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| npfisher | Pyramid via Lyons creek trail  Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2009 | |
| First time up it was a great (scary) hike. not easy for a novice hiker like myself. Wish I wore pants and gaiters. People weren't kidding when they said there wasn't a real trail past Lake Sylvia. Lucky we met up with a great bunch of hikers from placerville that led the way and knew what they were doing. | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2009 3:12 pm | ||
| Deltakyp | 3rd trip, snowshoed this time Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2007 | |
| My third trip, this time brought the girlfriend and some snowshoes via Lyons Creek trail and stayed at Lk. Sylvia as in previous 2 trips. Saw some disturbing 'not young or fit' skinny dippers in the a.m. as well as a CHP helo rescue on the western ridge. We scrambled up the North-Western face instead of the ridge route; better meadows north of Lake Sylvia. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2009 11:15 pm | ||
| fedak | via Lyons Creek/Sylvia Lake Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2009 | |
| When did this and Dicks turn into tourist routes? 20 people on the summit, no less than 4 yakking on cell phones. Hazy summer day. Pics are here. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 1:59 am | ||
| pjgordon | Lyons Creek Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2009 | |
| Clear sky's and cool weather made for a great day. We could see the coastal range, Hyland Peak and Mt. Rose. On the way down we gave a toast to the mountain with our new friends Gino (the sore looser football fan) and his team of ageless wonders who had also made the summit. | |
| Posted Jun 30, 2009 12:39 pm | ||
| Michael Graupe | Desolation Grand Loop Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009 | |
| Dayhike from Glen Alpine TH. After climbing Mt. Tallac traversed the ridge to Dicks Pk. Continued on to Jacks Pk and then Pyramid Pk before returning to the car which made for a very long day in a great area which I hadn't visited yet. Some Photos. | |
| Posted Jun 29, 2009 7:14 pm | ||
| JasonH | From Lyons Creek Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2009 | |
| My first trip up. I went up with my buddy PJ. Great views on a beautiful day. We could see as far north as Mount Lola and as far south as Sonora Peak. This was a fun climb. I think next time I will go up from Rocky Canyon. | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2009 11:46 am | ||
| Adamus | Rocky Creek Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2009 | |
| Cloudy day, but no precipitation. At least this time I could see from the summit. | ||
| Posted Jun 11, 2009 3:25 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Price - Pyramid Traverse Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2009 | |
| Third time up Pyramid. A fun day of snowshoeing from Wrights Lake Rd. Trip Report | |
| Posted May 3, 2009 12:42 am | ||
| thholder | summit register Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2009 | |
| summit register placed 1/10/2009 | |
| Posted Mar 25, 2009 10:19 pm | ||
| snowflake | Many Ski Descents | |
| It's a fun ski - SouthEast Ridge..... as it is close by its must-do every few years. | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2009 8:09 pm | ||
| wmolland | Rocky Canyon Date Climbed: Dec 5, 2008 | |
| A beautiful peak in a beautiful area. Ran into hardly any snow and had unbelievable views from the top in all directions. This would be a sick ski when there's tons of snow on the ground. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2008 9:07 pm | ||
| birdhead | Rocky Canyon Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2008 | |
| Parked at the turnout just beyond the point where the creek crosses the road. The trail was about 100 yards east along hwy 50 on the east side of the creek and was very easy to follow the whole way to the summit. The views of the surrounding area are great. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2008 1:30 am | ||
| SFMountaineer | Southeast face via Echo Lakes Dayhike Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2008 | |
| Started the hike by taking the ferry around 9:30 AM. The approach to Lake of the Woods didn't feel too long. Don't underestimate the cross country portion through Desolation Valley, we sure did. Lots of route finding, dead ends, ups and downs, sides to sides, steep, toe crunching granite, and bouldering. The climb up the east wall above Pyramid Lake wasn't bad. We intended to curve around the peak and use the South slope to summit, but we climbed too high and ended up bouldering across and up the class 3 southeast face. By the time we made it to the south slope we were pretty much at the top. It felt pretty expose but the rocks were big enough that I felt safe, albeit full of adrenaline. If you like bouldering, go for it. It was 3:15pm by the time we left the summit, and we used our intended route back. Getting back to the trail took a long time, we missed the ferry back, and we made it back to the car at 9:30 pm with no headlamps and no moon (I used my iPhone's screen to illuminate the trail). Quite an adventure. | |
| Posted Sep 2, 2008 10:23 am | ||
| jboldt1971 | East Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 8, 1995 | |
| With JB and the late great TW. Miss you buddy. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2008 1:19 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Nighthike Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2008 | |
| Did this as a nighthike from Echo Lakes with Barry Beck, Mackenzie Kilpatrick, and Woody Strachan. We left the trailhead at 1830, reached the Desolation Valley in last light, and did the east face direct up the large fracture from Pyramid Lake. Summit at 2200 for a 3.5hr time. Traversing all the lakes on moonlit granite was spectacular! | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2008 6:51 pm | ||
| edevart | East Face via Pyramid Lake Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2008 | |
| With K and the dog. Via Horsetail Falls and "the Lakes". Camped around 9000 feet on a shelf above Pyramid Lake. Then direct up the EAst face and down the Southeast ridge. Either route is a fairly straight forward boulder hop. I was unable to find a summit register. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2008 10:46 am | ||
| superproracer | Rock Canyon Creek Route Date Climbed: May 22, 2008 | |
| Mark, Kurt and I departed the car at 7:00 pm. Near full moon. We made the summit at 11:30 pm. Departed the summit at midnite. Back to the car at 3:30 am. Very fun, especially at night. We did see some of Desolation illuminated by the light of the moon, but most of the time it was clouded over. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2008 6:10 pm | ||
| kovarpa | SE ridge Date Climbed: Apr 13, 2008 | |
| Ski trip with V. Fun skiing from the summit, heavy snow lower down, last couple hundred feet dry as a bone... | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2008 1:00 pm | ||
| soslaw | South East Ridge Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008 | |
| Spring ski tour. Ascended via Horsetail Falls. Descent via Rocky canyon. Upper south slope was a little boney but you could still ski a continuous line down the south slope from the summit. | |
| Posted Apr 7, 2008 11:48 am | ||
| Brian Kalet | SE Ridge Date Climbed: Mar 1, 2008 | |
| Skied from the summit. | |
| Posted Mar 9, 2008 10:42 am | ||
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