Ascent of Pyramid Peak on 2018-03-24| Others in Party: | Maureen Conn
----Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Saturday, March 24, 2018 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | Car | | Peak: | Pyramid Peak | | Location: | USA-California | | Elevation: | 6703 ft / 2043 m |
Ascent Trip ReportGreat views. A wonderful peak that's ready for you to occupy a half a day in Death Valley. It has everything you could ask from a cross-country peak. Weird evidence of human habitation in the middle of nowhere, steep ridges, fun scree downhills, overly long talus slogs, faint paths that lead nowhere, caves, giant saddles to camp in, and multicolored rocks. Highly recommended.
This is a very rugged peak once you start climbing out of the desert floor. The key thing you need to know is to try to stay on the use trail. This is especially important near the end; you need to ascend the hill above the third saddle, and then look down to your left once it seems the trail runs out at the top. If you can find this use trail (it took me a couple of minutes to find it; judging from some reports, a lot of people miss it), then all that's left is an easy but slightly exposed (scary class 1?) sidehill portion.
If you get too far off the use trail on any of the ascending slopes, you will get into some atrociously miserable terrain. Look for the use trail! |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 3758 ft / 1145 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 10 mi / 16.1 km | | Route: | SE Ridge | | Trailhead: | 2945 ft / 897 m | | Quality: | 7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Unmaintained Trail, Open Country | | Gear Used: | Ski Poles | | Weather: | Pleasant, Breezy, Partly Cloudy | GPS Data for Ascent/Trip
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Peaks:  climbed and  unclimbed by William Chen
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