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Mother Lode at Bogus Basin

Advanced · 881 m long with 187 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 29° at its steepest, facing SE.

29°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
881 mlength
187 mvertical
1955 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Mother Lode is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Mother Lode

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Superior Express #3
  2. Ski Cabin Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Bonanza (intermediate)
  4. Ski Mid-Paradise Cut Off (intermediate)
  5. Ski Paradise (intermediate)
  6. Ski Lower Paradise (intermediate)
  7. Ski Mother Lode (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Paradise. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pine Creek Express #6 (1 min).

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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.