Borah N Face before the snow melts?

[mccallboater]

Any takers? Or maybe I should put this in "climbing partners"? The snow is melting very, very quickly.

[pup_on_the_mountain]

Hmmm.. I was talking to John Crock @ Hyperspud about Borah NF. He said he did it in early July. At least the year he did it, they found good alpine/water ice most of the route that time of the year. He recommended late June/early July as the best time, assuming you like to see more ice than snow. He didn't have any big issues with things falling down on them either.

 

Was this a low snow year up there?

 

I'll be interested in this route, but am tied up for a few weeks (and weekends) though. Please post any conditions/beta that you might accrue when/if you make an attempt. TIA!

 

Its about a 9-10 hrs drive for me (from Pullman) , but hey, John Frieh will drive 15 hrs from PDX for you (and he'll say I'm a wimp ).

[John Frieh]

I would never call anyone who hikes all of downey creek a wimp

 

10 hours from PDX w/ the time zone change. I'd drive 15 for the sawtooths though

 

Word on the street is this was one of the lowest snow years for Idaho in a long time

 

City of Rocks next weekend!

[pup_on_the_mountain]

I forgot about the time change.. with that (and if I drive like you), it should be less than 7 hrs from Pullman . That's not bad at all ..

 

Have fun at COR!