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Big Dipper at Homewood Mountain Resort

Advanced · 286 m long with 105 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 31° at its steepest, facing E.

31°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
286 mlength
105 mvertical
2353 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Big Dipper is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Old Homewood Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Ellis Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quail Chair
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Overload (easy)
  4. Ski Shortcut (intermediate)
  5. Ski Overload (easy)
  6. Ride Ellis Chair
  7. Ski Rainbow Ridge (easy)
  8. Ski Dutch Treat (advanced)
  9. Ski Big Dipper (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Ivory Face. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ellis Chair (3 min), Quail Chair (5 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Homewood Mountain 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.