If you’ve ever driven Bogus Basin Rd in the winter, you won’t be surprised that it’s been named one of the “sketchiest” ski resort access roads in the country.
The ski-news site SnowBrains ranked it No. 2 among nine such roads based on nearly 500 comments readers provided after SnowBrains asked for input….only Utah’s Powder Mountain ranked worse.
The Idaho Statesman reports, according to the Snowbrains website, the 16-mile stretch of Bogus Basin Rd has 172 turns, many with almost no room for error as drivers avoid steep drop-offs.
The road was constructed starting in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal jobs program to combat unemployment during the Great Depression.
From its start at Hill Road in Boise’s North End, Bogus Basin Road ascends 3,400 feet before reaching the main Bogus Basin parking lot.
