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'''Golden Ridge''' is the fourth chapter of [[Celeste]]. Preceded by the [[Celestial Resort]] and succeeded by [[Mirror Temple]], it takes place on a [[Wind|windy]] cliff which scales Celeste Mountain. Within Celeste's main narrative plot, this chapter marks a significant turning point, being the "middle" chapter amongst the seven main chapters of the story. This chapter introduces several new elements to the game, including bouncy [[Clouds|clouds]] and [[green bubbles]]; it also marks [[Granny]]'s first appearance since the [[prologue]].

After having escapedescaping the Celestial Resort, Madeline arrives at a ridge climbing up the side of Celeste Mountain. En route, she ends up finding the [[Bird]], who chirps a single time, and [[Granny]]. Both end up surprised when seeing each other; Granny wasn't expecting Madeline to make it this far, and Madeline thought that she was just crazy. Granny then subsequently askedasks Madeline whether she made it out of the hotel, and whether she saw [[Mr. Oshiro]] or no; Maddy explains that she was chased out of there. Granny then explainstells what happened earlierMadeline that morning; Mr. Oshiro is a lost soul. Madeline, however, thinks that the hotel has driven both her and Oshiro crazy. The old woman then comments on how someone else had told them this; this person ''might'' be [[Theo]]. She then continues to talk about how the mountain cannot bring out anything that isn't already within you; in Madeline's case, her insecurities are fully manifesting themselves. After receiving another comment about how crazy she was, Granny then tells the mountain climber about a shortcut she knows back to [[Intro car|her car]], inif theshe eventdecides that sheto givesgive up. Madeline then directly walks past her, stating that she's headed for the summit; the old woman then comments that it is tough to tell apart stubbornness and determination ({{c|these two terms are reused as chapter names in [[Farewell]]}}). Prior toBefore ending the conversation, she tells her to "watch out for the wind"."

If Madeline chooses to continuecontinues talking to Granny, she'll ask about whether she gets many visitors or no; the answer is no. The mountain climber then comments about how she would want to live the same way, and how she genuinely wanted to help Mr. Oshiro. Granny then comments again about how there's "no hope" in saving him. Madeline then asks if she wasis fine living alone in her old cabin; sheGranny says that she has friends, and isn't a hermit. She then comments about how she found the mountain and knew thatinstantly it should be her home, because it shows you who you are (reiterating what she previouspreviously said).

Madeline then continues up the Golden Ridge. The wind becomes increasingly stronger as she makes it upwards, until it eventually reaches a point where she can barely move against the [[wind]], and snowballs start bombarding her.

[[File:Insta-selfie-gondola.png|The selfie [[Theo]] takestook as the gondola stalled.|thumb|200px|right|alt=]]

At the end of the chapter, Madeline finds a gondola, but then, [[Theo]] appears, falling from above. He then gets excited from seeing the gondola, and suggests taking it to cross a relatively deep valley to the [[Mirror Temple|otheranother side]]. Whilst riding the gondola, Theo then asks about how did it go with Oshiro; Madeline then tells her the truth, to which Theo replies, "I hate to say this, but...". Madeline interrupts him, knowing that she should've listened. Theo then comments that they have to get a selfie up here. As they take a photo, the gondola stalls out, and [[Badeline]] appears closeat by,the buttop notof within sightit. Theo breaks a lever trying to get the gondola working; Madeline then starts panicking, andcommenting thethat "this really isn't good". The music, {{soundtrack|num=10|track=Anxiety}}, intensifies. ThisTheo continuessays that she's having a panic attack, untilto which Madeline angrily asks him why he thought it's a good idea to ride "this stupid thing". Theo calms her down and brings up a technique, taught to him by Carlos (his grandfather), on calming down; [[Feather minigame|imagining a feather floating up and down]]. This calmshelps Madelinereduce downthe panic, and as soon as she is's back to a state of relative normalitynormalcy, the gondola resumescontinues going to its destination. When they arrive, Madeline thanks Theo, who states that he thought that the gondola wouldn't continue, and shows her [[Instapix|the selfie he took]].

The C-Side consists of three rooms, ineach which every usesusing a different mechanic. The first one features bubbles that set up [[Wallbounces,]]; the second one is a short autoscroller section in which the player has to go around the block in order to regain stamina,. andThe thelast finalroom one,has whichmultiple featuresobstacles awhere newthe typeplayer ofhas wind,to calledkeep "crazy"moving windforward inwhile thealso gamequickly filesreacting to upcoming hazards. UnlikeIt regularfeatures strong"crazy" wind, itwhich makesis theeven playerstronger unablethan toregular wind: Madeline can't walk backwards without dashing, forcing themher to go forwards without stopping. The room has multiple obstacles in which the player has to keep moving forward while also quickly reacting to upcoming hazards.

Golden Ridge contains 29 unique red strawberries Hiddenhidden throughout the chapter. This incudesincludes one winged strawberry, and one seeded berry. Additionally, a [[Cassette Tape]] and Blue [[Crystal Heart]] are hidden within.

Speedruns of this chapter mostly feature fancy movement (as always) and taking advantage of the way wind works, being that, when Madeline dashes, itshe isn't affected by the wind, and you'll go the same distance as you would a dash in no wind. However, there are a couple thingsof thatthings are big enough to be specifically mentioned.

In Start-9, you can [https://celeste.ink/wiki/[Techniques#Up_Demo |Updemo]] into the bubble to avoid dying when you dash up-right out of it. It doesn't really save enough time to be noticeable, but it looks cool, and will surely impress your friends.

Golden Ridge features moving blocks that you have limited control of, and along with these blocks come autoscrollers. The first autoscroller can be skipped by utilizing a [https://celeste.ink/wiki/[Techniques#Ceiling_Pop |Ceiling Pop]] to get close enough to the wall to dash up- and right and climb up to the next room.

* The white block in the [[Crystal Heart|heart]] room is a reference to ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. Like in which''Celeste'', crouching on them for a few seconds allowedallows Mario to fall into the background, allowingand playersfind tonormally findunreachable hidden areas that are unreachable normally.