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Bogus Basin ski runs

98 named runs · about 36 miles of skiing · 5,770 to 7,560 ft

Green 12% (4.3 mi)Blue 45% (16.2 mi)Black 28% (10.2 mi)Double black 15% (5.6 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Pine Creek Bowl 38°
  2. ACL Ridge 36°
  3. Lightning 36°
  4. Omar's Inspiration 36°
  5. Waterfall 35°

Longest

  1. Buttercup 5,500 ft
  2. Smuggler 5,200 ft
  3. Easy Way Down 4,900 ft
  4. Wildcat 4,800 ft
  5. Upper Nugget 4,800 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Eureka 38% sun
  2. Tempest 40% sun
  3. Night Hawk 41% sun
  4. Buckhorn 41% sun
  5. Triumph 43% sun

Longest greens

  1. Buttercup 5,500 ft
  2. Sunshine 3,800 ft
  3. Pioneer Trail 3,500 ft
  4. Coach's Corner 2,700 ft
  5. Silver Queen 2,700 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 98 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Pine Creek Bowl Double black 1,048 ft 2,910 ft 38° 22° E Below average
ACL Ridge Double black 1,121 ft 3,346 ft 36° 20° E Average
Lightning Double black 541 ft 2,111 ft 36° 15° E Below average
Omar's Inspiration Double black 697 ft 1,746 ft 36° 24° SW Poor
Waterfall Double black 617 ft 1,564 ft 35° 24° NE Good
The Face Double black 880 ft — 33° 28° SW —
Last Chance Double black 929 ft 2,579 ft 33° 21° S Poor
Matchless Black 831 ft 2,796 ft 32° 18° NE Excellent
Tempest Double black 1,136 ft 2,928 ft 32° 23° N Excellent
Mother Lode Black 613 ft 2,420 ft 31° 15° SE Poor
Wildcat Black 1,509 ft 4,793 ft 31° 19° E Below average
Tiger Double black 855 ft 2,879 ft 31° 18° W Below average
The Triangle Black 752 ft — 31° 26° NE —
The Triangle (Upper) Black 473 ft 1,102 ft 31° 26° NE Excellent
Strawberry Fields Double black 807 ft 2,094 ft 31° 23° NE Good
Liberty Double black 727 ft 1,811 ft 31° 24° W Poor
Superior Black 1,418 ft 4,092 ft 31° 20° N Excellent
Greenie's Run Double black 470 ft 1,253 ft 30° 22° W Below average
Eureka Black 461 ft 1,191 ft 30° 23° N Excellent
Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls Black 365 ft 1,214 ft 30° 18° SE Poor
Triumph Black 1,153 ft 3,059 ft 30° 22° N Excellent
Power Line Double black 779 ft 1,858 ft 30° 25° SW Poor
Lucky Friday Double black 949 ft 3,023 ft 29° 19° SE Poor
Buckhorn Black 335 ft 928 ft 29° 21° N Excellent
Mary's Ridge Black 882 ft 3,045 ft 29° 17° NE Average
War Eagle Black 1,287 ft 3,475 ft 28° 22° N Excellent
Upper Paradise Black 697 ft 2,224 ft 28° 18° E Average
Lower Nugget Black 477 ft 1,289 ft 28° 22° N Excellent
The Triangle (Lower) Black 254 ft 603 ft 28° 25° NE Excellent
Corn Patch Black 319 ft 1,322 ft 28° 15° NW Good
Night Hawk Black 1,068 ft 2,795 ft 27° 23° N Excellent
Lando's Mojo Black 719 ft 2,800 ft 27° 15° N Excellent
Deadwood Black 482 ft 1,361 ft 27° 21° NW Excellent
Bonanza Blue 672 ft 2,492 ft 27° 16° N Excellent
Hogsback Blue 395 ft 1,532 ft 27° 15° S Poor
Bowl Black 462 ft 1,601 ft 26° 17° N Excellent
Nitro Black 253 ft 732 ft 26° 20° N Excellent
Blackbird Black 375 ft 1,253 ft 26° 18° NW Good
Night Hawk Cut-Off Blue 193 ft 825 ft 26° 14° N Excellent
Widowmaker Black 503 ft 1,720 ft 26° 17° N Excellent
Lower Bonanza Blue 474 ft 1,408 ft 26° 20° NW Good
Stump Bowl Black 336 ft 961 ft 26° 21° NE Good
Majestic Black 1,230 ft 4,160 ft 26° 17° N Good
Sunbeam Black 883 ft 2,403 ft 26° 22° N Excellent
Second Chance Black 403 ft 1,084 ft 25° 22° NW Excellent
Northslope Blue 308 ft 969 ft 25° 19° NW Average
Bitterroot Basin Blue 407 ft 1,568 ft 25° 15° NE Excellent
Lower Paradise Blue 651 ft 3,348 ft 25° 11° SE Poor
Cascade Black 309 ft 966 ft 24° 19° NE Excellent
Shindig Blue 628 ft 2,385 ft 24° 15° W Below average
Morning Star Blue 582 ft 2,444 ft 24° 14° S Poor
Bear Paw Black 156 ft 502 ft 24° 18° W Average
Paradise Blue 446 ft 2,179 ft 24° 12° E Below average
Independence Blue 612 ft 2,354 ft 24° 15° W Average
B-2 Blue 300 ft 976 ft 24° 18° NE Excellent
B-3 Blue 281 ft 945 ft 24° 17° NE Good
Lazy Mary Blue 477 ft 2,389 ft 24° 12° N Good
Lu Lu Blue 327 ft 1,273 ft 23° 15° SE Poor
Lower Ridge Blue 527 ft 2,026 ft 23° 15° N Excellent
Shaker Ridge Blue 756 ft 3,831 ft 22° 11° NW Good
Stewart's Bowl Blue 298 ft 1,377 ft 22° 13° N Good
B-4 Blue 153 ft 543 ft 22° 16° NE Excellent
Sleepy Hollow Blue 509 ft 2,409 ft 22° 12° N Good
Smuggler Blue 744 ft 5,195 ft 21° 8° NW Good
Alpine Blue 525 ft 2,270 ft 21° 13° N Good
Ida Bell Blue 207 ft 859 ft 21° 14° W Average
Mike's Mambo Blue 263 ft 875 ft 20° 18° N Excellent
Sunset Blue 179 ft 665 ft 20° 16° N Excellent
Troll Haven Blue 214 ft 819 ft 20° 15° N Excellent
Snoozer Blue 123 ft 646 ft 20° 11° W Average
Sourdough Blue 228 ft 865 ft 20° 15° NW Average
Upper Nugget Blue 840 ft 4,778 ft 20° 10° E Below average
Wake Up Jim Blue 186 ft 995 ft 19° 11° W Below average
Lower Wildcat Cutoff Blue 346 ft 3,443 ft 19° 6° NE Good
Mid-Paradise Cut Off Blue 196 ft 2,589 ft 19° 4° NE Excellent
Showcase Blue 680 ft 3,537 ft 19° 11° N Good
Silver Queen Green 524 ft 2,702 ft 19° 11° SE Poor
Sleepy Connector Blue 127 ft 600 ft 19° 12° NW Average
Upper Ridge Blue 360 ft 2,083 ft 18° 10° N Good
Mambo Meadows Blue 198 ft 821 ft 18° 14° N Excellent
Sunshine Green 511 ft 3,799 ft 18° 8° SW Poor
Main Park Double black 646 ft — 18° 13° NW —
Good Enough Blue 432 ft 3,081 ft 17° 8° SE Poor
Coach's Corner Green 319 ft 2,744 ft 17° 7° W Below average
Shamrock Green 131 ft 626 ft 16° 12° NE Average
Claim Jumper Blue 225 ft 1,356 ft 16° 10° NW Good
Smuggler Cut-Off Blue 185 ft 1,107 ft 15° 10° N Excellent
Playground Blue 177 ft 834 ft 15° 12° N Good
Grooming Trail Blue 474 ft 3,884 ft 13° 7° W Below average
Buttercup Green 546 ft 5,453 ft 13° 6° N Good
Easy Way Down Blue 540 ft 4,879 ft 13° 6° N Excellent
Comeback Blue 295 ft 2,168 ft 13° 8° N Good
Pioneer Trail Green 390 ft 3,545 ft 12° 6° SW Poor
Explorer Park Double black 40 ft 330 ft 12° 7° NW Average
Bogus Creek Trail Green 169 ft 2,588 ft 10° 4° W Below average
To Superior Green 25 ft 257 ft 10° 6° NE Average
Lazy Mary, To Superior Green 4 ft 40 ft 6° 5° N Good
Smuggler, Comeback Blue 0 ft 72 ft 2° 1° SW Below average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.