Looking SSW toward Mount Gould and part of the Salamander Glacier on right. It is the highest point along the Garden Wall, which rises above the Going-to-the-Sun Road. The mountain is named for G. R. Gould of Santa Barbara, California, a hunting companion of G. B. Grinnell who was one of the leading figures in the establishment of Glacier National Park.

The first recorded ascent of Mount Gould was made via the West Face Route in 1920 by Frank B. Wynn, Harry R. Horn, Henry H. Goddard, and party.