Mt. Hoffman Rock Climbing

Located in the geographical center of Yosemite National Park, Mt Hoffman contains scattered information about first ascents and potential routes. This page was created to collaborate efforts to define the routes and document first ascensionists. There are four main climbing areas; consisting of Hoffman's Thumb, Hoffman's Turret, The North Face, and The Approach Face.

Historical Ascents:
Class 2 Summit: Josiah Whitney, William Brewer, & Charles Hoffmann on Jun 24, 1863
Hoffman's Thumb - Regular Route 5.6 : Jules Eichorn on October 16, 1932 (P436 Peak's Passes and Trails)

Josiah Whitney in The Yosemite Book - "The view from the summit of Mount Hoffmann is remarkably fine, and those who have not time, or inclination, to visit the higher peaks of the main ridge of the Sierra are strongly advised to ascend this, as the trip from the Yosemite and back need only occupy two or three days; and no one who has not climbed some high point above the Valley can consider himself as having made more than a distant acquaintance with the High Sierra. This is a particularly good point for getting an idea of the almost inaccessible region of volcanic masses lying between the Tuolumne River and the Sonora Pass road"