilderness Press, 1986, ISBN 9780899970479, page 82.
5. Francis P. Farquhar, Place Names of the High Sierra (1926)
6. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

• Weather forecast: National Weather Service