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 - Jun 29, 2008 11:38 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008
breath takingly exposed
Traversed from Mt Sill. I was not expecting the knife edge ridge. Wow!
lefty - Sep 14, 2007 9:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
From Glacer Notch
Climbed with Eggheadsherpa and others. Two more 14ers to go.
poorboy44 - Sep 6, 2007 6:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
T-bolt to Polemonium traverse
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 - Aug 27, 2007 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2007
Thunderbolt to Sill Traverse
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 - Aug 13, 2007 2:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
Traverse from Sill
climbed with kevintreieu, dexml and a host of others. Congrats to Kevin, his last CA 14er.
forjan - Aug 12, 2007 10:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
T-bolt to Sill Traverse
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 - Aug 12, 2007 3:21 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
mybackyard - Aug 12, 2007 10:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
Traverse from N Palisade
T-bolt to Sill dayhike with fossana & forjan
J Fox - Jul 31, 2007 5:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007
From U-Notch
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 - Jun 21, 2007 2:02 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007
Traverse from Sill
Traverse from Mt Sill. Climbed in a day with JM.
graham - Jun 4, 2007 9:13 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
Traverse from Sill
Dayhiked Sill & Polemonium on a beautiful day.
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 - 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.
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.
benjohnson - Jul 3, 2008 5:35 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2008
Solo from U-notchAn 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 - Jun 29, 2008 11:38 pm Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008
breath takingly exposedTraversed from Mt Sill. I was not expecting the knife edge ridge. Wow!
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Peak_Bagger - Apr 28, 2008 2:45 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2004
Steep!!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 - Feb 7, 2008 12:50 am Date Climbed: Sep 25, 2004
POLEMONIUM PKU NOTCH FROM DUSY BASIN WITH LVMC LED BY XAVIER
Shirley Lam - Jan 30, 2008 10:03 pm Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007
I like...that little knife-edge section between Polemonium and Sill.
bighornmonkey - Dec 25, 2007 8:43 am Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007
Done...Up it 3 times! Last was during a palisade traverse where we bivied a few feet down from the summit of North Pal.
skotty - Sep 16, 2007 9:46 pm Date Climbed: Sep 15, 2007
10th CA 14er5 left
lefty - Sep 14, 2007 9:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
From Glacer NotchClimbed with Eggheadsherpa and others. Two more 14ers to go.
poorboy44 - Sep 6, 2007 6:33 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
T-bolt to Polemonium traverseT-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 - Aug 27, 2007 4:06 pm Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2007
Thunderbolt to Sill TraverseI 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 - Aug 13, 2007 2:26 pm Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
Traverse from Sillclimbed with kevintreieu, dexml and a host of others. Congrats to Kevin, his last CA 14er.
forjan - Aug 12, 2007 10:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
T-bolt to Sill TraverseDay 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 - Aug 12, 2007 3:21 pm Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
t-bolt to sill traverseTraverse from N Pal with mybackyard and forjan.
mybackyard - Aug 12, 2007 10:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
Traverse from N PalisadeT-bolt to Sill dayhike with fossana & forjan
J Fox - Jul 31, 2007 5:38 am Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2007
From U-NotchClimbed 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 - Jun 21, 2007 2:02 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2007
Traverse from SillTraverse from Mt Sill. Climbed in a day with JM.
graham - Jun 4, 2007 9:13 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2006
Traverse from SillDayhiked Sill & Polemonium on a beautiful day.
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 - Jul 5, 2006 11:23 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006
From the U-NotchClimbed 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 - Jul 3, 2006 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006
Polemonium Peak & N. PalisadeAfter 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.