Mount Valhalla Heavenly Couloir
Start: Gore Creek TH
End: Rock Creek Winter (Lower) TH
Distance: 14.9m
Elevation Gain: 5050ft
Duration: 9.5hrs
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Point to Point shuttle trips in the Gore are the best! Wrapping up a tour in a completely different zone than you started always adds to the adventure.
Gore Creek to Rock Creek over Valhalla did not disappoint. My most memerable highlights were climbing Valhalla from Deluge Lake, skiing Heavenly Couloir and the siesta in Asgard Basin below Valhalla's north face.
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14.9m - 5050ft - 9.5hrs
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Getting closer to Deluge Lake, Grand Traverse(L) and Valhalla(R) come into view
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Grand Traverse's southeast face. This one is a fun (often mid winter) ski objective
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Valhalla's south face with Palomino Point on the left - from Deluge
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The day is shaping up to be a great one... clear, cool, no wind. Holy Cross off in the distance... Mac Cheeses... Mac and Cheese
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Snow Peak fly by en-route to the Valhalla Palomino saddle
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Ascent route coming into view
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We climbed left around the initial cliff bands then traversed up to the right until we reached the saddle
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We transitioned to booting and climbed to the saddle
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Mac utilizing the sharps with Grand Traverse behind
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The traverse across steeper terrain to the saddle - Valhalla front and center
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The classic ridge between Grand Traverse and North Traverse comes into view
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Looking down the infamous Asgard Ridge from the saddle
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After checking out Asgard we finished the climb to Valhalla's summit. Palomino looking impressive
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The last push to the summit
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Checking out snow conditions on the line
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Valhalla's south ridge to Snow Peak
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Northwest views of the Gore
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Deming and the Deming Drop in front of the Tenmile to the south
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Eastern views over Hail to the Red Diamond Ridge and beyond
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Slate Creek peaks... Peak L and the Gore Thumb
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More northwest views of the Gore Range
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Time to drop our line. Variable snow on the exposed first pitch to the north couloir
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Mac drops Heavenly into Asgard Basin
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Looking back to our line off the summit
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After skiing Valhalla, we had a proper siesta in Asgard Basin. Definitely a favorite Gore Range spot!
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Time to head to Rock Creek and complete our traverse of the range
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One last look
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There was still some fun skiing to be had
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A little pushing between pitches
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Hail Peak's north face and "Killer Smile" couloir
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Our tracks off of Valhalla's summit
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After crossing the meadow on the north side of Rain Peak, it was all about below navigation to Rock Creek
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Settling in for a longish (but enjoyable) tour across undulating terrain to Lower Rock Creek
