Bogus Basin
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 Bogus Basin
Location in the western United States
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| Location |
Boise National Forest Boise County, Idaho, U.S. |
| Nearest city | Boise - 16 miles (26 km) |
| Coordinates | 43°45′50″N 116°06′14″W / 43.764°N 116.104°WCoordinates: 43°45′50″N 116°06′14″W / 43.764°N 116.104°W |
| Vertical | 1,790 ft (546 m) |
| Top elevation | 7,582 ft (2,311 m) AMSL |
| Base elevation | 5,790 ft (1,765 m) Pine Creek - (Chair 6) 6,150 ft (1,875 m) main base area - (Chair 1) |
| Skiable area | 2,600 acres (10.5 km2) |
| Runs | 53 - 22% easiest - 45% more difficult - 33% most difficult |
| Longest run |
Paradise 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Lift system |
7 chairlifts - 3 hi-speed quad - (# 1,3,6) - 1 triple - (# 2) - 3 double - (# 4,5,7) 2 Magic Carpet |
| Terrain parks | 3 |
| Snowfall | 100–200 in (250–510 cm) |
| Snowmaking | portable, for patching |
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| Website | Bogus Basin.org |
Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area is a ski area in the western United States, located in southwest Idaho in Boise County, 16 miles (26 km) north-northeast of the city of Boise.
Bogus is operated by the Bogus Basin Recreation Association, a non-profit organization, on private and leased land in the Boise National Forest. Ski season generally runs from Thanksgiving weekend until the weekend preceding April 15, depending on snow conditions. The area also has cross-country skiing on 23 miles (37 km) of Nordic trails.
The area probably got its name during the 19th-century gold rush. Crooks in the hills above Boise City, known as "spelterers", would make bogus gold dust by heating lead filings with a bit of real gold dust.
Alf Engen, the father of the American powder technique, selected the site for the ski area at Bogus Basin in 1939. Bogus opened to the public 75 years ago in December 1942 with a 500-foot (150 m) rope tow; a 3,300-foot (1,010 m) T-bar was installed in 1946. In the early 1950s, Bogus had a 30-meter Nordic ski jump, designed by Corey Engen, and his brother Sverre was Bogus' ski instructor.
The first chairlift at Bogus was installed in the fall of 1959 at Deer Point and night skiing debuted in December 1964. The resort currently operates 7 chairlifts and one Magic Carpet. Three of the chairlifts are high-speed quads (#1 Deer Point, and #6 Pine Creek) were installed in 1996 and 1999, and the newest on #3 "Superior" in the fall of 2011.
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