GREYSKULL VALLEY 2003
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The Goal of the expedition is to establish climbing routes on the four major walls that tower 2000 feet above the glacial valley floor.

Our objective(s) are located in a remote, unnamed valley in the Coast Mountains of northern B.C. and southern Alaska, near Mt. Foster.

Andy Rich and Tevor Deighton happened upon this valley and several unclimbed granite walls while guiding a mountaineering traverse from the Skagway road to the Haines road. Research showed that except for a relatively few spring ski trips into the range that a traverse had never been done before and the "Greyskull valley" has received no climbing ascents. On their initial 28-day traverse they climbed snow routes and some smaller rock routes but due to gear, time and clients were unable to even think about attempting any of the larger walls.

The granite in the area is of impeccable quality. The four main rock walls in this valley to range from 1,000 to 2,000 feet.

The Logistics of reaching "Greyskull Valley" involve the team members flying to Whitehorse, Canada and then flying via ski plane to land near the routes and establishing a camp.

The expedition will be a self-contained, self-supported expedition with the exception of flying in. The ultimate goal, weather and time permitting, is to put up a new route on each of the four "major" walls in the valley. These walls would be done either light and fast in a push or capsule style and without the use of fixed anchors