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Lower the Big Open at Great Divide Snowsports

Advanced · 316 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 27° at its steepest, facing NE.

27°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
316 mlength
116 mvertical
1958 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower the Big Open

Lifts that reach the top: Mount Belmont (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mount Belmont
  2. Ski Between the Peaks (intermediate)
  3. Ski Rawhide Ridge (advanced)
  4. Ski Between the Peaks (intermediate)
  5. Ski The Big Open (advanced)
  6. Ski Lower the Big Open (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Topsy, Brookside. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rawhide (1 min).

See Lower the Big Open on the 3D mapAll runs at Great Divide Snowsports
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.