Borah Peak Fall Conditions

[agman]

I am heading to Pocatello (from Seattle) for a week (November 17-21) and am hoping to climb Borah while I am there. Any thoughts on conditions this time of year - Skis, snowshoes, screws, pickets, etc.??? How much snow have they gotten so far?

 

Also, if anybody is in the area and would be interested in joining me, I would love to have a compadre.

 

Thanks!!!

[TyClimber]

I did the north face of Borah a couple years back in the first week of November. We had a bit of a wallow. We used snowshoes to get to the mountain and then swam up the vast majority of the route. We placed a couple pickets towards the top when things got a little steeper, but the screws we carried were pretty much useless.

 

I have no idea what kind of snow they have gotten this year though.

[splattski]

On November 8, we climbed White Cap Peak which is about five summits south of Borah. There isn't a lot of snow, and only some of it is consolidated (right under the lip of the cornices). You an see Borah nicely from the summit of White Cap. Trip report:

http://www.splattski.com/2008/white_cap/index.html

 

[PickleJuice]

I live there, and there is no snow in town right now. We climbed Borah 2 weeks ago and there was a good deal up there already and probably a lot more now. I climbed Scout Mountain on Saturday and the conditions were still great... only at the very top did we find ourselves punching holes...while following giant moose tracks! Massacre Rocks is only a little south of town too. For reason it is much toastier there than anywhere else in the area. Have fun!