Mount Constitution Professional Guide

Detailed Trail Description from our Guidebook

"Why drive to the highest summit in the San Juan Islands when you can hike to it instead. Trek through windblown pines along precipitous ledges to Mount Constitution’s open summit. Then climb its stone tower, savoring stunning views of emerald islands sparkling in the Salish Sea, all against a backdrop of snowcapped peaks from Garibaldi to Rainier. You’ll hike past three lakes too, on this invigorating loop.

Locate the Little Summit Trail near a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) shelter by the group camp entrance. Then prepare to break a sweat, climbing steeply and with a purpose. Briefly skirt the Mount Constitution Road and continue relentlessly upward."

--Craig Romano, Day Hiking the San Juans and Gulf Islands (The Mountaineers Books).