Throughout history, people have been simultaneously awestruck and infatuated with towering peaks — pinnacles that come closer than other natural objects to the heavens. Borah Peak on Mount Borah is ...

John Milburn learned the hard way that hikers should always stay on the trail. The Pocatello resident was reported missing on Thursday during a hike to the top of Mount Borah. Luckily, he was able to ...

MACKAY, Idaho -- A 57-year-old south-central Idaho man who slid 300 feet down an ice slope while climbing Idaho's highest peak has been rescued. KIFI-TV reports that Kent Blau of Declo slid on the ice ...

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 ...

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 ...

Even though he was a young boy, a first-grader, J.D. Bennetts remembers the moment the Borah Peak earthquake hit. It was a typically hectic Friday morning as his mom, JoAnn, was trying to get J.D. and ...

Call him the Glacier Hunter. About mid-September each year, Collin Sloan, of Boise, sets out into the mountain wilderness tracking the elusive Idaho glacier. Sloan is convinced that Idaho has more ...

Forget what you’ve heard about climbing Borah Peak. The worst part of climbing Idaho’s tallest mountain is not Chickenout Ridge. Unless you have a serious problem ...