Editing Mount Constance (section)

{{short description|Mountain in Washington (state), United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain
 | name              = Mount Constance
 | photo             = Mt Constance Dosewallips River.JPG
 | photo_caption     = View from U.S. Highway 101 in [[Dosewallips State Park]]
 | elevation_ft      = 7756
 | elevation_ref     = <ref name="pb"><!-- No elevation on NGS datasheet -->{{cite peakbagger |pid=1022 |name=Mount Constance, Washington}}</ref>
 | prominence_ft     = 1956
 | prominence_ref    = <ref name="pb"/>
 | isolation_mi      = 5.67
 | isolation_ref     = <ref name="pb"/>
 | parent_peak       = [[Mount Deception (Washington)|Mount Deception]] (7,788 ft)<ref name=pb/>
 | location          = [[Jefferson County, Washington|Jefferson County]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S.
 | range             = [[Olympic Mountains]]
 | map               = Washington#USA
 | map_size          = 270
 | map_caption       = Location in Washington
 | coordinates       = {{coord|47.772815078|N|123.1273536|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | range_coordinates = 
 | coordinates_ref   = <ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |pid=SY1607 |name=Mt Constance}}</ref>
 | topo              = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Mount Deception
 | rock              = [[Basalt]]
 | age               = [[Eocene]]
 | first_ascent      = 1922 by Robert Schellin and A.E. Smith
 | easiest_route     = Rock & Ice climb
}}

'''Mount Constance''' is a peak in the [[Olympic Mountains]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and the third highest in the range. It is the most visually prominent peak on [[Seattle]]'s western skyline. Despite being almost as tall as the ice-clad [[Mount Olympus (Washington)|Mount Olympus]] to the west, Mount Constance has little in the way of glaciers and permanent snow because the eastern, and particularly this northeastern, portion of the Olympics receives far less precipitation.<ref>[[Google Earth]] images.</ref> However the narrow and steep Crystal Glacier still exists on the mountain's north face, shaded by the bulk of the main peak and with a small lake at its terminus. In addition, the treeline is higher here than mountains to the west, also hinting at the drier alpine conditions.

By virtue of its position at the eastern edge of the Olympics, Mount Constance also enjoys spectacular vertical relief. For example, it rises over {{convert|6900|ft}} above the [[Dosewallips River]] to the south in only {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=pre|horizontal}}. It is also only {{convert|12|mi|-1}} from the tidewater of [[Hood Canal]]. The summit of Mount Constance lies on the boundary between [[Olympic National Park]] and [[Buckhorn Wilderness]]. The Constance massif includes Mount Constance, [[Inner Constance]], the twin peaks of [[Warrior Peak|Warrior]] to the north, as well as numerous subsidiary summits on rocky southern ridges enclosing the cirque basin that contains Lake Constance.