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| seano | Starr's Route from Lake Sabrina  Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2011 | |
| Approaching over Haeckel Col is much shorter than over Lamarck Col, and easily done at night. Horrible choss-heap, but with spectacular views. Trip report | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2012 2:01 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2011 | |
| After the morning on Scylla during a long weekend in Ionian Basin, crossed Lake 11818 (literally, you can step from one peninsula to the other right in the middle) and worked my way over the the SE Ridge of Goddard. Followed the east ridge back to camp at Lake 11592 before humping it out to Wanda Lake for the last evening. This peak is a gigantic loose pile of crap, not very interesting going up but the views are far and away the most comprehensive I have seen the in Sierra (I've noticed over the last couple years that no matter what peak I climbed Mount Goddard always seemed visible). Clears views from Lyell and Ritter to Whitney and Kaweah, could easily distingush 12 Emblem peaks (and I am sure Clarence King was in there somewhere too). | |
| Posted Sep 6, 2011 3:02 pm | ||
| labgloves | SW Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007 | |
| Part of a weekly long backpack out of Courtright. Went to Martha via Gunsight Pass - exited via Hell for Sure pass. | |
| Posted Dec 20, 2010 1:25 pm | ||
| winemanvan | Thirty-three years later Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010 | |
| I revisited this magnificent summit 33 years after my first ascent. My brother Mike, my nephew Andrew from Portland Oregon and I woke up early to 19ºf temps and scrambled from the lake at the base of the SW chute, and reached the summit pretty quick. The views are excellent. There was smoke from a fire down near Cedar Grove, but visibility was really good. Could have stayed up there all day, but it was really cold and windy. It snowed the next day. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2010 2:17 pm | ||
| muajee | via SW Ridge/West Chute Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2010 | |
| Backpacked to Martha Lake from Florence Lake and went up via SW ridge. Awesome view, awesome summit, and an awesome peak! We had the whole route and summit to ourselves. It's very cool to finally see the Ionian Basin in person (someday I will be there). It's also cool that we're the fifth party to sign the summit register this year, which makes me wonder.... We/I might actually made the first Taiwanese ascent of Goddard...?!! Due to its remoteness and not as famous as other landmarks close to the roads in the parks, it's highly possible.... | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2010 3:25 pm | ||
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| winemanvan | Re: via SW Ridge/West Chute | |
| I signed the register 10 days after you did. You're right Goddard is an amazing peak with an outstanding view. You should definitely visit the Ionian Basin. It's rough, but one of the most beautiful and remote places in the Sierra. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2010 2:08 pm | ||
| winemanvan | One of the Best Views Date Climbed: Jun 21, 1977 | |
| From Martha Lake. It snowed for a couple of days, so we hunkered down at the small(frozen)lake between Martha and the Ionian Basin. When the weather cleared we scrambled up the SW ridge and enjoyed one of the best view of the Sierras. Amazing! I will climb it again this summer if all goes well. | |
| Posted Mar 15, 2010 12:39 pm | ||
| murraymcleod | From Martha Lake Date Climbed: Aug 4, 1984 | |
| Climbed with Mark Danner and Keith Erke from Martha lake. Others (Steve Presho, Ryan Snedden) made it to the lower of the twin summits, but wouldn't cross the ridge to the real summit. All part of a Courtright/Hell for Sure/Martha L./Rainbow Lake/Blackcap Basin trip. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2010 2:53 am | ||
| Princess Buttercup | Starr's Route Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| Up from EVO Lake. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2009 11:32 pm | ||
| boyblue | West-ish to East-ish Traverse Date Climbed: Aug 3, 1979 | |
| From Martha Lake I went up a steep chute on the west side of the southwest shoulder (exactly the opposite side of the ridge from the West Chute). Crossed over both summits and dropped down near Ionian to explore some of the lakes. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2009 6:32 pm | ||
| LakesideHiker | NE Col from lake west of Goddard Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008 | |
| Brought up my son (13 yrs), son-in-law and his brother (14 yrs). It was their first peak, and my first time to ascend Goddard. We had planned on going out through the Ionian Basin, but I lost a day due to altitude sickness. In the band between 12900 and 13300, we encountered a thick host of migrating Monarch butterflies. Clear weather, no smoke, was encountered at the top (you could see the coast range). A long drive from Montana, but it was worth the effort. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2008 5:58 pm | ||
| lefty | Starr's Route Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2008 | |
| Hiked from Evolution Lake. We found some class three on the way up but found a nice class 2 escape route on the way down to the east a little past the notch. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 1:33 am | ||
| bechtt | Starr's route (ascent); SW slope (descent) Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007 | |
| Easy climb from Wanda Lake. Views were worth it. Descended via SW slope into the Ionian Basin. Peak #7 on JMT adventure. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2007 5:25 pm | ||
| Pantilat | Starr's Route Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2007 | |
| Climbed via North Lake/Lamarck Col/Darwin Canyon in 15:15 roundtrip (6 hours, 55 minutes car to summit). Pretty sweet climb! http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/699547/page/1#Post699547 | |
| Posted Jul 2, 2007 11:57 am | ||
| MoabPeakBagger | sw ridge Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2003 | |
| SW Ridge from Martha Lake... first major Sierra peak and it blew my mind. Exited via Ionian Basin, which is probably the coolest place in the whole Sierra. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2007 8:32 pm | ||
| David Senesac | SW ridge again Date Climbed: Jul 29, 1981 | |
| Yup brought some friends up this time. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2007 6:05 am | ||
| David Senesac | SW ridge Date Climbed: Aug 29, 1980 | |
| Yup from the southwest via Martha lake solo and recall meeting some others at the top. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2007 6:01 am | ||
| xharv | Southwest Ridge from Martha Lake Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2006 | |
| Climbed it with sodapants on August 11, 2006. Four hours up, two hours down (with rests). The route is class-2 all the way from Martha Lake to the (lower) South Peak on the southwest ridge. However, there is still plenty of snow on the chute from "Lake 12,240". Crampons are useful, ice axe necessary there.
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| Posted Aug 22, 2006 1:16 am | ||
| Langenbacher | Wanda Pass/East slope Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2006 | |
| Beautiful trip via Lamarck Col, Evolution Lake camp. My brother got tired of boulder hopping at Wanda Pass and waited 5 hours for me while I Wanda'ed around finding a nice safe solo route. Secor, Roper and Voge said to follow the ridge, but I dropped down 500 ft. to avoid steep ribs on the way to the summit, then dropped 1600 ft. to a lake, 700 ft. up a ridge to follow the snow, and back down to Wanda Pass. We were lucky to have a 3 day window of good weather. Pix at http://community.webshots.com/album/552775663SpxVXb | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2006 7:33 pm | ||
| Matt Worster | Loved it Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2004 | |
| At the time, my highest peak to date. Part of a 9-day adventure from Florence Lake. LOVED the Ionian Basin. | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2006 11:13 pm | ||
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