Borah Peak, Idaho (Photos Page 1)

    WCU, EEU, EKU, and I traveled to Borah Peak, Idaho on July 25, 2004.  We were accompanied by fellow highpointers Tom Karchesy (WA), Stony Burk (NH), Chuck Bickes (MA), and Janice (WY).  We also had a tag-along named Casey.

    The trailhead is a nice place to camp.  We parked our motor home right at the trailhead.  There is a new chemical toilet about 100 yards from the trailhead.  It got rave reviews from the crew.

    It rained a little when we arrived about 8:00pm on July 25, 2004.  We didn't mind, because we were inside the RV enjoying a high carb dinner and some wine (supplied by our new friend Janice Stroud). 

    We started our climb at about 4:15 am, which turned out to be a little late.  We encountered some thunderstorms right off the summit.  We really had to hurry our descent.  The upper 2000-3000 feet of the climb is on a ridges above the tree line.   This is not an easy climb.  Chuck Bickes, who is now a 50 completer, (this was his 49th) said he thought it was the roughest one day climb of all the summits.

    There is a register at the summit and a nice Borah Peak flag (it's in the plastic tube.  "Chicken Out Ridge" is aptly named.

                                    Steve Urbanski,  August 12, 2004
 
    001    The night before the climb in the RV
 
 
 
    002    WCU enjoys the last supper while
            discussing what time to leave the
            trailhead the next mroning
    003    Looking East at the morning sky
            from the lower part of the trail
 
    004    Tom and Janice on the lower trail
 
 
 
    005    Looking up the lower trail
            It gets steep fairly sooner and stays that way
 
    006    Chuck Bickes early on to the summit of
            his 49th highpoint
 
 
    007    Chuck just above the tree line
 
 
 
    008    Looking North just above the tree line
 
 
 
    009    Looking up the trail
            It goes up along the ridge line
 
 
    010    WCU checks the GPS with Borah
            in the background
 
 
    011    Tom, Chuck, and EEU take a break
            at a rock wind break
 
 
    012    Chuck and Janice on one of the few
            non-steep parts of the trail
 
 
    013    WCU's silhouette on a ridge above
 
 
 
    014    Part of the trail on "Chicken Out Ridge"
 
 
 
    015    WCU and EEU approaching the snow bridge
 
 
 
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