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Copper Mountain, Colorado

Copper Mountain is a mountain located in Summit County, Colorado, about 75 miles (121 km) west of Denver on Interstate I-70. Opened in late 1972, its most notable use is as a ski resort, owned and operated by Intrawest, although it provides golf and mountain biking activities during the warmer months. It is well-known for its wide variety of naturally separated terrain.

The ski area features beginner slopes on the western side of the mountain, intermediate slopes in the center, and expert terrain on the eastern side. Advanced "double black diamond" slopes are located on the two peaks above 12,000 feet (Copper and Union Peaks), including four expert-only bowls: Copper Bowl, Union Bowl, Spaulding Bowl, and Resolution Bowl. Copper Mountain Ski Resort is the largest resort in Summit County when measured by area.

Character of the Slopes - Like other nearby resorts, Arapahoe Basin and Ski Cooper, Copper Mountain is considered by many a local's mountain; although they have a ski school and beginner's terrain, Copper tends to be frequented by Coloradans rather than out-of-state tourists. Unlike resorts like Vail or Winter Park, Copper tends to have fewer lines and shorter wait times, even at the height of tourist ski season (exceptions to this rule are limited to the two quad lifts servicing Center Village, American Eagle and American Flyer, which often experience long lift lines due both to the centrality of their locations and the terrain accessible by them: a combination of green and blue runs, Copper's Superpipe, and its premier terrain park, Catalyst. Copper's expert bowls are comparable in difficulty to the infamous bowls at Vail, as well as the lesser-known Independence Bowl at Keystone, Imperial Bowl at Breckenridge Ski Resort, and Vasquez Cirque at Winter Park/Mary Jane.

The Resort - In recent years, after purchasing the Resort and base area interests, Intrawest Corporation has vastly improved the three villages at Copper Mountain. Currently they are constructing or have recently completed dozens of new hotels, condominiums, restaurants, shops, and bars. These new amenities are designed to help facilitate the use of the new found lift system on the mountain, the world class golf courses, tennis clubs, gold medal fishing streams, and other amenities available.

The base area is ever expanding, but at the time of writing, the lodging, dining, and entertainment facilities at Copper Mountain are divided into three villages: East Village, The Village at Copper (AKA Center Village) and Union Creek.

The Village at Copper - AKA Center Village is the main village at Copper Mountain, located in the center of town, the mountain, and near most amenities this is where most folks go. Historically this is where the closest parking lots, now hotels, and the base of the only high speed quads were. That has all changed these days. The American Eagle and American Flyer high speed quads provide mountain access out to the west, central, and lower east sides. The new touches to this portion of the mountain village include a new pavilion; complete with public address system, outdoor disco lights, and warming fire pits for on the spot concerts. New restaurants, hotels, and upgrades to existing structures.)

Union Creek at Copper Mountain - AKA West Village is home to the Kokomo, High Point, Slingshot, Glide, and Rugrat lifts. This is predominantly the beginner or learning portion of the mountain. All of the terrain off of the lifts based in the west village serve green beginner terrain. The ski school, teaching, and many of the tourist amenities are therefore also located on this side of the village and mountain. Above Union Creek is one of two areas with blue runs, with the other being the area off of the American Eagle lift. This area, reached from Center Village by American Flyer, is serviced by a Dopplemayr high speed quad known as the Timberline Express lift.

Statistics At Time of Writing ...

Elevation

• Base: 9,712 ft (2,926 m)
• Summit: 12,313 ft (3,767 m)

Trails

• Acres: 2,433 acres (9.85 kmē)
• Vertical: 2,601 ft/ 793 m
• Trails: 125 total (21% beginner, 25% intermediate, 36% advanced, 18% expert)
• Average annual snowfall: 280 in (710 cm)
• Snowmaking 05/06 : 380 acres (1.54 kmē)

• 22 total
  • 1 high speed six pack
  • 4 high speed quad lifts
    • American Flyer
    • American Eagle
    • Timberline Express
    • Excelerator
  • 5 triple chairlifts
    • Sierra
    • Resolution
    • Rendezvous
    • Kokomo
    • Lumberjack
  • 5 double chairlifts
    • Alpine
    • Blackjack
    • Highpoint
    • Mountain Chief
    • Pitchfork
  • 2 surface lifts
    • Storm King
    • Gem
  • 4 conveyor lifts
    • Easy Rider
    • The Glide
    • Rugrat
    • Slingshot
  • 1 tubing zone lift

PHOTOS

View of base area

View looking west from Copper Peak at Copper and Union Bowls

View looking up Copper Bowl

Ski run in the Union Meadows Area

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