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Lu Lu

Blue Bogus Basin, ID

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical327 ft
Length1,273 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top6,752 ft

Lu Lu drops 327 vertical feet over 1,273 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces southeast.

How well Lu Lu holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Lu Lu gets about 133% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 6,750 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lu Lu profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lu Lu 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.