Moni - Jul 2, 2020 11:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004
SE Ridge
Thought I signed this years ago. Oh well. A friend and I traversed the SE Ridge and descended the NE Ridge from our car camp near Pyramid Lake. A fun easy scramble. Nothing harder than Class 3, if that.
Route Climbed: SE ridge Date Climbed: September 4, 2004
Took the trail to upper Ball Lake and headed north along the ridge to Pyramid Peak. The views down into Long Canyon and the peaks to the west and south are astounding. Every time I come to the Selkirks, I'm continually impressed. They are not the highest mountains out there, but the vertical rises are impressive and they may offer the best example of a glacial-formed landscape in Idaho.
Once at the peak I went up the SE ridge in short time. Then I dropped off the steep north face just to see what was down there and then with some tricky climbing cut over to the NE ridge for the full descent.
There was a severe hail storm the night before followed by heavy rain. This caused hail to flow and accumulate in catchment areas only to be covered by rain deposited litter and duff that insolated the hail through the heat of the day. So much of the route I could find crunchy ice under my feet.
Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 13, 2003
Martin and I scrambled up this peak and had a great time in perfect weather. We did some fun scrambling up to the summit of the peak above Ball Lake on the first day. The ridgeline over to Pyramid Peak has really nice views both directions. We met 2 other climbers who scrambled up the Northeast Ridge.
Moni - Jul 2, 2020 11:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2004
SE RidgeThought I signed this years ago. Oh well. A friend and I traversed the SE Ridge and descended the NE Ridge from our car camp near Pyramid Lake. A fun easy scramble. Nothing harder than Class 3, if that.
vertx - Jul 14, 2005 11:55 am
Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 2005Nice hike out of Upper Ball lake. What a beautiful area. We enjoyed awesome weather and view from the top.
mrh - Sep 23, 2004 7:49 pm
Route Climbed: SE ridge Date Climbed: September 4, 2004Took the trail to upper Ball Lake and headed north along the ridge to Pyramid Peak. The views down into Long Canyon and the peaks to the west and south are astounding. Every time I come to the Selkirks, I'm continually impressed. They are not the highest mountains out there, but the vertical rises are impressive and they may offer the best example of a glacial-formed landscape in Idaho.
Once at the peak I went up the SE ridge in short time. Then I dropped off the steep north face just to see what was down there and then with some tricky climbing cut over to the NE ridge for the full descent.
There was a severe hail storm the night before followed by heavy rain. This caused hail to flow and accumulate in catchment areas only to be covered by rain deposited litter and duff that insolated the hail through the heat of the day. So much of the route I could find crunchy ice under my feet.
MtnMishell - Sep 19, 2003 2:16 pm
Route Climbed: Southeast Ridge Date Climbed: July 13, 2003Martin and I scrambled up this peak and had a great time in perfect weather. We did some fun scrambling up to the summit of the peak above Ball Lake on the first day. The ridgeline over to Pyramid Peak has really nice views both directions. We met 2 other climbers who scrambled up the Northeast Ridge.