Pyramid Peak

Pyramid Peak is a 6,937-foot summit in the southwest part of Mount Rainier’s massif in Washington’s Cascade Range, overlooking Indian Henry's Hunting Ground near Success Cleaver and neighboring glaciers. Named for its sharply pyramidal shape, it was once praised as “a gigantic pyramid, perfect in outline,” with steep dark sides that held no snow. The United States Board on Geographic Names officially adopted the name in 1913, and a party from The Mountaineers made the first recorded ascent in 1915. Its summit offers views of Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, and the Tatoosh Range, while its waters feed tributaries of the Nisqually River.

Ashford, Washington · United States