Blue Bogus Basin, ID
Lower Wildcat Cutoff drops 346 vertical feet over 3,443 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 3,410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 6°, Lower Wildcat Cutoff gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th 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.