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Big Dipper at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride

Intermediate · 316 m long with 73 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
316 mlength
73 mvertical
389 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Valley (skiing easy terrain to get there); Crotched Rocket (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Valley
  2. Ski Galaxy (easy)
  3. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Valley (1 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride
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.