Pirámide, Mountain summit in Ancash Department, Peru.

Pirámide is a 5,885-metre mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, at the head of the Lake Parón valley southeast of Caraz. Its summit is built of angular snow ridges and faces broken by dark exposed rock, with glacier ice and crevasse-lined snowfields descending the upper slopes. Below, dark bare rock and scree rise from the valley floor.

On 29 May 1957 the Germans Günter Hauser, Bernhard Huhn and Horst Wiedmann made the first ascent, starting from the moraine camp of Artesonraju, crossing the glacier of Nevado Parón to reach the base and then climbing the northwest face. The southwest face followed on 23 July 1979 (R. Renshaw, D. Wilkinson) and the west ridge on 8 September 1978 (M. Kulig, R. Pawlowski).

The mountain's alternate name, Pirámide de Garcilaso, honours the Inca writer Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, a name climbers and maps still use. It stands at the head of the Lake Parón valley, where climbers camp at 4,800 m before crossing the glacier toward the face.

Climbers need advanced skills to navigate the steep ice slopes and snow fields during the ascent from base camp. The best approach is to go with an experienced local guide and watch the weather conditions carefully in this high alpine area.

The mountain offers three distinct climbing routes, each with its own technical demands: the northwest face, the southwest face, and the west ridge. Each route is chosen by climbers based on their experience and preferences.