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| BeDrinkable | chilly  Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2009 | |
| This was one of those days where it alternates between quite nice (in the lee of the wind) to very chilly and "am I going to get blown off this thing?" | |
| Posted Sep 22, 2009 11:39 am | ||
| Unger68 | Summit Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009 | |
| Up in 5 hours on first attempt. Excellent mountain! | ||
| Posted Sep 19, 2009 11:55 pm | ||
| klimbien | Standard route Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009 | |
| Awesome Climb, the pics on the net don't do it justice. My friend really wanted to go and my wife and I were reluctant. His enthusiasm was not containable and so we went and we were so pleasantly surprised! What an amazingly fun hike and truly beautiful. Do this hike, you'll remember it forever. | |
| Posted Sep 14, 2009 8:17 pm | ||
| vanman798 | Via Chicken Out Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2009 | |
| Camped at the trailhead the night before. Up at 5:15 am, on the trail by 6:20 am. On the peak at 9:50 am. Hung out on top for about an hour eating and taking in the views. Down by 2 pm. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2009 11:00 am | ||
| rmick25 | First state high point Date Climbed: May 23, 2009 | |
| Besides some post holing on approach, a quick decent down a steep face because of lightning, losing trekking poles and wands, and my Sunto watch taking a turn for the worse. Had a fantastic climb! | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2009 7:36 pm | ||
| Ammon Hatch | Didn't Chicken Out Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2009 | |
| Fun to get a peak away from my normal home ranges. Second State high point. Definitely steep, descent was a knee buster, but we took it really quickly. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2009 11:41 pm | ||
| KayCees | Awesome Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| Our first time on Borah and we were not dissapointed. Great hike and great views at the top. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2009 2:33 pm | ||
| WoundedKnee | Interesting day Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2009 | |
| Fun day out. Chicken out ridge wasn't really bad. To me the sketchiest part was the downclimb to the snowbridge. SAR was called out while we were on the mountain. Another hiker made some very poor decisions and was benighted near the summit with just a t-shirt and jeans. Very disoriented the next morning. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2009 9:50 am | ||
| 96avs01 | Great Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2009 | |
| dayhike, and Chicken Out Ridge definitely thins out the masses! Pretty straightforward class 3 sections...provided you leave early enough to avoid getting stuck behind some people that get sketched out. | |
| Posted Aug 3, 2009 12:20 am | ||
| calebEOC | Lightning! Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2009 | |
| Truly unreal lightning storms the night prior while camping at the trailhead, lightning was striking all around the camping area at a rate of about one flash per second, I'd never seen anything like it in my life, there was certainly a mild sense of panic amongst campers that evening! Woke up early the next morning and hit the trail at 4:30, summited around 8:00 and back down just as the lightning restarted around 11:30. I noticed in the two days I spent at the trailhead lots of people up on the high ridges during the lightning storms... madness! -------------------------------------------- Was snowed off this mountain sept 1st, 2008 at the 11.4K mark. | |
| Posted Jul 27, 2009 4:00 pm | ||
| mrchad9 | Borah Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008 | |
| Sketchy crossing the snow couloir so early in the morning w/o axe or crampons... were first on the summit this day. Perfect weather and a great hike. | |
| Posted Jul 7, 2009 1:48 pm | ||
| mtybumpo | Finally! Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| After living in Idaho for most of my life I've finally climbed Borah. It took us 13 hours due to some snow obstacles that made us exercise our route finding skills through some scary terrain. The views were of course astounding. The pain in my legs after the climb was also astounding. What a great mountain! | |
| Posted Jul 4, 2009 8:26 pm | ||
| TheRootster | A Fun Day Out | |
| Solo via Chicken-Out Ridge, which didn't make me cluck or lay an egg. Nice views from the top...a good climb. I would say, however, that while Borah is higher, Leatherman Peak, a bit farther south, is much more formidable-looking, at least from the highway. Hope to get back there and try it some day. | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2009 12:29 am | ||
| ivyonup | Second attempt | |
| First attempt - we couldn't find the exact route and had to turn back. The second attempt - we found the route, and had a stunning path to the top. Worth the return trip to this area. | |
| Posted May 4, 2009 10:53 am | ||
| junoiceclimber | Borah's the Best Date Climbed: Oct 12, 1996 | |
| Lifelong Pocatello resident and climber, JEREMY ZACCARDI, passed away in my arms on MT. RAINIER from a lethal asthma attack on July 12, 1996. Three months later, 13 friends and family members carried his ashes to the top of BORAH PEAK, the mtn he summited over ten times in every condition imaginable, despite his own preexisting condition. Over the years, I have climbed on Borah's NORTH FACE, NE RIDGE, NW RIDGE, and SW RIDGE, but none were ever as good as summiting Borah's dog route in 1995 with JACQUELINE HARVEY BRADISH(McCall), KEVIN JOHNSON (Anchorage), and my old best friend. I miss him dearly as does his hometown community. By the way, my dog, CERRO, went to the summit in my backpack the day we spread Jerry’s ashes. Climb in peace, ya'll!! We, too, must descend. | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2009 5:47 pm | ||
| dervin | Knee Breaker | |
| I climbed this with my father. A worthy hike. | |
| Posted Feb 12, 2009 11:35 pm | ||
| sassyplatt | Standard route Date Climbed: Jun 24, 1999 | |
| Climbed it again with the two daughters in 2003. Great mountain but a little hard on the knees. | |
| Posted Jan 24, 2009 6:48 pm | ||
| montanachris | Top of Idaho Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2006 | |
| An amazing hike, probably the only one I've done that I'd say was difficult. Worth every ounce of pain and boy, did it make that Borah Peak Brown Ale one of the best beers I've ever had!! (Not sure about the exact date, so I guessed) | |
| Posted Dec 15, 2008 6:25 pm | ||
| byates | Up in 2:45 Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| Up in 2hrs 45 min. chased down by Thunder storm in 2 hr 15 min. Rolled in early that Morn, summited at 8:45 but still not early enough. | |
| Posted Dec 8, 2008 11:27 am | ||
| davidjhoopes | Summer Snow | |
| My wife Meg and I went up. Snow squalls hit as we broke tree line. We held up for a while and they slowed. We started up and the flakes continued on and off---made for a slick crossing of chicken out ridge. Beautiful place. I really loved it--the descent from summit made Meg nervous. Very warm day once we were back at trailhead. | |
| Posted Nov 27, 2008 10:05 pm | ||
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