Pyramid Peak Trip Report 09/05/2012

Report Type	Full
Peak(s)	Pyramid Peak - 14,029 feet
Date Posted	09/05/2012
Date Climbed	06/30/2012
Author	Scott P

Pyramid Peak Photo Trip Report
June 29 2012 Pyramid Peak is considered to be one of the most difficult 14ers in Colorado and it is located in a beautiful area. My 10 year old son and I decided to make the climb together for some father-son time. Shaylee, my daughter and my wife would come along as well, but they would stay down at Crater Lake while Kessler and I made the climb. The plan was to get a late afternoon start to hike up to Crater Lake, but Kim got stuck at work late and we didn't leave the trailhead until after 8 pm. We hurried to the lake with our backpacks and arrived in a pretty quick 45 minutes. It took a while to find an empty campsite and we set up camp in the dark. We me Kevin, his 15 year old son Tristen and his 13 year old Chance who was camped next to us. He knew Kessler and expressed his interest in joining us, so we agreed to do a joint climb of Pyramid in the morning. June 30 2012 Kim and Shaylee stayed behind at the lake, while Kessler and I headed from Crater Lake shortly after 6:30 AM. Once we started up the steep slope we saw the others below and waited for them to catch up. Kessler and Chance were the speedy climbers of the bunch and they had to wait for the rest of us several times. After crossing a few snowfields, we we climbed up to the saddle where I told Kessler to wait for us (they beat us by 25 minutes). Kessler, Chance and I made the rest of the climb to Pyramid. We were ahead while Tristan and Kevin took up the rear. The route up to Pyramid had some fun exposed scrambles, but was easier than expected, especially the route-finding part. We got off route a little once, but other than that the route was pretty obvious and easy to find. We found ourselves at the top in just under 4.5 hours of climbing. After a long lunch to wait for the others we headed back down. At the saddle, Kessler and Chance went on ahead and beat us to the lake by 45 minutes. We then bid farewell to the others before packing up camp and heading back down to the trailhead. It was a great climb and with perfect weather.

Pyramid Peak Photo Trip Report

June 29 2012

Pyramid Peak is considered to be one of the most difficult 14ers in Colorado and it is located in a beautiful area. My 10 year old son and I decided to make the climb together for some father-son time. Shaylee, my daughter and my wife would come along as well, but they would stay down at Crater Lake while Kessler and I made the climb.

The plan was to get a late afternoon start to hike up to Crater Lake, but Kim got stuck at work late and we didn't leave the trailhead until after 8 pm. We hurried to the lake with our backpacks and arrived in a pretty quick 45 minutes. It took a while to find an empty campsite and we set up camp in the dark.

We me Kevin, his 15 year old son Tristen and his 13 year old Chance who was camped next to us. He knew Kessler and expressed his interest in joining us, so we agreed to do a joint climb of Pyramid in the morning.

June 30 2012

Kim and Shaylee stayed behind at the lake, while Kessler and I headed from Crater Lake shortly after 6:30 AM. Once we started up the steep slope we saw the others below and waited for them to catch up. Kessler and Chance were the speedy climbers of the bunch and they had to wait for the rest of us several times. After crossing a few snowfields, we we climbed up to the saddle where I told Kessler to wait for us (they beat us by 25 minutes).

Kessler, Chance and I made the rest of the climb to Pyramid. We were ahead while Tristan and Kevin took up the rear. The route up to Pyramid had some fun exposed scrambles, but was easier than expected, especially the route-finding part. We got off route a little once, but other than that the route was pretty obvious and easy to find.

We found ourselves at the top in just under 4.5 hours of climbing. After a long lunch to wait for the others we headed back down. At the saddle, Kessler and Chance went on ahead and beat us to the lake by 45 minutes. We then bid farewell to the others before packing up camp and heading back down to the trailhead.

It was a great climb and with perfect weather.

Comments or Questions

HarknessHooligans	Kessler you rock! 9/6/2012 2:36pm That is incredible! Im so inspired by Kessler. He is a great little climber and I have enjoyed reading about your many adventures with him. I have a 2 yr old son (Tyler) and hope that he will grow to have the same passion as K. Congrats on Pyramid together!
alpspitze	Great Stuff! 9/6/2012 8:16pm I'm going to show this to my 10 year old daughter to see if she will finally get interested.
marie123	Another sweet summit! 9/6/2012 8:21pm Your son rocks! I agree, it is fun reading your trip reports - he is quite the little athlete!
SummitKathy	You are so blessed! 9/6/2012 9:34pm It's such a blessing that you are able to enjoy this with your son. But mainly, that he seems to love it! Congratulations on another summit shared with him.

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