Lost River RangeSouthwest (Chicken-Out ) Ridge Climber's Log
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| kevinhansen | Cold but nice  Date Climbed: Dec 10, 2005 | |
| I put together a group of folks from ISU OP to climb this route a few days before the official start of the Winter season. Everyone but Chad called and bailed out the night before we left. Valley temps were Minus 8 Degrees so we were thinking is was going to be like minus 25 degrees up at the tree line camp sites. We couldn't have been more wrong. An inversion gave us +25 degrees up on the ridge. The climb was great with blue bird skys. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2012 1:40 pm | ||
| blakemj33 | Saweeeet Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010 | |
| Fun climb and yes I'd have to agree that Chicken Out ridge is way overated. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2011 1:53 pm | ||
| Garfimi | Chicken-Out What? Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2011 | |
| Great route. Great hike. COR was fun. I really fun scramble. Don't believe all the hype. | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2011 5:03 pm | ||
| reboyles | 28 and Counting Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2011 | |
| I was reluctant to waste my remaining cartilage on another trip down Chicken Out Ridge but this year I was obligated to take my daughter to the summit before I finally shake off my obsession with this particular chunk of rock. I made my 28th trip to the summit on Sunday along with my daughter Anne and her best friend Kyndal. Good luck was with us on this trip because we had a very active upper atmosphere that produced a very spectacular show all weekend but completely missed Borah this time. To those who diss off CO Ridge as overrated I should remind them that this route is by far the easiest way up or down the mountain. Outside of the dry season, this route can be quite technical in nature and in winter it's a whole different ball game in this mountain range. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2011 4:56 pm | ||
| asaking11 | Awesome Route! Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2011 | |
| This route is a ton of fun. The exposure isn't too bad, and some snow in some sections makes this route a lot of fun. Short but steep. | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2011 11:28 pm | ||
| SawtoothExplorer | Tons of snow Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2011 | |
| Mixed snow conditions. Very windy and cold. Even got a little snow storm on the way back through COR just to make it interesting. | |
| Posted Jun 20, 2011 4:45 pm | ||
| splattski | The whole family Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2003 | |
| Me, my wife, and both my girls. Trip report | |
| Posted Dec 18, 2010 5:01 pm | ||
| jamesmc2 | The Big Spud Date Climbed: Sep 27, 2010 | |
| This was my fourth idaho 12er since moving to Boise from Seattle this summer. Great views and a unique area of the state. Chicken Out Ridge had some nice exposure and was the highlight of the climb. | |
| Posted Sep 30, 2010 5:41 pm | ||
| DougBenton | See my trip report!! Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2010 | |
| What a beautiful peak!! The rest is in my report! | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2010 5:09 pm | ||
| reboyles | 27 Times Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2008 | |
| I made my 27th ascent with my neighbor Dave under near perfect conditions. That includes 6 ascents of the North Face and 21 times up CO Ridge. I've made 25 trips down CO Ridge, one down the North Face and a midnight descent of the West Face in winter. If my knees stay healthy, I'll go for 30. On my first trip up in 1973 there was only a rumor of a trail on the ridge. Not finding a trace of a trail, Carl and I used the steep gully to the right of what is now the main trail. We made it to the summit in under 3 hours and came back down by the same route. In the late 70s a climax avalanche roared down this gully snapping trees that were 6' in diameter and left a pile of debris nearly 100 feet deep until it melted away. The evidence of this slide is clearly visible to this day. I never intended to climb Borah so many times nor do I care about any kind of record. Year-after-year my friends keep asking to go with them so how can I refuse a friend? Be aware though. Climbing Borah with a friend, relative or child just might create a bond that lasts a lifetime. | |
| Posted Mar 1, 2010 10:36 am | ||
| byates | Chicken out way overrated Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008 | |
| So this is it? a few slippery hand holds due to over use? On the other hand the thunderstorm was way scary, bolts flying all over the place on Chicken out on the way down at 9 to 9;30 am, I thought they were supposed to hold off till noon. Up in 2:45 down in 2;15 due to being chased by the lightning | |
| Posted Jul 22, 2009 11:53 pm | ||
| mtybumpo | Fun Ridge Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009 | |
| Chicken Out wasn't so bad. instead of one snow bridge there was actually about four we had to cross because of snow conditions. | |
| Posted Jul 5, 2009 1:21 am | ||
| Scott Wesemann | Saweeet ridge!! Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2002 | |
| I have done COR twice and it is a fantastic ridge with fun exposure. I like to stay right on top of the ridge. There are excellent hand holds and as long as exposure doesn't bother you, you will be fine. | |
| Posted Mar 19, 2009 12:20 pm | ||
| BCJ | Lots of fun Date Climbed: Sep 16, 2007 | |
| Great route and a lot more fun than I expected. | |
| Posted Oct 4, 2008 3:37 pm | ||
| captainbuuda | Easy climbing Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2008 | |
| I summited this peak with my fellow crew mates of the Wildhorse Trail Crew. This route is mostly hiking; chicken out was fun and could've been made as hard as you wanted it to be, but there was always an easy way around everything that was never harder than class 2. It was a blast of course and getting down at sunset, just before an enormous thunderstorm added to the tremendous experience. WILDHORSE '08!!! | |
| Posted Sep 18, 2008 7:07 am | ||
| cdog | heatwave in may Date Climbed: May 16, 2008 | |
| I solo'd the sw ridge route on this blazing friday; crazy temperatures for a may day. I had the mountain to myself and enjoyed the solitude plus 2 quiet nights at the trailhead parking and camping area. Conditions were moderate in the morning, with the snow being firm along the ridge to the summit. I sat on the summit, with little or no wind, and watched cornices and avalanches break off around me. Conditions became poor in the afternoon, and the descent was quite tedious. There still was a lot of snow up there but it was melting fast! Lots of balling in the crampons and lack of trust along the snow knife edge / arete sections. | |
| Posted May 17, 2008 8:30 pm | ||
| idahomtnhigh | I Love Idaho Mountains Date Climbed: Jun 17, 1997 | |
| I first climbed Borah Peak in 1997 when I took my brother up there for his bachelor party. I returned to the mountain on Labor Day Weekend 2007, there was about 25 people on the mountain that Sunday. Hard to find state high-points with that easy of access and that few people. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2007 11:30 am | ||
| A Bit | Chicken Out Date Climbed: Jul 9, 1996 | |
| Chicken out ridge was fun. Shared the mountain with just one other climber that day. | |
| Posted Aug 21, 2007 11:06 pm | ||
| Cascade Scrambler | Chicken Out Ridge: not all it's cracked up to be Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2007 | |
| "Chicken Out Ridge" disappointed me. We waited 45 minutes to gain the entrance to the ridge due to a large bottleneck of people who were obviously contemplating chickening out. At this point we thought that the ridge must be pretty gnarly if all those people were backing off (they were not descending). Once we gained the entrance to the ridge, it was a piece of cake. Taking the trail on the north face of the ridge allowed us to bypass at least 20 people who were struggling on the south side. I'm still wondering what I got all psyched out about, hoping that it might be difficult, but I guess each person's level of comfort is different. 5.5 hours to the top (including that 45 minute wait at Chicken Out Ridge), 2 hours to get down. Great views, nice hike. | |
| Posted Aug 5, 2007 3:09 pm | ||
| Redwic | We Didn't "Chicken Out"... Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2007 | |
| A friend & I completed a successful first attempt of Borah Peak via the "Chicken Out Ridge" route. The weather conditions were great, which I believe really helped our climb. Before this hike neither of us had any true scrambling experience, which made this hike more intense (for our limited climbing experience, that is) than we had envisioned. With that said, and despite other hikers turning around, we had few difficulties. When crossing the ridge, we found ourselves taking different paths during our ascent & descent. Portions of the route might be difficult, but people of all shapes, sizes, and ages were traversing the route. We even saw one dog complete the ridge section, although the owner said "never again" because of the difficulty. | |
| Posted Jul 29, 2007 12:59 pm | ||
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