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Borah Peak
- Easiest route
- 6.2 km+1,618 m · about 4 h · T4
- Prominence
- 1,823 m5,982 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 19°FLight snow · Wind 10–22 mph NE
Borah Peak is a 3,857 m (12,654 ft) mountain in the Lost River Range, Idaho, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,857 m · 12,654 ft
- Range
- Lost River Range
- Region
- Idaho, United States
- Protected area
- Challis National Forest
- Coordinates
- 44.1374° N, 113.7811° W
How to get to the top of Borah Peak
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Borah Peak Trailhead (trailhead)
- Distance
- 6.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,618 m−18 m (5,308 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Borah Peak 3D map
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Borah Peak terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Borah Peak Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Borah Peak weather
Tonight · Light snow · 19°F (-7°C) · 55% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–22 mph NE
Borah Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,385 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,154 m.
- Tonight19°55%10–22 mph NEBase 28°
- Sat19°24°–2–12 mph WSWBase 29 / 41°
- Sun23°30°–6–13 mph SSEBase 32 / 46°
- Mon21°29°47%14–18 mph SSEBase 30 / 46°
- Tue17°23°48%8–14 mph SWBase 25 / 41°
- Wed18°24°16%5–10 mph WSWBase 28 / 41°
- Thu21°28°11%3–8 mph SSWBase 30 / 44°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:31 UTC.
Camping & parking near Borah Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Borah Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Borah Peak Trailhead
Nearest parking
4.3 km W
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Borah Peak TrailheadTrailhead | 4.3 km W |
| Parking | 4.3 km W |
| Parking | 4.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 7.6 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Borah Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 6.2 km from 2,257 m to 3,857 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°3.5 km
- 15–30°2.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.6 km, measured from the Borah Peak summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Sacajawea Peak3,638 m 1.6 km S
- 2Mount Idaho3,677 m 3.5 km S
- 3Mount Morrison3,465 m 4.3 km SSW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.6 km; 129 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Sky pilot21
- Purple Saxifrage12
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel7
- Whitebark Pine6
- Shrubby cinquefoil6
- Cut-leaf fleabane6
Where Borah Peak sits
- Region
- Idaho14United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Galena SummitPass · 2,652 m↑80 km WSW
Bannock Pass2,342 m↑86 km NNE
Sawtooth Valley1,971 m↑88 km W
Redfish Lake↑92 km W
Lemhi Pass2,247 m↑97 km NNE
More 1
More in the Rocky Mountains 6
Borah Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,859 m at the summit; the official height is 3,857 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 37 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,857 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,860 m | +3 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,859 m | +2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,833 m | -24 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,820 m | -37 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-09)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia