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Pyramid Peak sits just off the southwest corner of Mount Rainier. If you climb Pyramid, you will seriously consider the climbing route up Success Cleaver, a long but non-glaciated route. Using drainage called Hornpipe, you can get up Pyramid Peak in a fairly quick day from Longmire. With a lower elevation access point, Pyramid can be done most months of the year, but prime avalanche slopes near the top should be considered.

Pyramid Peak

Distance: 4 miles
Elevation Gain: 4,500 feet
Summit Elevation: 6,937 feet
Access Rating: Paved
Drive to the Nisqually Entrance of Mt. Rainier and proceed to Longmire.
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From the gate at Longmire, take the Wonderland Trail up and over Rampart Ridge. Cross the Kautz Creek, then Pyramid Peak and continuing on the Wonderland until you reach Hornpipe creek. Now leave the trail and follow the creek upstream. Around 5200 elevation, the trees open up. Head for the flats between Copper Mountain and Pyramid Peak. Now take the southwest ridge up to the summit of Pyramid.

Pyramid Peak Longmire Access Route:

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Pyramid Peak Climbing Pyramid Peak Iron and Copper snow climbing Mount Wow Puyallup Cleaver Rampart Ridge Pyramid Peak summit Pyramid above Satulick Mountain Mount Rainier
Pyramid Peak
Climbing Pyramid Peak with Iron and Copper behind
Mount Rainier from Rampart Ridge
Near the summit
Puyallup Cleaver
Coming out of the trees with Pyramid above
Iron and Copper Mountains
Mount Rainier from the summit
Looking SW with Iron and Copper, Mount Ararat and Mount Wow
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Ararat
Iron
Copper
Tum Tum
Satulick Mountain
On the summit of Pyramid Peak