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Big Dipper at Poley Mountain Ski Area

Easy · 338 m long with 68 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
338 mlength
68 mvertical
279 mtop elevation
NWfaces

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: Alpine Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 2 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Alpine Lift
  2. Ski Big Dipper (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Phil's Folly. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Alpine Lift (2 min), Wonder Carpet (2 min), unnamed platter (2 min).

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