The Mount Gimli South ridge is straight up world class.  5.9 steep, juggy climbing on perfect interesting rock.  Pretty crazy really how with such a good route there is really no one in the area!  ...except lots of friendly goats!. Here is the abbreviated low down on the approach and the route.  Do your self a favor and tag this on to the "to do" list this summer. Drive: South of Revelstoke to Slocan (2:30h depending on ferries) Head up a logging road for another hour to the trail head.  Heads up as the road is pretty over grown so i woudnt recommend driving your new shiny car! Approach:  700m up over a few km.  Pretty damn easy.  1 - 2 hours depending on pack size. Route:  Start up the ridge feature you have been starting at for the last half an hour of the hike.  8 pitches up the 5.9.  We climbed the route in 5 with a 70m rope.    The first pitch in my opinion is the hardest by a lot so dont be discouraged if it give you a tough time.  It gets easier! Pitch 1: 5.9 (really 5.10) tight corner/hang crack to physical under clinging 45m. Fixed anchor Pitch 2: 5.7 cruising up jugs and cracks.  Lots of good rock horns to sling for an anchor Pitch 3/4: 5.8 A bit tricky to figure out where to go but up a face move to a pin then either straight up a corner and roof or out right to easier terrain.   Here you can either do a shorter pitch and belay off a horn or run it out 70m so a big ledge. Pitch 5/6: 5.7 Either 2 35-40m pitches up mellow terrain or one long one to obvious corner topped with a roof. Pitch 7: 5.10  Easy corner to a crimpy roof traverse out left.  Good gear in the roof keeps you nicely on top rope!  Good jugs just out of sight ;) Pitch 8:  Easy to the summit Decent:  50 meter from the summit cairn find another small cairn and follow a faint trail down the ridge heading south (right)  As the ridge starts to flatten out take a gully out right until you can cross the main bowl separating the S and West ridge.  At the bottom right hand you will find a fixed anchor to make a 4m rappel.  End up 100m from the base of the route (1 hour) Gear:  Normal rack to 3''  doubles of hand sizes  Bring lots of runners as the gear is a bit wandering. http://home/altusmou/public_html.summitpost.org/gimli-south-ridge/538351 other things to climb: http://home/altusmou/public_html.summitpost.org/4-climbs-in-the-valhallas-gimli-niselheim-asgard-gladsheim/547730 [gallery ids="5863,5864,5865,5866,5867,5868,5869,5870,5871,5873,5874,5875"]