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Mountain in Washington (state), United States

(the main summit) was first climbed on September 6, 1904 by Sledge Tatum and George E. Loudon, Jr. of the Boundary Survey, from the northeast. Other routes exist on the South Ridge and Southwest Buttress. The north summit is Washington's fourth steepest peak, with an average angle from the summit of 38.86°

elevation 8003 feet (2439 m), lies approximately 1 mile (2 km) southeast of the higher North Peak. It was first climbed on May 30, 1947 by Fred Beckey, Melvin Marcus, Jerry O'Neil, Ken Prestrud, Herb Staley, and Charles Welsh, via the Southwest Route. While lower than the North Peak, it has a north face which is "almost completely vertical for 1,000 feet." This makes it the steepest peak in Washington with an average steepness angle of 42.62° from the summit.

7471 feet (2277 m) Hozomeen South west is a steep sub peak, with only 511 feet (156 m) of prominence, first climbed by John Dudra and Howard Rode in 1951. Easiest route is a peak rib and gully loose , two other routes exist. The peaks steepest side is the northwest face.

Hozomeen Mountain is also mentioned often in the latter portions of Jack Kerouac's 1958 novel The Dharma Bums and the beginning of his 1965 novel Desolation Angels when the protagonists are stationed at a fire lookout on nearby Desolation Peak. A rhyme in The Dharma Bums goes "Hozomeen, Hozomeen, the most mournful mountain I ever seen".

Southwest Route, first ascent John Dudra and Howard Rode in 1951. South Ridge, first ascent Dick Culbert, Gary Johncox, and Bill Sharpe 1958. Exposed
West buttress and face, first ascent Edmund Zenger, Juergen Oswald, Gernot Walter July 26, 1969. Exposed Grade III