The trail to the summit takes you across the north slope of the mountain, culminating with a spectacular cliff-top view toward the Olympic Range across the Strait of Juan DeFuca. From this vantage, facing south, visitors frequently watch eagles and turkey-vultures riding the thermal currents along the cliff face, gliding motionless from one island to another high overhead, or sometimes even far below the observer. There are no wolves, cougar, or bear to concern yourself over, and the local deer population has little in the way of predators. The shaded hillside smells wonderfully of the damp warm west-coast rain forest and indigenous vegetation. The summit exhibits examples of eroded sandstone under the mosses and ground cover, demonstrating that this was once ocean-bottom, now hundreds of meters above sea level.
Birders enjoy the many native and migratory species present along the walk.
The last few hundred feet are steeper, but remain only a hike. Campbell Point is a recently established Conservation Area, on the extreme northeast corner of the island. The long slender point of rock, along with its reef, the closely spaced Georgeson Island marine park, and the treacherous Bell Islets chain, protect Bennet Bay, a secure anchorage with a sandy bottom, from winter's severe elements. The 'Squamish' winds howl across the Gulf of Georgia from Howe Sound, below the valleys of the Garibaldi Range which include Whistler and Blackcomb mountains uninterrupted, building impressive waves, until they collide on the point. The point is highly regarded for its ancient Arbutus trees, which are indigenous to this vicinity and exist on only a very small portion of the extreme west coast.