Santa Comes to Bogus Basin

Looking for the best place to visit Santa in Boise? Bogus Basin HAS YOU COVERED!

With less than a week until Santa’s official departure from the North Pole, Mr. Claus made a special appearance to spread holiday cheer to skiers and boarders enjoying the sunny slopes at Bogus Basin on Sunday, December 17th. Bogus Basin is the best spot to visit Santa in Boise!

From split boards to new bindings, season passes to fresh snow – there was no shortage of holiday wishes or smiles on the mountain. Santa joined beginners for lift rides and turns on Coach Chairlift and greeted early-morning riders near Pioneer Lodge with candy canes for all. Bogus Basin is “the most wonderful place in the world,” said Mr. Claus.

Black And White Photo Of Santa Claus Standing In Coach Lift Line At Bogus Basin December 2023 - Photo By Cassidy Carter
Black And White Photo Of Santa Claus Standing In Coach Lift Line At Bogus Basin December 2023 – Photo By Cassidy Carter

Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas from the land of dreams and possibilities and fun – Bogus Basin. It’s the most wonderful place in the world to come up and spend a day, spend a week, spend a month, spend a season!

– Mr. Claus

Bogus Basin IS THRILLED TO BE your home for the holidays!

Join us at Frontier Point Lodge on December 31st, 2023 for the New Year’s Skate, and ring in the New Year with a day of play, fireworks, and the torchlit parade from 5 – 9 pm MST on January 1st, 2024.

Please keep in mind that Holiday Hours are in effect from December 23rd through January 7th, 2024. Midweek Season Pass blackout dates are in effect during this holiday period.

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About Bogus Basin
Opened in 1942, Bogus Basin winter operations offer 2,600 acres of daytime skiable terrain and 200+ acres for night skiing; eleven lifts – including four high-speed quads – and three people-mover surface lifts; an 800-foot tubing hill. The Nordic Center offers 37 kilometers of groomed trails. Environmental education and community outreach programs serve over 20,000 individuals annually, primarily youth. Bogus Basin is located 16.5 miles north of Boise, Idaho, and operates under a special use permit with the Boise National Forest.

Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area is one of the largest non-profit recreation areas in the country. It is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to engaging the community to provide accessible, affordable, and fun year-round mountain recreation and education. Bogus Basin summer activities include a challenge course, mountain coaster, summer tubing, climbing wall, bungee trampoline, gem panning station, The Basin Gravity Park, cross-country mountain biking and hiking, free community events and educational programs, chairlift service to access hiking and biking trails, and guided nature hikes.