{"id":4869,"date":"2020-07-21T22:59:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:10:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T01:10:33","slug":"20200721borah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/21\/20200721borah\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6 of 2020 Idaho Trip, Borah Peak, Crest of Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sixth day and the climax of my Idaho trip as I would summit Mount Borah, the tallest mountain in the state of Idaho.
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Finally, the long-awaited day of my Idaho trip as I would summit Mount Borah. It\u2019s a steep 6.6km one-way trail with 1616m elevation gain, to Borah Peak at 3859m. A thrilling YDS class 3 scrambling across “Chicken-out-Ridge” was involved, and the entire trip took me 10.5 hours from start to finish, with about an hour spent at summit.<\/p>\n

Despite there was a campground at the trailhead, I was so used to the comfort of a bed, that I decided to stay at an Airbnb in a nearby town. Though I left the Airbnb house at 7am, I realized I forgot to bring my gloves and had to return to the town of Mackay to buy a pair. (I couldn\u2019t hold back the excitement when I found gardening gloves in the only convenience store that\u2019s open at 7:40am.) Combined with the fact that the last 5km to trailhead off US93 was unpaved, my hiking got to a very late start of 8:30am.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s generally advised to start the hike of Borah Peak as early as possible, as there\u2019s no shelter along the trail should an afternoon storm roll in. Here’s Jack Carter<\/a> recalling his experience in a storm:<\/p>\n

…We got in a lighten storm and there was a lot of static electricity. The hair on my head stood straight up. Do NOT try and summit if there is overcast or any forecast of rain…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On this aspect, a start time of 8:30am was very late. However, weather report said it would be a sunny and cloudless day, so I started my hike not worried about impending storms.
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