Mt. Gould (13,005') is a thirteener on the Sierra crest, just north of the Kearsarge Pass. Mt. Gould's north-south ridge straddles the boundary between Fresno County and Kings Canyon National Park to the west, and Inyo County and the John Muir Wilderness to the east. Its western slopes drain to the Kings River, and its eastern slopes feed the Owens River. Its nearest neighboring peaks are Dragon Peak to the north, Mt. Rixford to the west, and Nameless Pyramid to the south across Kearsarge Pass.

There are several class 1 routes to the top. The first recorded ascent was on July 2, 1890 by Joseph N. LeConte, Hubert P. Dyer, Fred S. Pheby, and C. B. Lakeman. They called it University Peak. They scrambled the talus of Gould's south ridge, and climbed the more solid rock of its summit block. This route, by way of the Kearsarge Pass Trail from the Onion Valley trailhead, remains the easiest and most accessible approach.

In 1896, LeConte and a party climbed a higher peak, 2.4 miles to the south, to which he transferred the name, University Peak. The next day he led a second climb of Mt. Gould and named it for his companion, Wilson S. Gould.

Fin Dome is a thin blade of granite found in the heart of the Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness. It rises from the ridge separating Sixty Lakes Basin from Rae Lakes, standing as a sentinel and seen by hundreds of hikers each year as they make their way along the John Muir Trail in its vicinity. Only a handful of those that see it come to climb it.

Named by Bolton C. Brown in 1899. On a sketch map he depicted the features between Rae Lakes and Sixty Lake Basin (neither of those yet named at the time) as a south-facing monster: "The Sea Serpent." Of the names of the serpent's parts, "The Fin" is the only one that stuck. What Brown called "The Head" is the feature with an unchecked elevation of 11,942 feet. "The Tail" was the long ridge running north from Fin Dome.

The easiest route to its summit is the circuitous and challenging class 3 West Face. The South Ridge and North Buttress are rated class 4, but these are far more difficult than what would be considered class 4 by today's standards. Several noteworthy class 5 climbs have been established on the steeper east side, in particular the 5.7 East Face first climbed by Galen Rowell and Marek Glogoczowski in 1972.

Mount Cotter, located in the Kings Canyon National Park, is named for Dick Cotter who was a packer with the California Geological Survey in 1864. Cotter and Clarence King made the first ascent of Mount Tyndall. The Mountain has an elevation of 12,719 feet.

The mountain is easily climbed from Gardiner Basin with a class 2-3 slope. There are more difficult routes found on the north and east sides of Mount Cotter. The mountain features a large class 4-5 summit block. Mount Cotter can be reached from the west or east side of the Sierra Nevada.