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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: July 28, 2007
- Miles Hiked: 4.0
- Elevation Gain: 1,955'
- Hiking Partner(s): None
- Description:
- I tried to get out Friday afternoon, but was stopped by road closures.
After getting frustrated, I just went back to Sandpoint and found
another local brewery and had some more beer. Saturday morning I
got up with intentions of climbing Harrison Peak, my primary objective
for my entire trip back to northern Idaho. I had hiked to Harrison
Lake several times before I was more interested in peaks and never
really gave the actual peak a second thought. Tom Lopez had even
added this mountain to his website so I had updated information on the
class 3 route. Because of my plans for the afternoon, it made more
logistical sense to approach Harrison Peak from Myrtle Creek Road rather
than the Pack River Road which is south of the mountain.
Unfortunately after driving two miles up Myrtle Creek Road, it was
closed for repairs. My plans obviously changed and I decided to
hike Pyramid Peak first and then drive all the way around and climb
Harrison Peak from Pack River Road.
- I drove back down Myrtle Creek Road, headed north for about 8 miles,
and then took a left up Trout Creek Road to the trailhead for Pyramid
Lake, Ball Lake, Trout Lake, Big Fisher Lake, Pyramid Pass, and of
course Pyramid Peak. There is a well maintained trail all the way
to Pyramid Pass and the off-trail hiking before treeline was fairly easy
to negotiate. If fact, there is a faint climbers trail for part of
this section of the hike. The east ridge of Pyramid provided a
very enjoyable scramble. The rock was solid and the climbing was
on large boulders. I stayed directly on the ridge which never
exceeded and rarely reached class 3. I feel it would be fairly
easy to keep the hiking to class 2 if you ventured further to climber's
right. I reached the summit in 1 hour and 25 minutes with a round
trip time of 2 hours and 30 minutes after 5 minutes on the summit. If you are in this particular
area day hiking or backpacking, I would highly recommend this short
scramble to the summit of Pyramid Peak.
- Maps:
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