We wrapped around Polonium Peak and ascended up to the saddle between it and the Elementary Spires. At this saddle, we dropped our packs and traveled unweighted up Polonium’s East ridge. No signs of prior ascent were found, and I left behind a summit registrar. Over the course of the trip, the views would become ‘more of the same’, but for now they were amazing and fresh.
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The West Ridge of Benench’iltledi Peak
These ‘Elementary Mountains’ have made a sweet spot in my heart since I found them on google earth back in my college days. I’d made a try at skiing one of them that semester, but that didn’t work out. That was over two years ago. Furthermore, it was cloudy on that trip so I still lacked any reconnaissance photos of the area. Benench’iltledi Peak, was pretty standalone and it had a particular route I wanted to do it by; the west ridge. Additionally, I had some good beta on the approach for this peak from a Roaming Dials packrafting page
From Rocks To Rivers 