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Big Dipper at Burke Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 1106 m long with 268 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.

24°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
1106 mlength
268 mvertical
780 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: T-Bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mid-Burke Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride T-Bar
  2. Ski Deer Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Dipper (intermediate)
  4. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Open Slope. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mid-Burke Express (1 min), Sherburne Express (4 min), Carpet (4 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Burke Mountain 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.