{{short description|Mountain in Washington (state), United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Inner Constance | image = Inner Constance May 1998.jpg | image_caption = Inner Constance seen from Mount Constance | elevation_ft = 7670. | elevation_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|1023|Inner Constance }}</ref> | prominence_ft = 1150. | prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/> | map = Washington#USA | map_caption = Location of Inner Constance in Washington | label_position = bottom | part_type = Protected area | part = Olympic National Park | country = United States | state = Washington | region = Jefferson | region_type = County | coordinates = {{coord|47.769948|N|123.146495|W|type:mountain_region:US-WA_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|1023|Inner Constance }}</ref> | topo = USGS Mount Deception | range = Olympic Mountains | rock = Tilted pillow Basalt | age = Eocene | first_ascent =1939, David Harrah and party<ref name="climbersguideolympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.climbersguideolympics.com/peaks/firstascents|title=First Ascents - Climbers Guide to the Olympic Mountains|website=climbersguideolympics.com|accessdate=2018-07-31|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731093447/http://www.climbersguideolympics.com/peaks/firstascents|url-status=dead}}</ref> | easiest_route = Climbing }}
'''Inner Constance ''' is a summit of the Olympic Mountains and is located in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is located near the eastern edge of Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula. At {{convert|7670.|ft|m}}, Inner Constance is the fifth-highest peak of the Olympic Mountains, after Mount Olympus, Mount Deception, Mount Constance, and Mount Johnson.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|1023|Inner Constance }}</ref> Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Constance, {{convert|0.9|mi|km|abbr=on}} to the east.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|1023|Inner Constance }}</ref> Within this nearly mile-wide separation resides a deep glacially carved canyon called "Avalanche Canyon". Precipitation runoff on the north side of the peak drains into tributaries of the Dungeness River, whereas the south side drains into tributaries of the Dosewallips River.
==Climate== Inner Constance is located in the eastern portion of the Olympic Mountains. This location results in less precipitation than Mount Olympus and the western Olympics receive. Inner Constance is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America. 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.<ref name=mcnulty>{{cite book|last=McNulty|first=Tim|title=Olympic National Park: A Natural History|year=2009|publisher=University of Washington Press|location=Seattle, Washington}}</ref> 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.<ref name=mcnulty/>
==Geology==
The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.<ref name=Alt>{{cite book|last=Alt|first=D.D.|author2=Hyndman, D.W.|year=1984|title=Roadside Geology of Washington|pages=249–259|isbn=0-87842-160-2}}</ref> The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.
==See also== {{Portal|Mountains}} * Olympic Mountains * Geology of the Pacific Northwest * Geography of Washington (state)
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Morning on Inner Constance.jpg|Morning on Inner Constance File:Inner Constance.jpg|Inner Constance above the weather </gallery> </div>
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==External links== * {{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm |title=Olympic National Park |publisher=National Park Service}}
Category:Mountains of Washington (state) Category:Olympic Mountains Category:Mountains of Jefferson County, Washington Category:Landforms of Olympic National Park Category:Two-thousanders of the United States