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Little Dipper

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical1,124 ft
Length4,331 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top5,847 ft

Little Dipper drops 1,124 vertical feet over 4,331 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Little Dipper holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Little Dipper gets about 137% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,850 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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 Silver Star

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.