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Big Dipper at Bristol Mountain Ski Resort

Intermediate · 129 m long with 10 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 6° at its steepest, facing SE.

6°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
129 mlength
10 mvertical
430 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Big Dipper is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Galaxy Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Comet Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rocket Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Morning Star Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Galaxy Express Quad
  2. Ski Upper Galaxy (intermediate)
  3. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Meteor. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rocket Triple (2 min), Comet Express Quad (2 min), Sunset Double (3 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Bristol Mountain Ski Resort
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.