Gladsheim Peak

Gladsheim Peak, a 2,830-metre mountain in the Valhalla Ranges of southeastern British Columbia, is the highest point in the range and one of the defining summits of Valhalla Provincial Park. Its name reflects the Scandinavian and Norse mythology theme long tied to this part of the Kootenays. George Mercer Dawson applied related mythological names to nearby ranges and summits on an 1890 Geological Survey of Canada map, and R. W. Brock submitted Gladsheim in 1900; the Geographical Names Board of Canada officially adopted it on March 31, 1924. Also known to climbers for routes on several faces and ridges, the peak rises in a cold subarctic climate and drains into tributaries of the Slocan River.

British Columbia · Canada