Climbing 12,662-foot Borah Peak, Idaho’s highest mountain, is something you do once, just to say you did it. I remember climbing the peak in 1985. It was my first peak and our group consisted of avid ...

Nearly 25 years ago, the U.S. Forest Service constructed a trailhead and a handful of campgrounds at the base of Idaho’s tallest mountain, Borah Peak. Few things have changed at the site since then ...

Climbers descend along Borah Peak’s Chickenout Ridge. Borah is actually four feet taller than traditionally thought, according to data from a new elevation measurement technique. Idaho Statesman file ...

If you're afraid of heights or are an inexperienced hiker, you're going to want to stay away from what I consider the most extreme hike in Idaho. At 8 miles long, the Mount Borah Trail is not for the ...

POCATELLO — The Executive Challenge — Hike to Mount Borah is a physical activity-based competition between 12 local executives aiming to walk 142 miles (10,000 steps per day) for the month of April.

Jeremy Powell of Boise takes a photo from the top of Thompson Peak. Powell hiked the highest peak in each of the mountain ranges and subranges in Idaho. (courtesy Jeremy Powell) When Jeremy Powell ...

I’ve climbed mountains, but I am not a mountain climber. For the most part, my climbing has been occasional peak bagging in association with backpacking trips although I have specifically climbed ...

When Eva Steinwald reached the summit of Mount Borah in 2018, she cried. They were tears of excitement, awe and, perhaps more than anything else, relief. Climbing Idaho’s tallest mountain was how the ...

CUSTER COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - On July 24 around 8 p.m., the Custer County Sheriff’s Office in Challis received the report of a missing hiker on Mount Borah. The hiker was last seen by his wife around ...

Immovably rough and rugged is Idaho’s highest mountain, rising in independent grandeur above wild country between the Big Lost River and Pahsimeroi ranges. No less rugged is Idaho’s senior U. S.