Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

Name: Pyramid Peak
Address: Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness, United States

#4 among attractions in Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Pyramid Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

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Pyramid Peak is a fourteen thousand foot mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the 47th highest mountain peak in Colorado, and 78th highest peak in the United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains in southeastern Pitkin County, approximately 12 miles southwest of Aspen. The summit somewhat resembles a ragged square pyramid and is visible from the Roaring Fork River valley north of Aspen along the canyon of Maroon Creek. ()

First ascent: 1909Elevation: 14025 ftProminence: 1638 ftCoordinates: 39°4'17"N, 106°56'60"W

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Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness United States

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Pyramid Peak – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maroon Bells, Crater Lake, Castle Peak, Maroon Creek.

2.1 miW
Famous mountain peaks with a shuttle
Maroon Bells, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
54 min walk • The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres southwest of Aspen.
1.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Crater Lake, Aspen
34 min walk • Crater Lake is a mountain lake in the Elk Mountains, Pitkin County of the US State of Colorado. It lies just northeast of the Maroon Bells and just northwest of Pyramid Peak.
6.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Castle Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
164 min walk • Castle Peak is the ninth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,279-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the Elk Mountains and the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. The peak is located 11.6 miles northeast by...
1.9 miN
39°5'53"N • 106°56'28"W
Maroon Creek, Aspen
49 min walk • Bridge
5.5 miSE
Nature, Mountain
Cathedral Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
141 min walk • Cathedral Peak may be any of several mountains, typically those with steep sides and towers reminiscent of a cathedral. In the United States alone, the USGS identifies 17 summits named "Cathedral Peak".
6.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Elk Mountains, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
171 min walk • The Elk Mountains are a high, rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of west-central Colorado in the United States.
5.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cathedral Peak, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness
141 min walk • Cathedral Peak is a high mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,950-foot thirteener is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 11.1 miles south by west of the City of Aspen in Piktin County, Colorado, United States.