Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We summited North Maroon Peak, elev 14,022’, on 7/19/2025. It is one of the most difficult CO 14ers to climb, and it is also my 14er Finisher. It was raining heavily when we left our hotel in Snowmass Village around 3:30am that morning. Luckily the sky cleared and the rain stopped when we arrived at the trailhead a bit after 4am. However, about 1.5hrs into the hike, we saw an electric storm passing over Pyramid Peak. We waited with another couple just before the rock glacier to see if the storm would bypass us. Sure enough blue sky started to appear to our west after a 20 min wait, and we were relieved to move forward with the hike. It turned out that weather was perfect for the rest of the day. The climb itself was challenging, with loose and steep gullies and some unavoidable class4 sections along the way. It took us about 5hrs to summit, and almost equal amount of time coming back down. Total stats: 9.2 miles with 4700’ elevation. Since this is my 14er finisher, I’ve included a brief commentary about my 14er journey and a montage of all the summits at the end of this video. Special thanks to Larry for gifting us the wonderful CO 14er shirt that we wore at the summit
Music:
Ethereal, by Punch Deck
Upbeat, by Jon Luc Hefferman
0:00 Climbing N Maroon Peak
08:34 Summit view and descent
11:36 Thoughts on my 14er journey
13:35 Montage of all 14er summits
#14ers
CO 14ers Completion Status and Tiers:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/104c-0CAWNEFWXtRtZ6o6dBgGKaPLQqORS_MlcsUr780/edit?gid=0#gid=0
We summited North Maroon Peak, elev 14,022’, on 7/19/2025. It is one of the most difficult CO 14ers to climb, and it is also my 14er Finisher. It was raining heavily when we left our hotel in Snowmass Village around 3:30am that morning. Luckily the sky cleared and the rain stopped when we arrived at the trailhead a bit after 4am. However, about 1.5hrs into the hike, we saw an electric storm passing over Pyramid Peak. We waited with another couple just before the rock glacier to see if the storm would bypass us. Sure enough blue sky started to appear to our west after a 20 min wait, and we were relieved to move forward with the hike. It turned out that weather was perfect for the rest of the day. The climb itself was challenging, with loose and steep gullies and some unavoidable class4 sections along the way. It took us about 5hrs to summit, and almost equal amount of time coming back down. Total stats: 9.2 miles with 4700’ elevation. Since this is my 14er finisher, I’ve included a brief commentary about my 14er journey and a montage of all the summits at the end of this video. Special thanks to Larry for gifting us the wonderful CO 14er shirt that we wore at the summit
Music:
Ethereal, by Punch Deck
Upbeat, by Jon Luc Hefferman
0:00 Climbing N Maroon Peak
08:34 Summit view and descent
11:36 Thoughts on my 14er journey
13:35 Montage of all 14er summits
#14ers
CO 14ers Completion Status and Tiers:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/104c-0CAWNEFWXtRtZ6o6dBgGKaPLQqORS_MlcsUr780/edit?gid=0#gid=0
