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Upper Big Dipper at Alta Ski Area

Intermediate · 306 m long with 81 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 27° at its steepest, facing SW.

27°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
306 mlength
81 mvertical
3171 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Big Dipper is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Upper Big Dipper

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

From the base area (about 14 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 Upper Big Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Rock 'n Roll, Big Dipper. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Supreme (4 min), Sugarloaf (5 min), Sunnyside (9 min).

See Upper 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.