Archive for The Valhallas

New 5.11c on Asgard

Nov 01, 2011 No Comments by

Words by David Lussier. Cam Shute and I returned to beautiful Mulvey Basin in Valhalla Provincial Park this past July and completed a new route on the South Face of Asgard Peak. Our cumulative efforts spread over two years along with an evolving vision resulting in a new independent line on the right side of [...]

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New Food Cache at Gimli

Oct 07, 2011 No Comments by

Finally. The pack rat has been foiled! How many of us alpine enthusiasts trudged gear and food up to the base of Mt. Gimli only to have everything fall victim to Rattus norvegicus? My friend Josh had his T-shirt and climbing shoes chewed through when we were up there once. And my friend Dave and [...]

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Devil’s Dome – A Trip Report

Sep 21, 2011 No Comments by

Story by Craig Stowell This is a story about two Dads making a return to climbing and training really hard (for busy Dads that is) this summer, culminating in a long-overdue trip into the backcountry after many years of absence due to kids, family, work, homesteading, life, etc. Devil’s Dome is an amazing Shark Fin [...]

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Meeting My Mountain Spectre. A trip report from the Valhallas.

Sep 14, 2010 5 Comments

My mountain spectre was backed onto a bank of cloud, hovering over Mulvey Basin, surrounded by a rainbow halo. His legs must have been 40 feet high and his torso was a blob of shadow topped by a miniscule head cast in nimbus luminescence.

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Gimli’s South Ridge

Aug 12, 2004 4 Comments

Mt Gimli is the centerpiece (centerpeak?) of the Valhallas. First climbed in 1973 by P. Koedt, P. Rowat, N. Rowat, G. Shannon, and J. Hamlin, the South Ridge is one of the best climbs of it’s grade in the Kootenays. It’s certainly one of the most famous. This was my, and my partner Scott Meyers, [...]

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