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Why is it not possible for a cone? Slide it up the (frictionless) cone with kinetic energy equal to mgh and it should stop on the point.

It never reaches the top in finite time on a cone, it just keeps going up and up getting slower and slower.

That makes sense; thanks.

It's the reverse of a point mass sliding up a hemispherical dome. It takes infinite time to reach the top.