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Big Dipper at Charlotte Pass

Advanced · 370 m long with 101 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 21° at its steepest, facing E.

21°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
370 mlength
101 mvertical
1855 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Big Dipper is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Pulpit T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); Kosciuszko Triple Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pulpit T-Bar
  2. Ski Big Dipper (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Rocky Road, The Pass, Main Street, Pulpit Cornice, Charlotte's Web, Kosi Coaster. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pulpit T-Bar (1 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Charlotte Pass
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.