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Big Dipper at Whispering Pines

Advanced · 277 m long with 44 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 17° at its steepest, facing NE.

17°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
277 mlength
44 mvertical
1061 mtop elevation
NEfaces

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: unnamed t-bar (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride unnamed t-bar
  2. Ski Big Dipper (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Sundance. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed t-bar (1 min), unnamed chair lift (2 min), unnamed rope tow (2 min).

See Big Dipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Whispering Pines
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.