[2] Alf Engen, the father of the American powder technique, selected the site for the ski area at Bogus Basin in 1939.

Four of the chairlifts are high-speed quads (#1 Deer Point, and #6 Pine Creek) were installed in 1996 and 1999, #3 Superior in 2011,[9] and #2 Morning Star in 2019.

This back side of Shafer Butte was opened in January 1977, following the installation of Pine Creek (#6), a double chairlift, the previous summer.

Showcase (#4), a double chairlift that had replaced a surface poma lift in 1972, is east of and parallel with the Deer Point Express.

With its 1,500-foot (457 m) vertical rise, the Superior Express serves the advanced and expert terrain on the northern face of Shafer Butte, unloading at 7,480 feet (2,280 m).

It replaced a Riblet double chairlift built in 1965,[12][13] and cut the ride time of the original lift in half.

[14] Night skiing was added to the Superior area with the installation of lights in the summer of 1986, and Morning Star was converted from a double to a triple chairlift in 1999.

[15] Due to limited water resources, there is no significant snow making, only small portable units for patching.

The main day lodge at Bogus Creek was built in 1962 and expanded in 1991; its ground floor contains the ticket office and ski lockers.

The two-lane road turns 172 times[3] and gains 3,400 feet (1,040 m) in elevation as the terrain changes from dry sagebrush foothills to snow-laden mountain forest.

[28] Shirley was a former vice president with Morrison-Knudsen Co.[29] and initially hired as an interim manager after the resignation of Terry Lofsvold in November 1991.

After the search committee determined he was the best candidate, he was hired in April, the first general manager at Bogus with an extensive background in finance.

[4] Moore stepped down in 2015 and was succeeded in November by Brad Wilson, formerly the general manager at Diamond Peak, Nevada, at northeast Lake Tahoe.