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Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls

Black diamond Bogus Basin, ID

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical365 ft
Length1,214 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top7,014 ft

Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls drops 365 vertical feet over 1,214 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces southeast.

How well Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls gets about 136% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 7,010 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.

Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nugget Bowls / Emory's Bowls 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.