Elevation

14,025 ft / 4,275 m

#64 in Colorado

#110 in United States

Prominence

1,638 ft / 499 m

#94 in Colorado

#1,349 in United States

Summits

36 summits

#77 in Colorado

#1,013 in United States

Top climbing months

July   37%

August   37%

September  10%

Most climbed route

Northeast Ridge via Maroon Lake

9.9 mi • 2,912 ft gain • Class 4

Highlights

  • Pyramid Peak is a Colorado 14er in the Elk Mountains.
  • The summit somewhat resembles a ragged square pyramid and is visible from the Roaring Fork River valley north of Aspen along the canyon of Maroon Creek.
  • Like many of the peaks in the Elks, Pyramid Peak is quite steep. The peak's summit rises 4,000 feet above Crater Lake in only 1.2 miles.
  • The standard climbing route on Pyramid involves difficult route finding, high exposure, and a great deal of loose rock.
  • Hence it is one of the most difficult and dangerous of all of the standard routes on the Colorado fourteeners.
12 summits • 9.9 mi • 2,912 ft gain • 7 hr 51 min • Class 4
2 summits • 10.7 mi • 4,255 ft gain • 10 hr 48 min
1 summit • 4.5 mi • 728 ft gain • 4 hr 12 min • Class 4

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