September 6-8th, 2024
We decided to hike into Gimli Campground on the evening of September 6th after hearing that part of the Valhallas had re-opened.
Gimli South Ridge climbed well and we had the route to ourselves. The Mountaineer's Route (descending under the SE face of Gimli) back to camp was completely dry.
Asgard SW Ridge was an adventurous black lichen filled climb that would be scary if wet. The route did provide a fair bit of shade on a hot and smokey day. Access into Mulvey Basin from Gimli Col required carefully navigating 5-10m of exposed black ice/snow and traversing through precariously perched rocks over ice. We snuck through without ice axe and crampons.
A few notes and observations:
- a flowing stream was found down 80m East of Gimli camp (extra water containers were useful)
- rockfall was observed on several events in steep rocky features near/on snow/ice
- we could smell fire smoke on our last day
- limited bundles of chicken wire at the trailhead
- lots of blueberries and mushrooms along the trail
- several hikers/campers, no mountain goats
P1 - Mount Gimli
P2 - Gimli Col descent
P3 - Gladsheim (centre left of photo) & Access to Gimli NE ridge
P4 - Asgard Peak
P5 - Mt Dag, Wolfs Ears, Gimli
Teresa Yau
