"This is my second time using the gpx upload feature- so much better, at least for the ascent portion. Not sure what happened after that. Anyway, my Sept 1-3 Maroon Bells reservations I had to make back in April got cancelled due to the only stormy days in August, but I was luckily able to snag a spot in my friends car who was heading down a few days later. We camped out on some piece of pavement off of Castle Creek Rd, broke down at 3ish AM, drove to Maroon Lake TH and dragged our way too heavy bags up to basecamp at Crater Lake (not much water there btw). It was a long long haul, and I was dragging my a$$ for most of it. We definitely did some extra work in places but made up for it with shortcuts. After ascending up the dreadful bowl sides, we made a line for the summit from the ridge. This peaks is so damn cool. Lots of Indiana Jones type moves, stretching out across catwalks and ledges, and jumping over drops. Lots of goats at the top waiting for people to pee. We got down about 3-4pm Id guess and rested up for the bells traverse the following day. " — LGH-Dan • Sep 6, 2021

"Uggh pretty much zero minutes of sleep after a big day yesterday climbing Snowmass and motoring over Buckskin Pass in face of thunderstorms. Gotta figure out a more comfortable sleeping setup. Despite this felt fine after a smashed Pop Tart in the early am darkness. We set out at 5:45am on the short walk from Crater Lake to the Pyramid Peak climber's path. Huge gratitude to the CFI for constructing this trail up through the first 1000' vert of scree slopes -- massive energy saver. At the end of the path, the talus-filled ampitheater provided some good-natured tedium before the steep/loose 1000' vert gully to the 13,000' saddle. At this point finally we were in position to tackle one of the most amazing routes of the 14ers. The classic Northeast Ridge route proved to be a masterwork; kudos to the mad genius who pieced this puzzle together. We lived cairn by cairn as we scrambled over boulders, hugged ledges, lept gaps, and climbed the crux greenish rock. The last few hundred vert was a tiramisu of cliff bands that you weaved back and forth and up and over like a rat scurrying through a 14er maze. Felt great to stand on top of the pyramid by 10:45am. The ridiculous vertical..." — scott • Jul 26, 2021

"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