Gimli Peak is a mountain summit located in the

Valhalla Ranges The Valhalla Ranges are a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located between Lower Arrow Lake of the Arrow Lakes and Slocan River Slocan may refer to: Communities * Slocan, Briti ...

of the Selkirk Mountains in

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. Gimli Peak is the fourth-highest point in the Valhalla Ranges, with the highest being

Gladsheim Peak Gladsheim Peak is a prominent mountain summit located in the Valhalla Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Gladsheim is the highest point in the Valhalla Ranges. It is situated in the southern part of Valhalla Provincia ...

, to the north. Its nearest higher peak is

Midgard Peak Midgard Peak is a mountain summit located in the Valhalla Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Midgard Peak is the third-highest point in the Valhalla Ranges, with the highest being Gladsheim Peak, to the east-northeast ...

, to the northwest. It is situated in southern

Valhalla Provincial Park Valhalla Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on March 3, 1983, in the mountains above the Western shores of Slocan Lake, in the west Kootenays. The park consists of most of the Valhalla Ranges of ...

, immediately southwest of Mulvey Lakes, and west of Slocan and Slocan Lake. The name "Valhalla Mountains" first appeared in

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map published in 1890. Dawson applied names derived from Scandinavian mythology to several of the mountain ranges and peaks in Southern Kootenay. In keeping with the Valhalla theme, this peak was originally labelled "Mount Gimli" on a 1900 Geological Survey of Canada publication, and it was officially adopted April 29, 1998, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada as Gimli Peak. According to Norse mythology, Gimli is the place where the righteous survivors of Ragnarök (doomsday when heaven and earth are destroyed) are foretold to live. Based on the

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, Gimli Peak has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation

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from the mountain drains into tributaries of the

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Climbing Routes

Established climbing routes on Gimli Peak: * East Ridge - First ascent 1963 * Northeast Ridge - FA 1969 * South Ridge - class 5.9 * Northwest Buttress - class 5.8 * Northeast Buttress/North Ridge - class 5.6 * East Face - class 5.7 * ''Space Buttress'', West Face - class 5.12d * ''Lusting After Women'', SW Face - class 5.10c * ''Slave to Gravity'', SW Face - class 5.12- * ''Licken It'', East Face - class 5.11a * ''Sailor Jerry'' - class 5.10b/cSailor Jerry mountainproject.com
/ref> The classic South Ridge is listed in climbing legend

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's book, ''100 Favorite North American Climbs''.

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on Gimli
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Valhalla Range photo
Gimli centered * Pbase aerial photo
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Two-thousanders of British Columbia Selkirk Mountains Kootenay Land District

Climbing Routes

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