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Upper Dipper at Burke Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 660 m long with 178 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
660 mlength
178 mvertical
958 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Mid-Burke Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Mid-Burke Express
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Deer Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Deer Run, Big Dipper. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mid-Burke Express (3 min), T-Bar (4 min), Sherburne Express (6 min).

See Upper 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.