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Big Dipper Upper at Fernie Alpine Resort

Expert · 211 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 32° at its steepest, facing S.

32°steepest 50 m

24°average pitch

211 mlength

92 mvertical

1870 mtop elevation

Sfaces

Snow and sun

Big Dipper Upper is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Big Dipper Upper

Lifts that reach the top: Polar Peak Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

Where it ends

Joins Goldi Locks, unnamed advanced trail, unnamed intermediate trail, Alpha Centauri. Nearest lifts from the bottom: White Pass Quad (5 min), Timber Bowl Express Quad (6 min), Deer Chair (6 min).

See Big Dipper Upper on the 3D map All runs at Fernie Alpine 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.