When Brad commented on your article a number of months back, I had a feeling we'd get a podcast, and what a great podcast that was! I definitely look forward to shredding Bogus Basin sometime, I had no idea it was larger than Sun Valley! They also appear to have way more night skiing than any other ski area in Idaho. I wish Silver Mountain would bring back night skiing!
As someone who lives and skis in Idaho, here's what I'm thinking about the ski scene here and why it's never taken off in massive popularity thus far, despite having an abundance of ski areas with great acreage, snowfall, vertical, etc as you've mentioned and wondered about:
Idaho is a fantastic ski state, but look what surrounds it... Lake Tahoe & Mammoth Mountain to the Southwest. Utah directly south. The Canadian Powder Highway directly north. Montana and Wyoming to the east. Side Note: I have seen some online articles counting Grand Targhee WY as an Idaho ski resort because the only road to Targhee actually comes from the Idaho side of the Tetons, and most "Targheezers" are Idahoan because the folks living on the other side of the Tetons in and around Jackson Hole WY are of course skiing... Jackson Hole (and little Snow King). I can't imagine many Utahns coming to ski in Idaho considering what they have in their own state, as well as the fact they also border Colorado, I have yet to meet a Utahn on the Idaho slopes. Same with all the other regions I listed. Most skiing/snowboarding tourists coming to Idaho tend to be from Oregon and Washington, since Idaho is a reasonable drivable distance and skiing in Idaho is remarkably affordable, Sun Valley aside. But Oregonians and especially Washingtonians can also make a similar distance drive and shred in Canada too. Sun Valley does indeed attract people from all over though, I saw a few celebrities on my first vacation there in December 2015 lol
Loved this mainly because I am deeply biased toward Idaho skiing. I typically ski Brundage when I'm up there, but am heading to Bogus to ride mtbs this summer. Excited to check out the terrain.
When Brad commented on your article a number of months back, I had a feeling we'd get a podcast, and what a great podcast that was! I definitely look forward to shredding Bogus Basin sometime, I had no idea it was larger than Sun Valley! They also appear to have way more night skiing than any other ski area in Idaho. I wish Silver Mountain would bring back night skiing!
As someone who lives and skis in Idaho, here's what I'm thinking about the ski scene here and why it's never taken off in massive popularity thus far, despite having an abundance of ski areas with great acreage, snowfall, vertical, etc as you've mentioned and wondered about:
Idaho is a fantastic ski state, but look what surrounds it... Lake Tahoe & Mammoth Mountain to the Southwest. Utah directly south. The Canadian Powder Highway directly north. Montana and Wyoming to the east. Side Note: I have seen some online articles counting Grand Targhee WY as an Idaho ski resort because the only road to Targhee actually comes from the Idaho side of the Tetons, and most "Targheezers" are Idahoan because the folks living on the other side of the Tetons in and around Jackson Hole WY are of course skiing... Jackson Hole (and little Snow King). I can't imagine many Utahns coming to ski in Idaho considering what they have in their own state, as well as the fact they also border Colorado, I have yet to meet a Utahn on the Idaho slopes. Same with all the other regions I listed. Most skiing/snowboarding tourists coming to Idaho tend to be from Oregon and Washington, since Idaho is a reasonable drivable distance and skiing in Idaho is remarkably affordable, Sun Valley aside. But Oregonians and especially Washingtonians can also make a similar distance drive and shred in Canada too. Sun Valley does indeed attract people from all over though, I saw a few celebrities on my first vacation there in December 2015 lol
Great interview!
Loved this mainly because I am deeply biased toward Idaho skiing. I typically ski Brundage when I'm up there, but am heading to Bogus to ride mtbs this summer. Excited to check out the terrain.