A HISTORY OF ROCK CLIMBS in the VALHALLAS

1907 Mount Denver via the East Ridge & New Denver Glacier, FRA by Joseph Colbrook Harris & William Tomlinson

1927 Mount Dag first ascent via South slope

1947 Demers Peak via South slopes by Winston Churchill & Richard E. Plewman

1948 Hela Peak via East Slopes by Mr. & Mrs. Winston Churchill

1953 (May) West Hump first ascent

1953 (May) East Hump first ascent via the Southwest ridge

1953 (July) East Molar first ascent via Northeast slope

1963 (October 14th) Woden Peak via the West Ridge

1968 Large ACC (WK section) party in Mulvey Meadows.

1969 Mulvey Hut is built by the Kootenay Mountaineering Club

1970 Gregorrio Peak via Southeast Ridge by Bob Dean & Howie Ridge

1977 BP created Mulvey Meadow in 1977 as a replacement guidebook to preserve route info from the hut logbook which was aging and deteriorating. He initially made 20 copies (using a typewriter!) and eventually more as folks inquired.

1981-1989 Little Slocan FSR is gated from just North of Hoder Creek to north of Bannock access. The land owner Klaus Streichert claimed that it was not a public road and folks were forced to access Mulvey via Mulvey Creek trail again. The trail was not as good anymore and Grizzly bears were an issue. Much less traffic in there during that time. HR is suspecting that he was worried about liability.

1983 Valhalla Provincial Park is officially formed

1984 A mountaineer’s, high-level route from Drinnon Lake into Mulvey was cairned by Parks, when Bannock Burn access was not possible. It was a full one-day backpack.

1989 Parks officials burn down the hut (Dave Heagy?). It was old and not cared for but also had been the scene of a suicide by a lone individual.

1994 The current Gimli trail is built.

1999 The West Ridge route on Gladsheim is re-rated 5.5 by Doug Brown after parts of the original route changed due to a rock fall (in the 80ies? See BP interview).