Pyramid Peak

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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! 

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. 

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. 

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! 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Route: Northeast Ridge
Posted On: 7/8/2021, By: RestlessLegSyndrome
Info: Full summer conditions. Very dry. 

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.