| Mount Skokomish | |
| Elevation Ft: | 6434 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 1154 |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.67 |
| Isolation Ref: | [2] |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Stone (6,612 ft) |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Mount Skokomish Wilderness Olympic National Park |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Washington |
| Region: | Mason |
| Region Type: | County |
| Range: | Olympic Mountains |
| Map: | Washington#USA |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 47.5911°N -123.2941°W |
| Topo: | USGS Mount Skokomish |
| Age: | Eocene |
| Easiest Route: | scrambling[3] |
Mount Skokomish is a 6,434-foot (1,961 meter) mountain summit located in the Olympic Mountains, in Mason County of Washington state, United States.[4] It is situated on the shared boundary of Olympic National Park with Mount Skokomish Wilderness, and it is the highest point of the wilderness. The nearest higher peak is Mount Stone, 1.66miles to the northeast. It is visible on the Olympic skyline from as far away as Seattle. Mt. Skokomish has three summits, the south peak being the highest. Precipitation runoff drains into the Hamma Hamma River and Skokomish River. Like the river, the mountain's toponym honors the Skokomish people.[5]
Mount Skokomish is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.[6] Weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snow. As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.[7] Because of maritime influence, snow tends to be wet and heavy, resulting in avalanche danger. During winter months weather is usually cloudy, but due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer.[7]
The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.[8] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.