Mount Goddard (13,568 ft)

9/11/05

Bob Burd
Mathew Holliman
Jeff Dhungana
Rick Kent

Log

02:07am - Left North Lake hiker parking lot
xx:xxam - Reached Lamarck Col (time unknown)
08:10am - Reached Wanda Lake
11:04am - Reached summit of Mt Goddard
11:29am - Left summit
12:50pm - Dropped back into southern end of Davis Lake basin
01:29pm - Wanda Lake (dropped behind Bob & Jeff from here on out)
03:25pm - Left JMT headed back up to Darwin Canyon
05:15pm - Reached base of Lamarck Col
06:37pm - Reached Lamarck Col
09:55pm - Returned to parking lot

Time from TH to summit: 8 hrs 57 mins
Time on summit: 25 mins
Time from summit back to TH: 10 hrs 26 mins
Total Time: 19 hrs 48 mins

Distance (GPS): 31.56 + 1.85 = 33.41 mi RT

Elev Gain

North Lake TH: 9258
Lamarck Col: Delorme 12875 (Secor says 12960; 12880) - lets use 12900
Goddard: 13568
Low pt below Darwin bench: 10675 

Gain to Lamarck Col: 3642
Gain to Goddard (from low of 10675): 2893
Gain back to Lamarck Col: 2225
Gain from S end of Davis Lake basin to Wanda Lake: 365
Unknown: small gains along Evolution Basin

Total Gain: 3642 + 2893 + 2225 + 365 x 2 = 9490


Another long and successful dayhike.

For me it was two Bob's that made this happen: Bob Burd and Bob Rockwell.  Bob Rockwell had brought up the subject of Mount Goddard earlier this year which is when it first interested me.  I say "interested" but it wasn't really something I was looking all that forward to.  I believe Bob R said it took him 7 tries before he successfully completed it as a dayhike.  Thus, I had no expectation that this would be easy.  Had it not been for an invite from Bob Burd I probably would not have gotten around to it.  Burd's invite provided just that extra little nudge I needed.  Burd and Holliman are renowned for their dayhikes and this day would be no exception.

The initial plan was to hike in over Haeckel Col.  This would be the shortest way to reach our destination (~28 mi RT) but would involve a fair amount of cross-country travel.  At the last minute plans were changed so that we would go in over Lamarck Col (which Burd was familiar with).  Thus, we started out from the North Lake hiker parking lot at 2:07am.

Beyond Larmarck Col Mathew soon left us behind.  We would later catch up with each other just before he headed off for his nearby destintation (Mount McGee).  Hiking in the dark for hours it finally began to get light while we were in Darwin Canyon.  Soon after we found ourselves heading south on the John Muir Trail through the Evolution Basin.  Our destination was still quite some distance away.

By 8:10am we reached Wanda Lake and refilled our water bottles.  Mathew rejoined us briefly before heading off to his destination (Mount McGee).

33.5 miles RT
9500+ ft gain

Photos: http://www.rickkent.net/ViewerPlus/viewer.asp?FolderID=428