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Big Dipper at Killington Ski Resort

Expert · 564 m long with 245 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 34° at its steepest, facing NE.

34°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
564 mlength
245 mvertical
1150 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: Canyon Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Ridge Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); South Ridge Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); K-1 Express Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 1
  2. Ride Skyeship Express Gondola Stage 2
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Great Eastern (easy)
  5. Ski Skyewalker (easy)
  6. Ski South Ridge Link (easy)
  7. Ski Escape (intermediate)
  8. Ski Pipe Dream (intermediate)
  9. Ride South Ridge Quad
  10. Ski Home Run (easy)
  11. Ski Great Northern (intermediate)
  12. Ski Big Dipper (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Double Dipper - Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Canyon Quad (1 min), Snowdon Triple (3 min), K-1 Express Gondola (3 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Killington Ski 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.