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Hiking – Thunder Pyramid Peak

West Face Route We will drive over to Maroon Lake and backpack in 3.3 miles to the turn off for Thunder Pyramid. The next morning we'll go up several gullies to get to the large white gulley and then to the ridge and to the summit. We'll spend that night in camp and backpack out the next morning. You have to either make a shuttle reservation from Aspen or a parking spot reservation at Maroon Lake. The reservations open on April 1st. https://aspenchamber.org/plan-trip/trip-highlights/maroon-bells/reservations

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Bruce Badger
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  • Mon, Jul 17, 2023 — Wed, Jul 19, 2023
  • Denver
  • Hiking
  • Adults
  • Difficult
  • Difficult
  • Mileage: 8.8 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 4,332 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 13,932 ft
  • Pace: very slow

Required equipment is a helmet, an Ice Axe, a bear canister and all of your camping equipment.

This will include scrambling up the several gullies.

It is a class 3 scramble

You will have to get a shuttle registration from Aspen, which is what I am hoping to do, or a parking spot registration for Maroon Lake. The overnight parking spot reservation hours for Maroon Lake are that you have to be at Maroon Lake by 6am.

https://aspenchamber.org/plan-trip/trip-highlights/maroon-bells/reservations

We'll meet at the Wooley Mammoth Park and Ride off of I-70 and Morrison at 7am

Underneath sign EE

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Thunder Pyramid Peak

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Required equipment is a helmet, an Ice Axe, a bear canister and all of your own camping equipment.

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