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Rock 'n Roll, Big Dipper at Alta Ski Area

Intermediate · 71 m long with 9 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 7° at its steepest, facing N.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
71 mlength
9 mvertical
2936 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Rock 'n Roll, Big Dipper is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Rock 'n Roll, Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Supreme (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sugarloaf (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunnyside
  2. Ski Dipsy Doodle (easy)
  3. Ski Over the River (easy)
  4. Ride Supreme
  5. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski Three Bears (intermediate)
  8. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)
  9. Ski Rock 'n Roll, Big Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Vicky's, Big Dipper, Rock 'n Roll. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Supreme (3 min), Sugarloaf (3 min), Sunnyside (7 min).

See Rock 'n Roll, Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Alta Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.