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Big Dipper at Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area

Advanced · 714 m long with 271 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 31° at its steepest, facing N.

31°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
714 mlength
271 mvertical
1656 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Big Dipper

Lifts that reach the top: North Star Chair 3 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Timber Wolf Chair 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Peak 1 Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Timber Wolf Chair 2
  2. Ski Huckleberry Ridge (easy)
  3. Ski Big Dipper (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Purgatory, Red Dog, Marmot, Hercules. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Star Chair 3 (1 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area
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.