G-spotter Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Trip: Valhalla Range - 8 Days in Valhalla Date: 8/3/2008 Trip Report: Jesse, Graham and I spent 8 days based out of Mulvey Lake climbing and scrambling. we took a lot of gear, hoping to do a couple hard routes, but ended up climbing mostly easier stuff after some encounters with vegetated cracks on Gladsheim and recent rockfall scars on Asgard's south face. We climbed: Nisleheim east ridge, 4 pitches, 5.7 Asgard SE ridge, 3 pitches, 5.7 Gladsheim SW Face, variant to the Brown/Marcus, 5 pitches to 5.8 plus 400m of scrambling Midgard, north and south ridges, 3rd class Nott to Dag traverse, much scrambling and one rappel, rappel pitch TRed at 5.9 on return using rope left through anchor We got stormed on the last few days, otherwise, a great week. Snaffles are voracious at the bivi below Gmli S ridge, not so bad down by the lakes if care is taken to hang food. Plenty of goats and other critters around. 8 flavours of snafflehound are in situ: -bushy-tailed woodrat -marmot -Columbia ground squirrel -pika -regular red squirrel -shrew -mouse -chipmunk Bring a saw. We were trapped behind a fallen tree on the way out and had to chop through it with ice axes, a very slow and tedious job that blistered up my city-slicker keyboard-fondling hands but good. Some pics: Gear Notes: Full rack, most pieces not needed for the routes we did but we took'em anyways. Approach Notes: Bannock Burn road is 2wd. Bring a saw! 4 hrs to hike through Nisleheim-Gimli col and down to lakes. Bring crampons and ice axe for descent from col. Quote
olyclimber Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Awesome pictures Dru!!! I like that one of the guy picking out a souvenir hold to take home with him. Quote
Winter Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Sweet! Are there any pics at the traverse from the top of Gladsheim towards Wedge? Does it look feasible? Quote
G-spotter Posted August 11, 2008 Author Posted August 11, 2008 1. Nisleheim. 2. It looks like the better option would be to go the other way, from Wedge over to Gladsheim. You could drop down the headwall and climb the SE or SW ridge routes on Wedge to start. The north sides of the crest, out of Gwillim Creek, are glaciated/rubble and offer easier traversing than the ridge crest option. Quote
snoboy Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Some awesome pics. I wish the weather had held out. Quote
spotly Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Great action shots and stunning setting. I'm jeleous. Quote
ScottPick Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Great pics Dru, really enjoyed seeing them. Brings me back to the time I was in the Gwillim Lakes area. Quote
pindude Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 The Valhallas do not exist: all pics in this TR were either photoshopped or pulled from other known locales. Nice TR Dru, I'm jealous. Quote
denalidave Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Nice TR Dru, I'm jealous. Me too! Great pics. Is that First/Last shot of Mt Gimbly? If not, it must be Mt Gimbly's evil twin... Got shut down on Gimbly about 10 years ago by weather and would love to go back someday. Quote
jordop Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 (edited) What happened to everbody's ROFLcopter trips? Edited June 16, 2021 by jordop Quote
ericandlucie Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 Hey Dru: so you're the one who chopped that tree! I told Lucie that it looked like someone had cut it with a knife... hope your ice axe was sharp! Thanks for that anyway! Just did the S ridge on Gimli yesterday. Great climb... and the views! Quote
wayne Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 Jeez!Looked fun 'till the weather came down. Quote
triggerhappy Posted August 19, 2008 Posted August 19, 2008 Drool. Where can one obtain beta for the area? Best guidebook? Quote
sparverius Posted August 20, 2008 Posted August 20, 2008 check out this website: http://www.gravityadventures.net/guidebook.php Or contact Mirek through the site. He's a good guy and wrote the book. And I believe he put up a few of the climbs there. Quote
goatboy Posted December 18, 2008 Posted December 18, 2008 I went to the site and there was no guidebook listed -- is it this? http://www.elaho.ca/selkirks.htm Quote
G-spotter Posted December 19, 2008 Author Posted December 19, 2008 No. There is no overlap of the Jones guide and the Valhallas. The AAC guide is out of print. Look for a copy (Columbia Mts of Canada W&S) through rare book dealers or online sales. Quote
goatboy Posted December 19, 2008 Posted December 19, 2008 Thanks -- will do. Failing that, anyone have a copy for loan if none turn up online? Thanks Quote
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