Elevation

14,025 ft / 4,275 m

#64 in Colorado

#103 in United States

Prominence
about

1,638 ft / 499 m

#89 in Colorado

#1,054 in United States

Summits

26 summits

#73 in Colorado

#852 in United States

Top climbing months

August   44%

July   31%

June   6%

Most climbed route

Northeast Ridge

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.
Pyramid Peak 4.5 mi route
1 summit • 4.5 mi • 728 ft gain • 4 hr 12 min
"This is the most difficult Colorado 14er we've done according to my fiancee and I would agree. The approach through the talus field and steep slope to the ridge are tiring but pretty straight forward. I found my excitement level increase once we started moving through the summit ridge and had a blast scrambling through the loose but all there terrain to the top. I imagine the first accent must have been somewhat epic in 1909. " — Yosemike • Aug 18, 2013
"Fresh powder snow made this the most dangerous 14er I've ever done. Pyramid is steep and dry tooling with a mountain axe can get a little dicy. The descent had some exciting slides above short cliffs too. " — ChrisMeloche • Oct 10, 1998

Awards

ianbrogden

randalmartin

Challenges

Aspen 10 Peak Challenge

Colorado 14ers Challenge