Thunder Pyramid
Sat-Sun, September 11-12, 1999
Thunder Pyramid, 13,932', and UN 13,722'
Four of us backpacked Saturday afternoon from Maroon Lake to a campsite
below treeline up West Maroon Creek. There was light rain on the way in
but the skies cleared for the evening. We left camp around 7 am under
cloudy skies and climbed grassy slopes, talus, and a couple of cliff bands
into the basin just west of the peaks. Following Garratt and Martin's
route description, we climbed the narrow, well-defined couloir that ends
at a col just north of UN 13,722'. This couloir has collected an impressive
amount of large unstable rocks. There was a few inches of new snow in
the upper portions of the couloir. We followed the route to the two summits
and descended from Thunder Pyramid near the "White Couloir"
route. To avoid all that loose rock on the west sides of these peaks,
I might be tempted to try to climb these peaks from East Maroon Creek.
Looking at a possible route from the top shows fairly benign grass and
talus slopes. There are a few cliff bands that might be avoided through
careful route finding.
John Raich.
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