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Cory Harelson

Boise, ID
43 years old · Male
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Last Visit: Dec 26, 2023
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Best Times to Meet: Weekends, or after work weekdays
Likes Trad, Sport, Gym
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Trad 5.10b 5.11b
Sport 5.11c 5.11d
Aid C2 C5
Ice WI4 WI6
Mixed M4 M6
Boulders V2
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5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a AI4 M6
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● Psycho Therapy
Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 5 pitches
Central Idaho > Lost River Range > Mt Borah
AI2
 17
● North Face of Mount Borah
Trad, Ice, Alpine 10 pitches
Central Idaho > Lost River Range > Mt Borah
V3 6A
 7
● Sweaty Peach
Boulder
W Idaho > Table Rock > Table Boulder
V1 5
 5
● Heel Hook
Boulder
W Idaho > Table Rock > Table Boulder
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
 27
● Copperhead
Trad
W Idaho > Black Cliffs > Short Cliffs
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
 4
● Four Horsemen
Trad, Alpine 14 pitches
Central Idaho > Sawtooth Range > Chipmunk Perch
Route Name Location Star Rating Difficulty Date
● Psycho Therapy Central Idaho > Lost River Range > Mt Borah
 2
5.9+ 5c 17 VI 17 E1 5a AI4 M6 Trad, Mixed, Ice, Alpine 5 pitches
● North Face of Mount Borah Central Idaho > Lost River Range > Mt Borah
 17
AI2 Trad, Ice, Alpine 10 pitches
● Sweaty Peach W Idaho > Table Rock > Table Boulder
 7
V3 6A Boulder
● Heel Hook W Idaho > Table Rock > Table Boulder
 5
V1 5 Boulder
● Copperhead W Idaho > Black Cliffs > Short Cliffs
 27
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a Trad
● Four Horsemen Central Idaho > Sawtooth Range > Chipmunk Perch
 4
5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a Trad, Alpine 14 pitches

Shared Areas View All 19

● Mt. Borah

Central Idaho > Lost River Range
● Chipmunk Perch

Central Idaho > Sawtooth Range
● Hairpin Boulders

W Idaho > Swan Falls
● Highway Face

W Idaho > Black Cliffs
● Mt Idaho

Central Idaho > Lost River Range
● Lost River Range

Central Idaho
Area Location Date
● Mt. Borah Central Idaho > Lost River Range
● Chipmunk Perch Central Idaho > Sawtooth Range
● Hairpin Boulders W Idaho > Swan Falls
● Highway Face W Idaho > Black Cliffs
● Mt Idaho Central Idaho > Lost River Range
● Lost River Range Central Idaho

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Troy onsights Boys R Blue.
Troy onsights Boys R Blue.
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Alternate approach to the north face cirque: This is a description of an approach shown to me by Kevin Hansen. It is shorter and more direct than the Rock Creek approach, BUT it involves some horrendous hiking up steep scree and some extremely exposed class 4 climbing. You will save time with this approach, but don't say you weren't warned when you are cursing at the scree or wetting your pants due to the exposure! For the north face, this approach has the added benefit that you can just hike the COR trail all the way back to your car at the end of the day. <br> <br> Park at the MAIN BORAH TRAILHEAD for the Chicken Out Ridge Trail.<br> 0<br> Hike up the trail to the saddle with the comfortable tree. Leave the trail here headed north as if you were going back to the Rock Creek parking area, but head due north (further right than if you were going to the other parking). Eventually you will come to a steep slope leading down into a drainage. Go down the slope, and up the other side. This part sucks as the slope on the other side is composed of steep loose scree. <br> <br> Eventually you will gain the "escalator ridge" on the other side of the drainage (so called because after the scree hill the going is so easy it feels like you're taking an escalator). There are several nice bivy spots on this ridge. Head up ridge for quite awhile Until you come to another scree field, which leads you to the crest of the northwest ridge of Borah. <br> <br> Follow the northwest ridge up to an area where the scree is much darker than the surrounding scree. At the far right edge of this you can drop down the other (north) side of the ridge using a series of ramps which are linked together by loose class 4 scrambling. These ramps generally traverse towards the North Face of Borah.<br> <br> Congratulations! You are now high in the north face cirque! Psycho Therapy is just up to your right, and a simple traverse of the large snow field will put you at the base of the north face route.
Alternate approach to the north face cirque: T…
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Kevin on the descent down the Borah's northwest ridge.
Kevin on the descent down the Borah's northwest…
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Kevin Hansen, grappling with the "snow chockstone" which is mostly hidden from view.
Kevin Hansen, grappling with the "snow chocksto…
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Psycho Therapy - Photo by Bob Boyles
Psycho Therapy - Photo by Bob Boyles
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Descent back to rock creek
Descent back to rock creek
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