Mount Goethe

LocationFresno County, California, USAParent rangeGlacier Divide, Sierra NevadaTopo mapUSGS Mount DarwinClimbingFirst ascentJuly 6, 1933, by David Brower and George Rockwood^[4]Easiest routeHike, class 1^[2]

Mount Goethe is a summit in Fresno County, California, in the United States.^[3] With an elevation of 13,270 feet (4,045 m), Mount Goethe is the 96th highest summit in the state of California.^[5]

It was named after the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the author of Faust.^[6]

Mount Goethe was first climbed in 1933 by David Brower and George Rockwood.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mount Goethe, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
^ ^a ^b "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club.
^ ^a ^b "Mount Goethe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
^ ^a ^b Secor, R.J. (2009). The High Sierra Peaks, Passes, and Trails (3rd ed.). Seattle: The Mountaineers. p. 311. ISBN 978-0898869712.
^ "California Thirteeners". Vulgarian Ramblers. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
^ Bright, William (1998). 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning. University of California Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-520-21271-8.