Black diamond Bogus Basin, ID
Lower Nugget drops 477 vertical feet over 1,289 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 22°, Lower Nugget gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 6,310 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.