Pyramid
Peak
Approach only — the mapped line ends where OpenStreetMap ends, below the summit; the scramble to the top is unmapped.
Percy Hagerman and Harold Clark reached the summit in 1909, part of a run of first ascents the pair made across the Elk Mountains' hardest peaks between 1908 and 1910, the same two years Hagerman climbed the first documented lines up Maroon Peak, North Maroon Peak, and Capitol Peak. The mountain's 'ragged square pyramid' profile, visible from the Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen, gave it its name.
From Crater Lake, the summit rises 4,000 feet in just 1.2 miles, among the steepest profiles of any Colorado fourteener. Both standard lines — the Northeast Ridge and the Northwest Ridge via the Amphitheater — cross loose, downsloping rock and are generally ranked among the most dangerous standard routes in the state, demanding careful route-finding as much as climbing skill.
SOURCE Wikipedia — Pyramid PeakHeaviest logistics of any 14er trailhead. 2026 season (visitmaroonbells.com, updated April 2026; aspenchamber.org): parking reservations required May 15-Oct 31, $10/vehicle via visitmaroonbells.com; RFTA shuttle from Aspen Highlands runs May 22-Oct 18, 8am-5pm; road closed to cars 8am-5pm, so climbers use an overnight or midnight-to-midnight parking permit or enter before 8am. Overnight camping in the Crater Lake zone requires a Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness permit (recreation.gov ID 4675333; $10/person/night May-Oct + $6 reservation fee; 2026 releases Feb 15 and Jun 15; designated sites mandatory at Crater Lake).