Pyramid Peak

American  

noun

1. a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4,276 meters).

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Example Sentences

The road’s final bend puts you face-to-face with Pyramid Peak, 14,026 feet.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

Some of it was terrain: a portion of the fire’s northern flank reached granite around Pyramid Peak in the Desolation Wilderness, depriving it of fuel to burn, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2021

No angel caught her husband as he fell from Pyramid Peak.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2018

We picnicked creek-side in a meadow below snowcapped 11,926-foot Pyramid Peak.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2018

Greeting you on its southern boundary stands majestic Pyramid Peak, with its eternal snows.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton