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| blueshade | Grand Traverse Peak, Valhalla, and Snow Peak  Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2012 | |
| Traverse around Deluge Lake: south ridge of Grand Traverse Peak, traverse to Mt. Valhalla, traverse to Snow Peak and down its back side. Talus and tower bypasses on the south ridge of Valhalla are quite annoying and tedious (loose), but all easily doable. | |
| Posted Aug 4, 2012 2:11 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Ridge Traverse Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012 | |
| Second time up. SW Slopes with traverse to "Grand Traverse Peak" via "Palomino Point". Some class 3 on the traverse, but you can also stay left on class 2 grass and avoid the extra elevation over some of the towers. | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2012 6:16 pm | ||
| Brian Kalet | 4 Peaks Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011 | |
| "Hail Peak", "Mount Silverthorne", "Zodiac View" & Wingle Ridge. Climbed with chicagotransplant, John Kirk & Steve Knapp. | |
| Posted Aug 1, 2011 1:18 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | Southeast Slopes of Hail Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2011 | |
| Climbed the southeast slopes of Hail from Gore Creek with Steve, John and Brian. Traversed over to Mt Silverthorne as well. | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2011 7:49 pm | ||
| thatnissanguy | West Ridge in Spring Date Climbed: May 10, 2011 | |
| Climbed in 15.5 hours from Deluge Lake. Did not find a summit register. Snow was firm in the morning and deteriorated into a slush-fest later in the day. GPS logged elevation gain at 5,226 feet total. The ridge was a real treat with record snowfalls this year! Descended the SW face via glissade. | |
| Posted May 14, 2011 12:41 am | ||
| Foxy Long Bottoms | W. Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010 | |
| 12670 and Vahalla. Kinda chossy but very pretty. | |
| Posted Aug 16, 2010 10:13 am | ||
| astrobassman | Slog from Deluge Lake Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010 | |
| After climbing "Snow" and returning to the lake, I noticed how nice the weather was and decided to head up Valhalla. I found a steep loose slope and it went, but it didn't make for fun climbing. Surprised to see 3 other dudes on the summit with their dogs. | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2010 11:58 pm | ||
| SarahThompson | Traverse to Valhalla from Snow Peak Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2007 | |
| This was one of the most interesting spring climbs I've done. There was a ton of snow. Traversed from Snow Peak, but had to drop down significantly onto the west side of the ridge about 2/3 of the way to Valhalla. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2008 3:36 pm | ||
| chicagotransplant | NW Ridge with "Palomino Pt" Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Climbed via the Deluge Lake basin up the northwest ridge. Climbed over "Palomino Point" on the way back down, this little unranked tower is a fun scramble. Mostly class 3 with a 4th class move to get on the summit block. Tons of snow between 10,800 and 11,000 along the Deluge Lake trail, this is the section where it is relatively flat through the dense forest. Its at least knee deep in most places and covers the whole forest floor, I lost the trail but ended up getting back on track higher up. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2007 6:52 pm | ||
| Gareth | And so it began... Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2006 | |
| Climbed via the Southwest Slope/Northwest Ridge route. This was my very first Gore Range summit, which I had all to myself as I went solo. The summit register didn’t have very many names on it, but the very first entries were a certain Gerry and Jennifer Roach. I was blown away at my first summit view of the Gore Range! It’s like a whole range comprised of the Needles and Grenadiers! I had to go through a lot of snow on the approach hike to Deluge Lake, and there was still a bunch of snow in the lake basin. | |
| Posted Jun 16, 2006 5:03 am | ||
| Colonelpyat | Route Climbed: Southwest Slope Date Climbed: June 14, 2004 | |
| Some steep and often loose hiking on this one via a dog friendly route from Grand Traverse. A bit of a workout but well worth it for the views. Good company on this trip. | |
| Posted Jun 25, 2004 12:54 am | ||
| JonBradford | Route Climbed: Northwest Ridge Date Climbed: June 14, 2004 | |
| Very fun. As a group Grand Traverse Peak, Mount Valhalla, and Snow Peak madeup one of my favorite outings. Up there with Half Peak and Mount Owen. Sopris dog was along on this one. Kane and Colonalpyat made for pleasant companions. Cheers to the two of you. Jim I owe you a beer or two. Please redeem at your conveniance. Jon Bradford | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2004 12:15 am | ||
| Kane | Route Climbed: Southwest Slope Date Climbed: 6-14-2004 | |
| Mount Valhalla, Grand Traverse Peak, and Snow Peak made for an excellent short backpack trip. With ideal weather you can get all three peaks, although its a lot of work. Really enjoyed my time with Colonalpyat, and Jon Bradford and Sopris. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2004 7:10 pm | ||
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