Blue Bogus Basin, ID
Independence drops 612 vertical feet over 2,354 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 15°, Independence gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 6,950 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.
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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.