View of Borah at a distance.

View from the trailhead. Borah peak is just barely visable in the middle of the picture

Birch Springs campground.

Johnny's taking a look at what were getting into.

Plotted this route with GPS

1.64 Miles into hike. View is to the North just coming out of the tree line.

Shelter at the tree line. This is where we stashed some of our water for the return trip.

8:29am: 1.81 miles into hike. My son-in-law Johnny with a view to the North

8:30am: View of the Birch Springs campground and trailhead (Bottom Right)

8:30am: View NorthEast

8:52am: Looking up towards Chicken out ridge.(Middle Left)

8:52am:

8:54am:

8:54am: View to the South

9:05am: Looking back down the trail

9:26am:

9:26am:

9:52am: View to the South

9:54am: Aprox. 2.8 miles. Close to Chicken out ridge

10:04am: Working around the South side of Chicken out ridge. At the point I took this picture is where many have turned away.

10:10am: Johnny working down and around to get to other side of Chicken out ridge. The first section

10:13am: Looking back at beginning of Chicken out ridge

10:13am: Looking down and to the South

10:13am: Looking back at the beginning section of Chicken out ridge.

10:21am: View as we are almost through the first section of Chicken out ridge.

10:22am: Reaching the top of first section of Chicken out ridge.

10:22am:

10:24am: View of the cross over point

10:25am: View of Borah summit

10:26am: Working our way around

10:26am: As you can see the trail gets a little tough at times. Watch your step and hang onto the rock ledges

10:28am: Another view of Borah summit

10:38am: Looking to the West

10:39am: At this point it was decided to climb up the "Smoke Stack" to reach the snow bridge

10:39am: Climbing up to the top of the last portion of Chicken out ridge. Hang on and watch your step