[4][5] It is believed the mountain's toponym refers to Matthew Patrick Zindorf (1859–1952), architect and construction engineer who built apartments and a hotel in Seattle.

[6] The mountain's toponym has not been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

[7] 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.

[9] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.