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| Scrambling Man | Idaho's Tallest  Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2004 | |
| Climbed Borah on back-to-back days. Always a fun and challenging grind to the top. Also climbed the peak in August of 1999. | |
| Posted Feb 14, 2006 3:26 am | ||
| Snidely Whiplash | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2005 | |
| A fun, easy climb and practically snowless, making the exit from Chicken-out Ridge very easy and not scary at all. | |
| Posted Feb 8, 2006 10:48 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: Southwest- run Date Climbed: August 28, 1998 | |
| One of my first mountain runs- I was able to keep a run for about 75% of the time. It was steep, but direct and fairly quick. There was a skiff of snow above Chicken Out and I was back to the car in 3 hrs 45 minutes | |
| Posted Dec 31, 2005 12:16 am | ||
| kyledod | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 2005 | |
| Climbed Borah on our way back to Missoula, MT from the Wind River Range. The day began overcast and smoky from nearby wildfires, but by the time we reached the summit had cleared considerably. | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2005 8:41 pm | ||
| rok_doc | Route Climbed: Southwest Date Climbed: September 21 | |
| My 8th trip to the summit of Borah. It was a little chilly on top, but a great day! | |
| Posted Nov 18, 2005 10:47 am | ||
| dyscti | Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: August 23rd, 2005 | |
| First state highpoint for me and an awesome hike. Only saw 2 other people up there the whole day and perfect weather. | |
| Posted Oct 29, 2005 3:47 pm | ||
| leftfield | Route Climbed: Standard trail Date Climbed: August 28, 2005 | |
| I'd climbed it in 1992 but went back with my brother so he could claim it as a highpoint. Beautiful day. 15 folks on the mountain including 9 on top. Didn't realize exactly where Chicken Out Ridge was until we got off it. No big deal. Semi-exposed 3rd class. This one gets old as you're getting down off it - that i remember from '92. | |
| Posted Sep 28, 2005 10:12 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: summer '97? | |
| Fun climb and good views of the fault line below.... | |
| Posted Sep 23, 2005 8:18 pm | ||
| ren | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: Sept. 12, '05 | |
| 6 hours to summit after a long drive from Seattle the day before. Had a little trouble acclimating. Love this area. | |
| Posted Sep 17, 2005 5:49 am | ||
| Dean | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2005 | |
| I couldn't have asked for better weather, in fact it was perfect. Borah sits in a truly a beautiful setting and I found myself enjoying the views all day. The trail wastes no time in getting its elevation and chicken out ridge was kinda fun. Of course, I had the advantage of meeting "Bob" from Boise who had been up it before and knew the route up chicken out so I didn't have any guessing on the right way to go. He also took two novices under his wing and helped them not chicken out on chicken out ridge. (both grandmothers who just needed a coach). Outstanding views from the summit and I found the worst part to be the part where the trail goes straight down through the trees for over two thousand feet. My trekking poles saved my butt many many times. Awesome mountain. I did Hyndman the previous week and felt Borah to be tougher. | |
| Posted Aug 20, 2005 5:51 pm | ||
| Super Dave | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 12, 1990 Date Climbed: Aug 12, 1990 | |
| My first of 3 summit trips prior to age 20 (none since though). Gotta get back... Here’s a trip-report and some photos. | |
| Posted Aug 14, 2005 11:10 pm | ||
| desainme | Route Climbed: Southwest ridge Date Climbed: July 31, 2005 | |
| I drove down from Washington through Challis and Grand View Canyon on US 93 spotting this from the SP photos. After camping out, I started at 5:00 a.m. reaching 11,200 feet as it started to storm in the valley. I found hiking sticks to be quite useful on this mountain especially on the way down. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2005 9:17 am | ||
| hkutuk | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: August 3, 2005 | |
| Joined Steve W. on his quest to reach the Idaho state high point. As a hiker he wanted somebody with climbing experience along but there was hardly any climbing. I wish the Chicken-out ridge was longer to make things more interesting. It is mostly a hike and there is hardly any snow left. Broke my altitude record on this one. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2005 2:24 am | ||
| mfox79 | Route Climbed: southwest ridge Date Climbed: july,30th,2005 | |
| Fun long climb. I started at 5:00 and summited at 11:00. decent exposeure but I still thought that chicken out ridge was not as bad as what I had herd. all and all it made for a long butt kicking day. also my first Idaho 12er. one down eight to go. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2005 10:58 pm | ||
| idahoclimber13 | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: July 16 2005 | |
| What a great trip! It was my first time and I had a blast. We started early and made the summit in three hours forty five minutes. Great hike highly recommended | ||
| Posted Jul 17, 2005 11:50 pm | ||
| shknbke | Route Climbed: standard route Date Climbed: June 23, 2005 | |
| This was probably the most exhilirating climb I have done so far. The late spring snows turned this into a long, sketchy traverse that almost took us 9 hrs to summit! An ice axe is critical with any hint of snow on COR. All easy routes below the ridge are wiped out when snow is present. | |
| Posted Jun 28, 2005 1:40 am | ||
| mountaingazelle | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: July 21, 1997 | |
| We started early in the morning. The trail quickly gained elevation and by sunrise we were on the ridgetop. Chicken-out-ridge didn't seem that bad to me. We had the summit to ourselves. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 9:05 pm | ||
| punk_rocker333 | Route Climbed: Standard South West ridge Date Climbed: Last time was August 04 | |
| Climbed this peak 4 times. It is very crowded. Too many people from Boise are getting into this "mountain climbing" thing. Oh well. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 8:36 pm | ||
| Still Truckin | Route Climbed: Direct Southern Route Date Climbed: July 1986 | |
| Twelve out of thirteen attempts to the summit, all climbed between July '86 and June '89. All kinds of weather conditions, almost always windy. Didn't know about "Chicken out ridge" until I'd made the summit a half dozen time, still don't understand what the big deal is with that. P.S. Carry plenty of water, none along ascent route. | ||
| Posted Apr 19, 2005 4:13 pm | ||
| easleygone | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 1989 | |
| Climbing partner, Pete Simpson and myself started about 8AM and finished around 4PM. Bypassed Chicken Out Ridge by dropping down onto north face of ridge and traversing to snow- chute and climbing up to the gap. A long climb upwards of almost 6000 feet! Great views from the top. | ||
| Posted Apr 12, 2005 11:24 pm | ||
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