When Jeff Lowe of Boise decided to hike 12,662-foot Mount Borah, Idaho’s tallest peak, he tried to think about the extra things he’d need in his day pack — a flashlight, a pocket knife, extra food and ...

CHALLIS (AP) — Officials in central Idaho say a Pennsylvania man had to be rescued after falling on Idaho’s tallest mountain, triggering a small avalanche. According to the Custer County Sheriff’s ...

Challis native McKinsey Bruning, née Van Pelt, grew up with the Salmon River in her backyard, “born and raised doing all things outdoors.” Despite that, she’d never climbed nearby 12,662-foot Mount ...

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 ...

Alex Amar, a childhood friend of McKinsey Van Pelt’s, officiates her Friday wedding to Jordan Bruning at the summit of Mount Borah, Idaho’s tallest peak. (Photo courtesy of McKinsey Bruning) Challis, ...

BOISE – 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 ...

NAMPA -- A 14-year-old Nampa boy is home resting after falling around 200 feet off of a trail at Mount Borah - Idaho's tallest mountain. Colton Garner was hiking with his Boy Scout troop on Friday ...

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.

Next, they made their way up 12,065-foot Mount Idaho, a couple miles south of Borah, walking eight miles through a forested area until they came out in the open. They followed a narrow brown path of ...