

Although it was cloudy nearly all day, the hike turned out to be a nice one, filled with the adventure of off-trail travel and less-than-helpful directions.

One peak that caught my attention was Pyramid Peak in the northeastern section of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area near Sheriff Reservoir. So when we started talking about hiking across the Flat Tops in Colorado, I decided to find some mountain peaks that might be worth being “destinations” so our hikes didn’t end up being crazy long. And that isn’t a good way to make your hiking companions happy. We all know that if we can just “walk until we decide to turn around” we’ll never turn around until we’re way further from the trailhead than we should be. We like to have a destination in mind when we’re hiking.

A storm passes over the Little Flat Tops, as seen from Pyramid Peak
