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Smuggler, Comeback

Blue Bogus Basin, ID

Steepest pitch2°
Vertical0 ft
Length72 ft
Average pitch1°
FacesSW
Top6,027 ft

Smuggler, Comeback drops 0 vertical feet over 72 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 2° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 0% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 98th steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces southwest.

How well Smuggler, Comeback holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 1°, Smuggler, Comeback gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 6,030 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Smuggler, Comeback profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Smuggler, Comeback 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.