Mt. Gould

I have been on Mt. Gould (13,012 ft) once before and it's an easy scramble from Kearsarge pass, probably one of the easiest 13ers, so excellent choice for mountain introduction. Fedor and Eugene joined me for adventure. I also decided to make it a loop this time, coming back via Golden Trout Lake. The most interesting part was to get down to the lake, we choose north side and it did work out fine.

Mt. Gould loop trail map

Kearsarge Pass

Golden Trout Lake

Mt. Gould register

Summit block of Mt. Gould

Rae Lakes

Descent to Golden Trout Lake

It took us 10 hours car to car, cross country part was super slow, requiring a lot of bolder hopping and dealing with the scree.

Glenn Pass from Onion Valley hike

We left LA Friday at 2:00 pm with hope to get our permit the same day. Eastern Sierra Interagency Visitor Center closes at 5:00 pm. We was late by 7 minutes and friendly ranger tell us to come back tomorrow. Its good idea to get acclimatization for high altitude hikes, so we went to Horseshore Meadow (10000 ft /3048 m) for this purpose. Saturday morning we finally got our permit, rent a mandatory bear canister ($2.5 per day) and headed to trail head (9212 ft / 2807 m). Easy hike to Kearsarge Pass (11,760 ft / 3584 m) took about 3 hours. Then I hiked to Mt. Gould (13005 ft / 3964 m).

Kearsarge and Bullfrog lakes from Mt. Gould

Looking south from Mt. Gould to Kearsarge lakes (on the left) and Bullfrog lake (on the right). It took me 2:20 to hike from Kearsarge Pass to Mt. Gould and back. Then we descend to the valley and camped near Kearsarge lakes.

Kearsarge lake

Fish

 Sunday we left most of our staff at camp and attempt day hike to Glenn Pass (11978 ft / 3650 m).

Little lake on the way to the Glenn pass

Gelnn Pass

Rae lakes from Glenn Pass