Bogus Basin Challenge
Note:
In these pandemic times, this challenge will be done on your own. There is no organized support, no pre-party, no after party, and currently no awards. Bogus Basin is our local ski area here in Boise. The Bogus Basin Challenge is designed with our local ski area in mind but realistically, the format could be adapted to your local mountain too.
Objective: ski every run at Bogus Basin in a single day
We are using the term "ski" to mean "descend the run by any means you want", as long as it's allowed. So you can ski, board, ride, whatever you want to call it.
There are conflicting accounts of just how may runs Bogus has. For this challenge, that number is 77 (listed below). This includes all the named runs from Bogus's map (here) that we've deemed to be real runs - we discarded simple cat tracks or little connectors that really just join two real runs.
That's it! Ski all 77 runs in a single day. You can connect them however you want, but you must ski the entire run: skiing diagonally across Triumph, Night Hawk, and Bonanza counts as 0 runs, not 3. You can however get multiple runs in one trip down the mountain if they connect end to end, like Upper Ridge to Sourdough to Stewart's Bowl. The most efficient we have seen is skiing all 77 runs in 52 trips down the mountain. So planning your route is important - and remember to factor in how to get those runs that are going to require 2 chairs to get to. Have fun and good luck!
The Runs:
ALPINE
B-2
B-3
BEAR PAW
BITTERROOT BASIN
BLACKHAWK
BOGUS CREEK TRAIL
BONANZA
BOWL
BUCKHORN
BUTTERCUP TRAIL
CABIN TRAVERSE
CASCADE
CLAIM JUMPER
COACH'S CORNER
COMEBACK
CONNECTOR
CORN PATCH
DEADWOOD
EASY WAY DOWN
EUREKA
GOOD ENOUGH
GREENIE'S RUN
HOGSBACK
LANDO'S MOJO
LAST CHANCE
LAZY MARY
LIBERTY
LIGHTNING
LOWER BONANZA
LOWER NUGGET
LOWER PARADISE
LOWER RIDGE
LUCKY FRIDAY
LULU
MAJESTIC
MAMBO MEADOWS
MARY'S RIDGE
MATCHLESS
MORNING STAR
NIGHTHAWK
NITRO
NORTHSLOPE
NUGGET BOWLS
OMAR'S INSPIRATION
PARADISE
PINE CREEK BOWL
PLAYGROUND
POWER LINE
SECOND CHANCE
SHAKER RIDGE
SHAMROCK
SHINDIG
SHOWCASE
SILVER QUEEN
SLEEPY CONNECTOR
SLEEPY HOLLOW
SMUGGLER
SNOOZER
SOURDOUGH
STEWART'S BOWL
STUMP BOWL
SUNBEAM
SUNSET
SUNSHINE
SUPERIOR
TEMPEST
THE TRIANGLE
TIGER
TRIUMPH
UPPER NUGGET
UPPER PARADISE
UPPER RIDGE
UPPER SUPERIOR
WAR EAGLE
WIDOWMAKER
WILDCAT