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Pyramid Peak, Elk Range

14,018 ft., 47th highest in Colorado
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Looking straight up the "green wall" along Pyramid's northeast ridge route. A Mountain Goat stands at the top of one particularly steep pitch; Colorado Elk Range.
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Looking straight up the "green wall" along Pyramid's northeast ridge route. A Mountain Goat stands at the top of one particularly steep pitch; Colorado Elk Range.

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  • Nearing the top of the "green wall," a 500-foot vertical class 4 ascent over crumbling scree and loose rock. Pyramid Peak; Colorado Elk Range.
  • Through a confounding maze of cliffs, ledges and gullies, the mountain goats are always there to guide climbers up and down the mountain. Colorado Elk Range.
  • Climbing up a steep pitch 200 vertical feet below Pyramid's summit. Colorado Elk Range.
  • Birdseye view of The Maroon Bells, Snowmass Mountain and Capitol Peak from the summit of Pyramid Peak.; Colorado Elk Range.
  • 14ers Snowmass Mountain and Capitol Peak to the northwest from the summit of Pyramid Peak; Colorado Elk Range.
  • A wobbly-kneed pose on Pyramid's summit perch; Colorado Elk Range.
  • The majestic Maroon Bells, viewed from the summit of Pyramid Peak; Colorado Elk Range.
  • Looking straight up the "green wall" along Pyramid's northeast ridge route. A Mountain Goat stands at the top of one particularly steep pitch; Colorado Elk Range.
  • Called by one climber, "a Mountain Goat petting zoo," Pyramid Peak is crowded with these nimble, rock-kicking cliff dwellers; Colorado Elk Range.
  • As we surveyed the cliff walls for a way down, this Mountain Goat poked his head out of an unseen crack. Pyramid Peak; Colorado Elk Range.
  • Exposure? What exposure? Fearless Mountain Goats on the steep northeast ridge of Pyramid Peak; Colorado Elk Range.
  • An easy, but VERY NARROW ledge below Pyramid Peak's northeast ridge; Colorado Elk Range.
  • Hikers must squeeze through this narrow snow tunnel as the Mountain Goats lounge without a care on the slab's icy, steep surface. Pyramid Peak; Colorado Elk Range.
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  • Sunlight and shadow across the west face of Pyramid Peak, Colorado Elk Range
  • North Maroon, Pyramid Peak and the Maroon Creek valley viewed from the summit of Maroon Peak
  • Looking northwest from the Castle Peak summit: Pyramid Peak (far right), Maroon and North Maroon Peaks (far left) and the distant Snowmass Mtn. and Capitol Peak.
  • The vast, colorful landscape of the Colorado Elk mountains from the Castle Peak summit; Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells, Capitol Peak and Snowmass Mountain.
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