Copper Mountain is Summit County's largest ski resort. It has been said that Copper Mountain is "Colorado's Perfect Ski Mountain" with its naturally divided ski terrain and runs ranging from beginner to extreme. This guarantees that any type of skier will have a truly enjoyable Rocky Mountain skiing experience.
Copper Mountain is the perfect Colorado winter vacation destination because there is so much for you and your family to do. It's not just a place for skiing. Visitors will find that besides the world-class skiing they can participate in activities like riding through the woods on a horse-drawn sleigh and ending that journey with a mouth watering cowboy dinner served in an 18th century miner's tent.
Maybe you would prefer to spend your off slope time ice skating or curling on West Lake. Plus there's snowshoe tours, snowmobiling, dogsledding, or maybe simply relaxing at the Copper Mountain Athletic Club. Whatever activities you choose to participate in, you will want to make Copper Mountain Colorado your winter vacation resort.
But it's skiing that Copper Mountain is noted for. Copper provides its skiers and boarders with 2,433 acres of skiing pleasure including 125 trails (21% beginner, 25% intermediate, 36% advanced, and 18% expert). 380 acres are supplied with snowmaking machines to insure you that there will be skiable terrain no matter how mild of cold the winter.
The base of Copper Mountain begins at 9,712 feet and rises to the summit at 12,313 feet. 22 lifts are provided to take you anywhere you want on this skier's mountain, including 1 high speed six passenger lift, 4 high speed quad lifts, 5 triple chair, 5 double chair, 2 surface lifts, 4 conveyer lifts, and even a tubing zone lift. You'll have no trouble getting to your favorite skiing or boarding area.
For skiers and snowboarders, Copper Mountain's main terrain park, Catalyst, is located on the Loverly trail. It has everything a boarder wants, a beginners track with mini-kickers and small rails, a medium-sized kickers and jumps enable skiers and riders to improve their skills gradually. And a giant tabletops, hip feature, with an 18-foot Quarter pipe offering the potential for as much air as riders can handle.
Halfway through Catalyst terrain park, a rail section boasts a variety of flat, kinked and rainbow rails leading into Copper's award-winning superpipe. Scattered throughout Catalyst are a number of additional features of varying sizes and degrees of difficulty for your adventures and all designed for optimum flow.
And then there's Copper Mountain's superpipe. The pipe is 430 feet long with 18-foot-high walls set on a 16 degree pitch. To keep the superpipe in the best of conditions, Copper has a New Zaugg Pipe Monster and snowcats dedicated for use in the pipe and terrain parks only. Known for its consistent conditions, it's one of the best-maintained pipes in Colorado.
Copper Mountain ski vacations are filled with plenty of rip time on the slopes. But skiing isn't what it's all about. Spend a relaxing evening or rockin' time in The Village after your day on the mountain. The Copper Mountain Village features incredible lodging options, shops, restaurants, bars and family activities. All of the lodging accommodations are just steps away from the mountain and they give you access to the Copper Mountain Athletic Club, featuring a 25-yard pool, weight room, cardio equipment, hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms.
Remember Copper Mountain when planning your next Colorado ski vacation. Copper is renowned for its sunny, blue-sky days along with some of the best white powder in the world and averages 280" of snowfall during the ski season. There's so much to do when vacationing at Copper Mountain that one vacation won't allow you to experience all that Copper has to offer. Once you've skied Copper you'll come back again and again.
