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Morning Star

Blue Bogus Basin, ID

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical582 ft
Length2,444 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesS
Top6,810 ft

Morning Star drops 582 vertical feet over 2,444 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces south.

How well Morning Star holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 14°, Morning Star gets about 134% 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 6th sunniest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 6,810 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.

Morning Star profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Morning Star 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.