{"id":55327,"date":"2019-09-25T18:49:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T23:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brookegeery.com\/?p=55327"},"modified":"2019-09-25T18:49:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T23:49:38","slug":"an-ode-to-bogus-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/?p=55327","title":{"rendered":"AN ODE TO BOGUS BASIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t

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This season I\u00a0spent a few months in Boise<\/a>, a hidden gem in the gem state with some very excellent snowboarding potential. I got it and got it good while I was there. Thanks to El Nino, it turned out to be one of the best seasons in recent memory, but it wasn\u2019t just the pow days that won me over. Bushwhacking Bogus Basin is special, and here\u2019s just a few reasons why.<\/p>\n

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Phil Damanaikes off the clock.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

-It doesn\u2019t open til 10 am on weekdays. You can get up at 8:30 and make first chair on a pow day.<\/p>\n

-Corey McDonald and Preston Woods\u2019s park crew, including heavy hitters such as Vinny, Parker Duke, Loren Exon and Phillip Damianakes keep a tight ship, so if there\u2019s no new snow, as often happens in Idaho, you\u2019re covered.<\/p>\n

-It\u2019s a mellow 30-minute drive from Boise.<\/p>\n

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-They have night skiing and you can get deals on tickets by buying Pepsi at the gas station.<\/p>\n

-Passes are affordable \u2013 and if you know anyone, you can probably get a season buddy pass \u2013 every employee gets one. If you\u2019re not that cool, every pass holder also gets two day passes.<\/p>\n

-It\u2019s never very crowded, even on weekends, and the lines don\u2019t ever get\u00a0very long\u2026<\/p>\n

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This guy rules.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

-\u2026but the people watching is next level. Where did these people come from? They are pure entertainment.
\n-Also, the chairlift entertainment \u2013 watching people send giant bush gaps from chair six on powder days will never, ever get old.<\/p>\n

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\nSend it!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

-They have a snowboarding ski patrol aka Boarder Patrol Ben. We don\u2019t know for sure, but we think he\u2019s just making sure ropes are up so you can jump them.<\/p>\n

And finally\u2026<\/p>\n

-Greg Goulet, Jeff Tulloch and Paul Whitworth sightings. You\u2019re in the company of legends.<\/p>\n

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Loren Exon, on the clock.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Archives This season I\u00a0spent a few months in Boise, a hidden gem in the gem state with some very excellent snowboarding potential. I got it and got it good while I was there. Thanks to El Nino, it turned out to be one of the best seasons in recent memory, but it wasn\u2019t just the pow days that won me over. Bushwhacking Bogus Basin is special, and here\u2019s just a few reasons why. Phil Damanaikes off the clock.\u00a0 -It doesn\u2019t open til 10 am on weekdays. You can get up at 8:30 and make first chair on a pow day. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[2194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55333,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55327\/revisions\/55333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brookegeery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}