Climbing Pyramid Peak is very much like climbing in Glacier National Park, complete with holds you should check before engaging, plenty of loose rubble and four thousand foot, unimpeded views to the valley floor. I'm topping out on a vertical wall climb of about twelve feet in this photo. A fall from here would result in a nasty tumble down the mountain with no immediate stop. Be certain of your climbing ability before engaging this mountain.

August 30, Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness.
Photo by Ellen Ritt