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Big Drop at Wolf Creek ski area

Expert · 415 m long with 151 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 36° at its steepest, facing NE.

36°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
415 mlength
151 mvertical
3360 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Big Drop

Lifts that reach the top: Treasure Stoke Chairlift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Alberta Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Alberta Lift
  2. Ski Coyote Park Trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Park Avenue (intermediate)
  4. Ski Navajo Trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Big Drop (expert)

Where it ends

Joins S'Wonderful, Squeeze Box, Funnel, ATM, Solarium, Waterfall Gully, Sunshine, Little Moka. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Elma Lift (2 min), Alberta Lift (2 min), Charity Jane Express (4 min).

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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.