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Big Dipper at Alyeska

Advanced · 393 m long with 188 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 31° at its steepest, facing NW.

31°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
393 mlength
188 mvertical
385 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Aerial Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there); Glacier Bowl Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aerial Tram
  2. Ski Tram Pocket (expert)
  3. Ski Chili Dog (advanced)
  4. Ski Autobahn (advanced)
  5. Ski Jay's Way (advanced)
  6. Ski Big Dipper (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Little Dipper.

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Alyeska
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.