Blue Bogus Basin, ID
Upper Nugget drops 840 vertical feet over 4,778 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 3,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 72nd steepest of 98 named runs at Bogus Basin. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 10°, Upper Nugget gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bogus Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Bogus Basin. Its top sits at 7,150 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.
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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.