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Blackbird at Bogus Basin

Advanced · 362 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 25° at its steepest, facing W.

25°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
362 mlength
114 mvertical
2056 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Blackbird is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Blackbird

Lifts that reach the top: Showcase/Tiger Chair (Proposed) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Superior Express #3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pine Creek Express #6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Bitteroot #5
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Pioneer Trail (easy)
  4. Ski Sunshine (easy)
  5. Ride Showcase/Tiger Chair (Proposed)
  6. Ski Cabin Traverse (intermediate)
  7. Ski Shindig (intermediate)
  8. Ski Independence (intermediate)
  9. Ski Blackbird (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Showcase, Mambo Meadows. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Showcase Chair #4 (1 min), Showcase/Tiger Chair (Proposed) (1 min), Morning Star Express Chair #2 (2 min).

See Blackbird on the 3D mapAll runs at Bogus Basin
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.