Place: CA-Goddard

Goddard Canyon-8,438' (Mt. Goddard, Mt Henry) (37.1971603, -118.7959463)
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	Deg	Min	Vertical Deg	Min	Distance	Visible
Delilah	32	54	2	5	32.6	No
Park Ridge	13	47	1	17	33.8	No
Buck Rock	6	13	0	59	32.2

Mt Goddard, 13,537' (Mt. Goddard) (37.1032709, -118.7195528)
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	Deg	Min	Vertical Deg	Min	Distance	Visible
Delilah	46	44	4	1	30.2	Yes, on a clear day
Park Ridge	25	15	3	16	29
Buck Rock	17	5	3	5	26.5

Goddard Creek-5,963' (Mt. Goddard, Marion Peak) (36.9818823,  -118.6248247)
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	Deg	Min	Vertical Deg	Min	Distance	Visible
Delilah	65	38	1	18	30.0	No
Park Ridge	44	40	0	20	25.1	No
Buck Rock	37	35	-1	43	21.4

Goddard Divide-12,470' (Mt. Goddard, Mt Darwin) (37.1085478, -118.6798303)
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	Deg	Min	Vertical Deg	Min	Distance	Visible
Delilah	46	44	4	1	30.2	No
Park Ridge	25	15	3	16	29.0
Buck Rock	17	4	3	5	26.5

North Goddard Creek-5,963' (Mt. Goddard, Mt Henry) (37.1341048,     -118.7642769)
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	Deg	Min	Vertical Deg	Min	Distance	Visible
Delilah	40	32	2	41	30.1	No
Park Ridge	19	16	1	40	30.0	No
Buck Rock	10	58	1	31	28.0

 


Description:
“Thirty-two miles north-northwest is a very high mountain, called Mount Goddard, in honor of a Civil Engineer who has done much to advance our knowledge of the geography of California, and who is the author of “Britton & Rey’s Map.” (Whitney Survey: Geology, 1865, p. 382.) George Henry Goddard was engaged for several years (1853-1855) in surveying for a practical wagon route across the Sierra Nevada. In 1855 he ascertained that the boundary angle between California and the then territory of Utah was situated in Lake Tahoe and not, as supposed, in Carson Valley. He prepared a map of California, published by Britton & Rey in 1857. Born in England about 1817; naturalized American citizen, 1861; lived in San Francisco for many years. (U.S.C. & G. Survey: Report for 1900, appendix 3, p. 264. Report of Surveyor-General of California, 1856, p. 101.)
Brewer’s party of the Whitney Survey in 1864 made two unsuccessful attempts to reach the summit. (Whitney Survey: Geology, 1865, pp. 392, 394, 398,399.)
“We found the Sierra Club register in the monument on the summit and inscribed our names with those of fifteen others who have made the ascent since September 23, 1879, when, as a small yellow document proclaims, the mountain was first climbed by Lil A. Winchell and Louis W. Davis.” (S.C.B., 190l, III:3, p. 255, notes of a climb of Mount Goddard in 1900 by Harley P. Chandler. See, also, S.C.B., 1922, XI:3, p. 251.) From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

A very high peak, over thirteen thousand feet, rises between the San Joaquin and Kings rivers, which we call Mount Goddard, after an old surveyor in this state. It was very desirable to get on this, as it commands a wide view, and from it we could get the topography of a large region. Toward it we worked, over rocks and ridges, through canyons, and by hard ways. We got as far as horses could go on the ninth, and thought that we were within about seven miles of the peak. We camped at about ten thousand feet, and the next day four of us started for it—Hoffmann, Dick, Spratt (a soldier), and I. We anticipated a very heavy day’s work, so we started at dawn. We crossed six high granite ridges, all rough, sharp, and rocky, and rising to over eleven thousand feet. We surmounted the seventh, a ridge very sharp and about twelve thousand feet, only to find the mountain still at least six miles farther, and two more deep canyons to cross. We had walked and climbed hard for nine hours incessantly, and had come perhaps twelve or fourteen miles. It was two o’clock in the afternoon. Hoffmann and I resigned the intention of reaching it, for it was too far and we were too tired. Dick and Spratt resolved to try it. We did not think they could accomplish it. Dick took the barometer and I took their baggage, a field glass, canteen, and Spratt’s carbine, which he  had brought along for bears. Hoffmann and I got on a higher ridge for bearings, and then started back and walked until long after sunset—but the moon was light—over rocks. We got down to about eleven thousand feet, where stunted pines begin to grow in the scanty soil and crevices of the rocks. We found a dry stump that had been moved by some avalanche on a smooth slope of naked granite. We stopped there and fired it, and camped for the night.  From Up and Down California by William Brewer, Book 5 Chapter 3

But it was a picturesque scene after all. Around us, in the immediate vicinity, were rough bowlders and naked rock, with here and there a stunted bushy pine. A few rods below us lay two clear, placid lakes, [Davis Lakes?] reflecting the stars. The intensely clear sky, dark blue,  very  dark at this height; the light stars that lose part of their twinkle at this height; the deep stillness that reigned; the barren granite cliffs that rose sharp against the night sky, far above us, rugged, ill-defined; the brilliant shooting stars, of which we saw many; the solitude of the scene—all joined to produce a deep impression on the mind, which rose above the discomforts. Early in the evening, at times, I shouted with all my strength, that Dick and Spratt might hear us and not get lost. The echoes were grand, from the cliffs on either side, softening and coming back fainter as well as softer from the distance and finally dying away after a comparatively long time. At length, even here, sleep, “tired nature’s sweet restorer,” came  on. Notwithstanding the hard conditions, we were more refreshed than you would believe. After months of this rough life, sleeping only on the ground, in the open air, the rocky bed is not so hard in reality as it sounds when told. We actually lay “in bed” until after sunrise, waiting for Dick. They did not come; so, after our meager breakfast we started and reached camp in about nine hours. This was the hardest part. Still tired from yesterday’s exertions, weak for want of food, in this light air, it was a hard walk. At three in the afternoon we reached camp, tired, footsore, weak, hungry. Dick had been back already over an hour, but Spratt had given out. Gardner and two soldiers, supposing that Hoffmann and I also had given out, had started with some bread to look for us. We shot off guns, and near night they came in, and at the same time Spratt straggled into camp, looking as if he had had a hard time. Dick and he did not reach the top, but got within three hundred feet of it. They traveled all night and had no food—they had eaten their lunch all up at once. Dick is  very  tough. He had walked thirty-two hours and had been twenty-six entirely without food; yet, on the return, he had walked in four hours what had taken Hoffmann and me eight to do.   From Up and Down California by William Brewer, Book 5 Chapter 3

Trips:

• July 10, 2013 - JMT: Sherri and Gary
• July 29-30, 2012 - Andrea, Sherri, and Gary
• July 2007 - JMT: Sherri and Andrea

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