There are a lot of obsessive climbers accomplishing impressive feats in Idaho’s mountains this year. There are two notable and unprecedented peakbagging achievements worthy of reporting so far this year.

First, Kaden Platt recently completed climbing all of the 115 ranked peaks in Owyhee County. Not only did this endeavor require a lot of backcountry driving and off-trail navigation but it also required tracking down private landowners and getting permission for climbing peaks located on private property. Keep in mind that Kaden not only climbed all of the Owyhee Mountain peaks but every ranked peak in Owyhee County. This included reaching rugged, faraway spots in the Owyhee River canyons. You can see the list of his peaks at this link: Kaden’s Owyhee County summits.

Haylee Stocking became the first person to climb the 215 ranked peaks in the Pioneer Mountains. Derek Percoski is close to completing the list having ascended 209 Pioneer ranked summits and Rick Baugher has completed 205 ranked Pioneer summits. The Pioneers are undoubtedly Idaho’s premier mountain range with a wide assortment of difficult peaks spread over a huge slice of challenging Idaho terrain. In addition to this accomplishment, Haylee was the second person to climb every ranked peak in Blaine County. She has also completed many impressive ridge traverses. You can see a summary of the leading climbers of the peaks in the Pioneer Mountains at this link: Pioneer Mountains