Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/17/2022, By: JCar029 Info: Summited Pyramid today, June 17th. Definitely not summer conditions. There's a pretty sizeable cornice shortly after the scree slope and a few others during the cliffs traverse that made me glad I brought the axe. The green rock is completely snow free, but wet in spots. Me and my climbing buddy were the only ones up there. |
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Route: Landry line via Banana couloir Posted On: 5/1/2022, By: SnowAlien Info: Good stability after a strong freeze (East face warmed up fast ~10am). Beautiful climb and weather. Very steep near the summit. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 12/23/2021, By: Will_E Info: Went back to Pyramid today to get a winter ascent, day tripped it from the road closure. Lots more snow than 2 weeks ago around the bells, Maroon creek road is now completely snowed in, and well groomed. One of the groomers offered me a ride down this evening, but that seemed like cheating so I declined. Snow below treeline was deep and soft, Amphitheater was easy to get through. Hardest part of the day was from Leap of Faith to summit, the snow was just ridiculous, took forever to get through, I needed crampons from there to summit, kept them on until getting down to the amphitheater. Glad to have this snowflake behind me. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 12/5/2021, By: Will_E Info: Summitted Pyramid today, I backpacked in to Crater Lake Friday night, got an early start this morning. Maroon Creek road is closed, its around 6 miles to Maroon lake, but the road is mostly dry. I was in snowshoes from the start, kept them on about a 1/3 of the way through the amphitheater. The snow through treeline was tough and exhausting. From there to summit I didn't use any traction, some tough moves to get to summit, there's a lot of snow up high on Pyramid. I put crampons on at summit for the trip down, wore them until reaching the amphitheater. Long hard day. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 11/9/2021, By: amitchell Info: We did not summit due to high avalanche risk in the valley of the amphitheater caused by wind slabs. I took a single step that caused a 100ft crack to propagate through the snow. We turned around immediately. This valley sees near 24/7 shade and consistently heavy gusts during this time of year, so do not rely on avalanche forecasts. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 9/30/2021, By: fugueofbach Info: About 2 inches of snow starting a few hundred below the amphitheater from this last storm today. Didn't go further than the high point of it before turning back. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 9/18/2021, By: ericd01 Info: Midnight-to-midnight parking permits easy to get now. The snow-free September conditions offer a modest 4hr ascent. Various routes across amphitheater, then 1000' of loose couloir up to the 'ridge of the goats'. Light rain showers dampen the rotten red rock but manageable through cliff bands. A rugged green zebra wall to the top of the pyramid! |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 8/9/2021, By: constipated_pete Info: Lots of goats on the trail looking to lick pee off rocks, and they're very inconsiderate about knocking rocks down on you as they follow you around. Went for a tactical pee-and-run to get some off our tails on the descent. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/28/2021, By: jslove1 Info: Just wanted to put two things out there. First, the goats here were serious today and I got properly stalked from 12.5-13.8k. Be ready for that. Also, don't get lazy about checking holds when their failure would be consequential. I know everyone knows this already, but it's easy to get lazy. The green wall is deceivingly chossy. Glad to have my helmet for when the goats kicked stuff down on me. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/24/2021, By: coopereitel Info: Full summer conditions. Very fun and exciting climb. Because I wanted more info of the terrain beyond the green wall, I will add a few points. Above the green wall the terrain is quite self explanatory and if you follow the cairns, which are obvious, your climb will be a breeze. Only class 4 is to pull yourself over the cliff bands. Simple and fun! |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/22/2021, By: Federico Info: Reached the top of Pyramid today. Tough climb-a lot of steep terrain-but not long. It took me under 8hrs and was able to catch the shuttle there and back. The trail can be tough to find at times but plenty of cairns to follow. I had an easier time finding them on the way down than on the way up. Nice to come across a handful of Mountain Goats. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/16/2021, By: kimbuk2 Info: About 8.7 miles RT, started at 4:30 am, took about 9 hours. Summer conditions except for one patch of snow (about 20ft.) in the rock amphitheater area. Dry throughout besides that. A lot of loose rock and rockfall (and mountain goats). Requires a good bit of route finding due to missing cairns and sometimes just a random assortment of cairns. I kept referencing the 14ers offline photos to stay on route. The entire route is pretty relentless once you leave the Bells trail. Lots and lots of loose rock, rock hopping, boulder hopping, gulley climbing (and yikes the descent, I put on microspikes for the steep dirt/scree to help with traction), scrambling, and route-finding. Weather was clear and sunny with some clouds beginning to form around 11am but no weather event. Brought 2.5L of water, drank about 1.75L. Gear (women's): Trail runners (La Sportiva Mutants), RAB lightweight tee, Fjallraven Abisko sun hoodie, Fjallraven Abisko trekking tights, Patagonia R1 layer, light gloves, trekking poles, microspikes for steep scree/dirt. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/11/2021, By: durkan Info: Brought ice axe and traction, but they were unnecessary as any snow was avoidable. Poles definitely useful on the slopes from 12k~13k for ascending and descending. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/8/2021, By: RestlessLegSyndrome Info: Full summer conditions. Very dry. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/7/2021, By: Ericsheffey Info: Summitted Pyramid 7/6. Small snowfield when entering the Amphitheater. Didn't need or use any spikes or traction. Other than that, summer conditions throughout. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/5/2021, By: sk8rat843 Info: Trail is in summer conditions all the way to the amphitheater. There's a snow patch in the amphitheater that eventually you have to cross. It was firm on the ascent and descent. The rest of the trail is in summer conditions. Mountain goats will lead you up the mountain or they'll stalk you; it depends on how you look at it. Don't rely on finding much water up there. There's some flowing while gaining the ridge, but that's about it. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 7/3/2021, By: fancyco Info: There is a long track of snow in the amphitheater that you can pretty much avoid if you want to other than that, full summer conditions |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/28/2021, By: jeffreydreid Info: Did this without microspikes or an iceaxe on 6/23 and it was fine. Snow leading up to the amphitheater was soft enough to walk on. A bit of snow in some spots above the saddle at 13k ft but completely avoidable...probably all melted by now. Lots of mountain goats on this route, including one who drank my friend's pee (while he was peeing). Fun hike. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/21/2021, By: NatDog Info: The route is snow-free other than 3 sections: 1. (Photo #1) The lower amphitheater between 11,300' and 11,500'. I used microspikes and ice axe here but one of my partners used neither and didn't have any issues. The snow continued higher but once we located the trail we turned right to get back on trail. 2. There is a snow crossing/cornice directly on the 13,100' saddle. I didn't get a photo of this but it was maybe only 50' of walking on snow. No one in my group used traction or ice axe here as were were able to walk directly on the ridge. 3. (Photo #2) The last gully before crossing over to the base of the green wall. The upper layer was soft enough that I was able to walk across without traction/ice axe, although one of my partners used an ice axe as a handrail to cross. |
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Route: Northeast Ridge Posted On: 6/12/2021, By: rosey33 Info: Easy to follow trail into the amphitheater. Avoidable snow climbing to the saddle. Choose the path of least resistance to the summit. Stayed near the route at times. Crossed 4 snowfields. Crampons unnecessary. |
