Trip
Alpine Scramble - Pyramid Peak
Very strenuous and beautiful one way traverse of Iron Mountain, Copper Mountain, and Pyramid Peak (in that order) of ~17 miles and ~5500' elevation gain from Longmire to the West Side road with a crossing of the Tahoma Creek suspension bridge.
Contacts
- Sat, Aug 15, 2015
- Seattle Alpine Scrambling
- Scrambling
- Adults
- Technical 3, Strenuous 5
- Challenging
- Mileage: 17.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 5,500 ft
- FULL (6 capacity)
- FULL (1 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Various P&Rs to accommodate attendees with a meetup at the end of the West Side road at 6am (early start to beat those high temperatures ;) to arrange our car shuttle.
Very strenuous and beautiful one way traverse of Iron Mountain, Copper Mountain, and Pyramid Peak (in that order) of ~17 miles and ~5500' elevation gain from Longmire to the West Side road, with a crossing of the Tahoma Creek suspension bridge. Attendees should depend on having a strong appetite at the end of this trip! Pictures of a prior trip with similar conditions can be seen via the following link: https://picasaweb.google.com/111953933709036558619/IronCopperPyramidTraverse
Copper Mountain, Iron Mountain & Pyramid Peak
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Green Trails Mount Rainier Wonderland No. 269SX
Green Trails Mt Rainier West No. 269
USGS Wahpenayo Peak - See full route/place details.
Required Equipment
- The Ten Essentials
- Helmet
- Mountaineering Boots
- Ice Axe