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| mtybumpo | Happy Birthday!  Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2009 | |
| Climbed this one as my birthday present to myself. So far this is my favorite 12er. It is also my 5th of the 9. We started before sunrise in the morning and got lost a few times because the trail is hard to follow in places. The descent was quite the scree slide. We went down the Southwest face, dodging cliffs as we went and stirring up quite a bit of dust. I highly recommend Mt. Idaho. | |
| Posted Sep 20, 2009 5:49 pm | ||
| boisedoc | nice september day Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2009 | |
| warm day- felt like midsummer. Not as much scrambling as I expected. Primarily a class 2 hike. Great views of Borah. Summit register has gone missing | |
| Posted Sep 19, 2009 12:50 am | ||
| montanaboy | Elkhorn Creek Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2009 | |
| Powered by gu's, licorice, and tootsie rolls as the rest of it tasted like cardboard. It is possible to drop straight off the west face and punch through the scree to the basin. Finding a doable break through the cliffs is a challenge and left me wondering if it was really quicker. A traverse over to Peak 11967 looks like an even bigger challenge. | |
| Posted Aug 24, 2009 11:15 pm | ||
| Super Dave | Finally Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008 | |
| Great climb with Brendon and Erik. Climbed the standard route up Elkhorn creek, then the west ridge. A nice way to finish off my 12ers. Great views of Borah. Here’s a trip-report and some photos. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2008 11:59 pm | ||
| brendon | Great Scramble Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2008 | |
| Accompanied SuperDave on his last 12er. I have 2 left. Good weather. | |
| Posted Sep 8, 2008 10:47 pm | ||
| Idaho Kid | Great Idaho Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Climbed the Elkhorn Creek route, it was a great climb. We had a blast scrambling up the peak. From the saddle we had the most amazing views of Mount Borah I had ever seen. | |
| Posted Jun 18, 2007 11:25 am | ||
| nickkarl | Elkhorn Creek Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007 | |
| Approached from Elkhorn Creek. The hike up the saddle wasn't bad. We stuck to the vegitation to the left and found the goat trail to the saddle. Getting around the pillars was tricky, but great scrambling. Hit a snow field for about 500 of the last 1000 ft. Made the summit in about 6hrs. Great views of Borah all day. I would rate this as my favorite 12er so far. | |
| Posted Jun 17, 2007 8:32 am | ||
| skunk ape | Idaho | |
| Climbed North face from pahsimeroi in May | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2007 11:29 pm | ||
| mountaingazelle | West Ridge / Southwest Face Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006 | |
| I approached the mountain from Elkhorn Creek. It was a nice hike into the basin below the west face. The climb up to the saddle on the ridge was steep but the rock was better than I had experienced on other mountains in the range. The route had a little bit of everything. I can see why many people consider this their favorite 12er. | |
| Posted Sep 5, 2006 5:36 am | ||
| splattski | West Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2005 | |
| Solo climb, T shirt weather, not too much smoke- and I could clearly see people on Borah. On return, I saw boot tracks over the top of mine.. but never did see any people. | |
| Posted Jun 15, 2006 8:20 pm | ||
| punk_rocker333 | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| Approached from Cedar Creek from Borah trailhead. It is a better alternative to Elkhorn Creek. This canyon is seldom visited and very beautiful. I recomend this approach. Oh yeah, the climb was good too. | |
| Posted May 1, 2005 8:47 pm | ||
| kdonaldson | Route Climbed: West Ridge/Southwest Face Date Climbed: April 9, 2005 | |
| The weather in the LR area was very unstable this weekend. Driving up friday night, it was clear that there was new snow from the recent storms moving through the state, and there were random cloud burst on the way up the valley. We left the trailhead at 6:30 saturday morning (my buddy Brandon, Eric L and myself). We made good time, making Saddle in 3 hrs. It started snowing lightly around 8000 ft. The gully to the saddle was nice and consolidated. By the time we reached the saddle, it was snowing harder, and blowing. It was hard to tell the difference between snow and spindrift. Visibility continued to decrease to about 60 ft or so at the summit. There was a lot of snow, and we stuck as close to the ridge as possible due to the wind loading. About 700 ft below the summit, Brandon started getting leg cramps. A gave him a gu pack and a potassium tablet, but he decided to wait for us back at our last rest stop. We had radios, so we kept in touch that way until we met up again on the way down. It took us another 3 hours from the saddle to get to the summit. Eric and I signed the summit log, snapped a couple of photos with the amo box (the only thing to see), and started to head down. Once we dropped below the saddle, it started easing up again. We arrived back at the trailhead at 4 pm under clear skies, but cold (9.5 hours total time). The storm was still over the peak. A great mountaineering challenge! | |
| Posted Apr 11, 2005 2:05 pm | ||
| patascent | Southwest Face Date Climbed: Sep 21, 2002 | |
| Great climb. Last one of Idaho's nine 12,000 ft. peaks. Guess it's time to start on the 11,000's. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2005 4:55 pm | ||
| IdahoSummits | Route Climbed: West Ridge/Southwest Face Date Climbed: 8/17/2003 | |
| My last 12er, summited with SP member jjust (also Jim's last 12er as well). Cool scramble, with route-finding, scree sliding, ledges, and more... | |
| Posted May 7, 2004 3:24 pm | ||
| IdahoClimber | Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 13, 2003 | |
| This peak rocks! After a successful climb the day before on Donaldson it was time to tackle Idaho. I soon found out the best way to climb this peak is to stick to the right hand side most of the way. From there was a nice scramble up to the saddle and a spectacular view of Borah Peak. The final scramble proved to be just a rewarding and the views are incredible. Made the roundtrip in under 6 hours. 4 up, 2 down. Stick to the scree field and you fly . . . . | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2003 3:27 pm | ||
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