Polemonium Peak Climber's Log

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benjohnson

benjohnson - Jul 3, 2008 5:35 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2008

Solo from U-notch  Sucess!

An early morning err in routefinding put me in the U-Notch couloir, wondering where the f@#! Mount Sill was. Meant to traverse Sill to T-Bolt, but only ended up doing Polemonium to Starlight. Saves some peaks for next time though - sometimes they are sweeter the second time around.

SkydiveKen

SkydiveKen - Jun 29, 2008 11:38 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008

breath takingly exposed  Sucess!

Traversed from Mt Sill. I was not expecting the knife edge ridge. Wow!

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Peak_Bagger

Peak_Bagger - Apr 28, 2008 2:45 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2004

Steep!!  Sucess!

I summited this by traversing the ridge after summiting Mt Sill. It was pretty straight forward but was pretty exposed going around the V notch.

jimegan

jimegan - Feb 7, 2008 12:50 am Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2004

POLEMONIUM PK  Sucess!

U NOTCH FROM DUSY BASIN WITH LVMC LED BY XAVIER

Shirley Lam

Shirley Lam - Jan 30, 2008 10:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007

I like...  Sucess!

that little knife-edge section between Polemonium and Sill.

bighornmonkey

bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 8:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007

Done...  Sucess!

Up it 3 times! Last was during a palisade traverse where we bivied a few feet down from the summit of North Pal.

skotty

skotty - Sep 16, 2007 9:46 pm Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007

10th CA 14er  Sucess!

5 left

lefty

lefty - Sep 14, 2007 9:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007

From Glacer Notch  Sucess!

Climbed with Eggheadsherpa and others. Two more 14ers to go.

poorboy44

poorboy44 - Sep 6, 2007 6:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007

T-bolt to Polemonium traverse  Sucess!

T-bolt to Polemonium with Shay. Altitude + regular sick = "double whammy". From Polemonium you can descend the back side of the U-notch back to Dusy Basin. If you approached from Dusy Basin, this is the best way back (apparently dropping off the backside of Sill sucks).

glahhg

glahhg - Aug 27, 2007 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2007

Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse  Sucess!

I don't really remember getting up to the summit, but the downclimb toward Sill was spectacular. Razor thin arete/ridge with edges on one side, miles of exposure. Awesome!

eggheadsherpa

eggheadsherpa - Aug 13, 2007 2:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007

Traverse from Sill  Sucess!

climbed with kevintreieu, dexml and a host of others. Congrats to Kevin, his last CA 14er.

forjan

forjan - Aug 12, 2007 10:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007

T-bolt to Sill Traverse  Sucess!

Day hiked T-bolt to Sill traverse with fossana and mybackyard. Bid farewell to poorboy44 and Shy at Polemonium's summit.

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Route Climbed: From the U-notch
Date Climbed: September 9, 2006

Climbed with Javier and DustysDawg. Part of the Thunderbolt to Sill traverse single day push (18 hrs: South Lake/T-bolt to Sill traverse/Glacier Lodge).

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Route Climbed: From the U-Notch
Date Climbed: August 21, 2004

An epic.....26 hours roundtrip from the Palisade glacier high camp (12,200'). Trip report.

fossana

fossana - Aug 12, 2007 3:21 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007

t-bolt to sill traverse

Traverse from N Pal with mybackyard and forjan.

mybackyard

mybackyard - Aug 12, 2007 10:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007

Traverse from N Palisade  Sucess!

T-bolt to Sill dayhike with fossana & forjan

J Fox

J Fox - Jul 31, 2007 5:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007

From U-Notch  Sucess!

Climbed mostly 4th class terrain out onto the West Face from the U-Notch. Peak number 4 on our T-bolt to Sill traverse.

Dave S

Dave S - Jun 21, 2007 2:02 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007

Traverse from Sill  Sucess!

Traverse from Mt Sill. Climbed in a day with JM.

graham

graham - Jun 4, 2007 9:13 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006

Traverse from Sill

Dayhiked Sill & Polemonium on a beautiful day.

seth@LOKI

seth@LOKI - Jul 26, 2006 8:31 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003

go east man go east...almost lost my life on this one.

When cammerons book says to climb toward a tower on the North, go east or lookers left around the corner to the east side traverse from the U-notch well before reaching the tower. I pulled a big nasty rock of about went down with it. Nearly lost my foot with it and had a heli ride out after repels and hobbling accross the Pal Glacier.
\Thanks Kieth and Inyo SAR.

Rick Kent

Rick Kent - Jul 5, 2006 11:23 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006

From the U-Notch

Climbed up (probably not the typical route) from the U-Notch with Courtney P. Climbing without rock shoes was "interesting" and took three pitches. We descended toward Sill and dropped back down to the glacier via Glacier Notch.

ghoulwe2

ghoulwe2 - Jul 3, 2006 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006

Polemonium Peak & N. Palisade  Sucess!

After climbing North Palisade (see N. Pal log for approach info.), we climbed Polemonium by way of a short crack on the right(looking up), then an easy ramp to a notch on the ridge. A short, fun 5.2ish pitch leads to the summit. We added webbing & rings to the rap stations.

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