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Little Dipper

Blue Panorama, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical1,123 ft
Length3,793 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesNW
Top5,266 ft

Little Dipper drops 1,123 vertical feet over 3,793 feet of skiing. It faces northwest.

How well Little Dipper holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 18°, Little Dipper gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Panorama does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd shadiest named run at Panorama. Its top sits at 5,270 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Dipper profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Panorama

Measured by ZRankings from Natural Resources Canada lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.