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Big Dipper at Andes Tower Hills

Intermediate · 245 m long with 39 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m

9°average pitch

245 mlength

39 mvertical

484 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Milky Way Triple Chairlift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Little America Quad Chairlift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 2 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Little America Quad Chairlift
Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Frikadilly, Milky Way, Hawaiian Cruise, unnamed trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Milky Way Triple Chairlift (1 min), Turtle Express Magic Carpet (1 min), Hollywood Triple Chairlift (1 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D map All runs at Andes Tower Hills

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.