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Polish Glacier Route
We are the Polish Glacier experts! We offer the option to climb the Polish Glacier on all our Upper Vacas and Normal Vacas route trips. Attempts of the Polish Glacier will leave from a higher camp, above the standard Polish Glacier camp or from White Rocks camp and traverse to the glacier around 20,500 ft. then continue up either the Piedra Bandera route or the Direct route to the summit, depending on current conditions. This is often a privately guided option to maximize summit opportunity. Please note the Polish is a physically demanding climb, long and exposed! December is usually the best month to try the Polish, although that can vary from year to year with conditions. We find the Polish is seldom guided successfully by any company, because of the length of the summit day and everyone’s capabilities at that altitude. It’s very important to use a higher camp than most groups use to maximize your chance of summiting on the Polish Route. The normal Camp 2 or Camp 3 on the Polish Normal route is actually quite low (lower than Secors’ guide book shows it) at 19,000 ft., which means you are looking at a 4,000 ft. summit day! Call if you would like to discuss this option in greater detail.