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Explorer Park

Double black (off-piste) Bogus Basin, ID

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical40 ft
Length330 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top6,224 ft

Explorer Park drops 40 vertical feet over 330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 94th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces northwest.

How well Explorer Park holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 7°, Explorer Park gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd shadiest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 6,220 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Explorer Park profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Explorer Park elsewhere

Nearby at Bogus Basin

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.