After a recent transplant from the front range to the Roaring Fork Valley I finally got back to one of my favorite peaks in Colorado.

Joining me on our jaunt up Pyramid were brothers, Colby and Tyler Christoff. Tyler and I have climbed a few peaks together in the last couple years, however Colby is fairly new to the sport and this was his 3rd 14er since moving here in June from New York.

We opted for decent start of 4:30 AM and made rather quick time up the trail to the Pyramid turn off. Just as we reached the amphitheater it became light enough to turn the headlamps off. We sat and looked at the familiar, yet still amazing view that presents itself upon arrival in this amazing place. We continued up the amphitheater on a mix of snow and rock and found ourselves headed up the grass and loose rock towards the North West Ridge Route.

None of us had been up this route before, but I had been up the NE side twice so it was nice to find a new route up one of my favorite peaks. We gained the notch in the ridge and began the climb up low angled loose rock towards our goal.

The route goes up then traverses, then up and another traverse and then climbs the last couple hundred vertical directly to the summit.

I found a gap towards the top that made for a pretty fun picture.

We stood on top around 8 AM and had the summit to ourselves for 45 minutes before we even heard another voice coming up the other ridge. Eventually we decided to head down and made good time back to the car. We did find time to take pictures of just how much snow the elks got this year though.

We high tailed it on down and were sitting in the parking lot sipping on a cold one by 11 AM.

Thanks for checking in and Welcome to my new blog.

JW