What is the peak to the left of MSH as viewed from OHSU?

scvcs76 · Post by **scvcs76** » January 25th, 2015, 9:13 am

Hi - I've been spending a lot of time up at OHSU lately and I've become obsessed with figuring out what the most prominent peak on the left flank (to the west) of MSH is. (I'm not referring to Rainier peeking over the shoulder, I mean the next peak over to the left, looks like it's closer to Portland than MSH).

Looking at my map I'm thinking Goat Mtn, next to the Goat Marsh Research Natural Area. Is that right?

If so, it looks like it's on NFS land - are there any trails to the peak, and if so is it forested, or are there views?

Thanks,
Chad

Peabody · Post by **Peabody** » January 25th, 2015, 9:46 am

Goat Mountain?

In a cringe worthy moment Sally Showman on KOIN called it Rainier and said you could only see it in clear days.

scvcs76 · Post by **scvcs76** » January 25th, 2015, 10:22 am

Thanks! I'd never heard of PeakFinder - any advantage to getting the USA West version over the Earth version? Just the storage space required for the app?

retired jerry · Post by **retired jerry** » January 25th, 2015, 10:52 am

I saw Sally Showman when I was walking around Mt Hood

I should have said something, but I didn't want to hassle her

Plus, she was with a group of women and it was too scary to say anything

Peabody · Post by **Peabody** » January 25th, 2015, 1:32 pm

retired jerry wrote:Plus, she was with a group of women and it was too scary to say anything

Sounds like someone needs to start hiking with a wing man.

@scvcs76 As far as I know, size would be the only difference. I downloaded Peakfinder USA west on my wife's iPhone because of the smaller app size.

Eric Peterson · Post by **Eric Peterson** » January 25th, 2015, 4:13 pm

Funny, I've always wondered about that peak too. Now we both know what it's called

Checked in Topo and Goat Mt. is just under 5000', looks way higher than that from Portland, weird
sciency stuff at work here I suspect.

Please don't que up Weird Science on my account

Don Nelsen · Post by **Don Nelsen** » January 25th, 2015, 4:41 pm

Here's a little more info on Goat Mt. for those who may be interested:

http://www.summitpost.org/goat-mountain/153737

dn

retired jerry · Post by **retired jerry** » January 25th, 2015, 7:32 pm

you have great info on summitpost, Don, I refer to it occasionally, thanks

scvcs76 · Post by **scvcs76** » January 25th, 2015, 8:08 pm

Thanks for the info! Mystery solved! And it's on the to do list!

AAdamsPDX · Post by **AAdamsPDX** » January 26th, 2015, 10:46 am

Hooray! I've seen this peak from my 10th-floor office building for the last 12 years and it's always bugged me that I didn't know its name. Thank you!

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