Pyramid attempt

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Started from the T Lazy 7 Ranch around 4:30 am. Skied up the Maroon Lake Rd, on up past Crater Lake, and a few hundred feet up the West Face of Pyramid. Stashed the skis and worked our way up to the NW Ridge. On up the ridge on easy terrain. At the bottom of the "loose gully", we went off route and followed cairns traversing south across the face. Bailed on that after crossing several gullies (we reached the third ridge along this traverse) and returned back to the "loose gully". Headed up this, exited right via the crux wall, worked our way up a bit further, and finally made the call to bail at around 13700-13800' at around 4:30 pm. The remaining climb to the summit would've taken us at least an hour, probably longer, and would've had us possibly descending difficult terrain in the dark.

Around 22 miles.

Suunto watch log data:

Log 1: 6140 up (+12), 880 down (-13), 0 laps, 12:00
Log 2: 160 up (+9), 5640 down (-29), 1 lap, 4:35
Total: 6300 up, 6520 down, 16:35

(didn't "spring forward" on my watch for DST overnight, so times below are an hour behind)

3:39 am, 8260 - started
3:40, 8260
3:50, 8310
4:00, 8360
4:10, 8380
4:20, 8450
4:30, 8520
4:40, 8580
4:50, 8640
5:00, 8730
5:10, 8780
5:20, 8880
5:30, 8970
5:40, 9040
5:50, 9140
6:00, 9260
6:10, 9370
6:20, 9490
6:25, 9540 - took a break at the bus turnaround at Maroon Lake
6:30, 9540
6:40, 9540 - skiing again
6:50, 9500
7:00, 9600
7:10, 9750
7:20, 9880
7:30, 10000
7:40, 10050
7:47, 10080 - high on ridge before dropping to Crater Lake
7:50, 10020
8:00, 9980
8:10, 10030
8:20, 10120
8:30, 10140
8:40, 10190
8:50, 10170
9:00, 10390
9:10, 10530
9:16, 10580 - stopped to stash skis, change boots, don crampons
9:20, 10570
9:30, 10580
9:32, 10580 - hiking again
9:40, 10700
9:50, 10850
10:00, 10950
10:10, 11110
10:20, 11230
10:30, 11330
10:40, 11510
10:50, 11640
11:00, 11800
11:10, 11980
11:20, 12050
11:30, 12120
11:40, 12190
11:50, 12320
12:00 pm, 12440
12:10, 12580
12:20, 12600
12:30, 12740
12:40, 12900
12:50, 13020
1:00, 13120 - started traversing off route across the face, rather than up the "loose gully", at about this time
1:10, 13150
1:20, 13150
1:30, 13170
1:40, 13190
1:50, 13190
2:00, 13170
2:10, 13150
2:20, 13120 - back at the bottom of the "loose gully", starting up it
2:30, 13230
2:40, 13300
2:50, 13370
3:00, 13440
3:10, 13510
3:20, 13580
3:29, 13640 - high point - turned around
3:30, 13630
3:38, 13520 - end of first log

3:38, 13520 - start of second log
3:40, 13490
3:50, 13380
3:56, 13380 - rapping the crux wall at the top of the "loose gully"
4:00, 13300
4:10, 13100
4:20, 12940
4:30, 12620
4:40, 12340
4:50, 12120
5:00, 11640
5:10, 11350
5:20, 11030
5:29, 10500 - back at the skis
5:30, 10510
5:40, 10510
5:50, 10500
5:51, 10510 - starting ski down
6:00, 10160
6:10, 10040
6:20, 9890
6:30, 9960
6:40, 9900
6:50, 9700
7:00, 9440
7:10, 9390
7:15, 9370 - stopped to remove skins once back on the road below Maroon Lake
7:20, 9360
7:21, 9370 - skiing down
7:30, 9010
7:40, 8600
7:50, 8380
8:00, 8180
8:10, 8070
8:12, 8040 - finished