Overview
- 26 Beginner
- 31 Intermediate
- 46 Advanced
- 23 Expert
Copper Mountain is just 75 miles from Denver with 2,450 acres of skiable terrain and a village that feels more like a neighborhood. Copper's guests enjoy steps away lodging, après ski entertainment, naturally divided terrain, exciting events and a welcoming, knowledgeable staff.
Copper is a mountain locals continue to name their favorite year after year. That’s no small accomplishment considering just... how many famous Colorado resorts are only minutes away. It’s a mountain that boasts Catalyst, one of the country’s best terrain parks – and four high alpine bowls to challenge you.
Come check out Woodward at Copper, the only indoor training facility dedicated to skiing and snowboarding. With a skate bowl, trampolines, big air, cliff drop, foam pits and more. You can't miss this unique opportunity at Copper Mountain. Read more
Copper is a mountain locals continue to name their favorite year after year. That’s no small accomplishment considering just... how many famous Colorado resorts are only minutes away. It’s a mountain that boasts Catalyst, one of the country’s best terrain parks – and four high alpine bowls to challenge you.
Come check out Woodward at Copper, the only indoor training facility dedicated to skiing and snowboarding. With a skate bowl, trampolines, big air, cliff drop, foam pits and more. You can't miss this unique opportunity at Copper Mountain. Read more
Operations
Status
Open
Lifts Open/Total
20 of 22
Weekday Hours
Mon-Fri: 9a-4p
Trails Open/Total
109 of 132
Weekend Hours
Sat/Sun: 8:30a-4p
Acres Open/Total
1478 of 2465
Stats & Conditions
Base Elevation
9,712 ft
24-hr Snowfall
0"
Vertical Drop
2,601 ft
Avg Base Depth
39"
Peak Elevation
12,313 ft
Photos
Copper Mountain Logo
Copper Mountain Trail Map
Reviews & Tips (93)
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This was my first trip to Colorado and skied Breckenridge and Copper. The area is beautiful. I preferred Copper for the more challenging intermediate runs. The slope is more sheltered from the wind than Breck and the views are more spectacular.
written Jan 30 2012 - 06:59 AM
First time back in 24 years and Copper is still a great mountain, with greatly improved lifts. Skied on Jan. 24th and the conditions were excellent. Know where to get your lift tickets before you arrive, as I got off the parking lot shuttle at East Village and the windows weren't open.....
written Jan 26 2012 - 07:18 PM
Copper is a lot of fun with ski runs for every level. But I don't recommend riding the long lift American Flyer in cold, windy weather. BRRR! Really, why can't they put in a gondola like everybody else in Colorado?
written Jan 24 2012 - 06:40 PM
Our family skied January 16th - 20th 2012. It snowed almost everyday we were there which made for awesome skiing. (except for the runs at the very top of the mountain, they were very icy.) The mountain has a great mix of runs for groups traveling with a mix of people who ski at different levels and also groups with boarders and skiers like ours. If you are a beginner, then you should stay on the right side of the mountain (lifts: lumberjack, kokomo, and american flyer) Our family usually skis at sunlight and cresteD butte, but copper is definetly my favorite, especially with it being 2 hours closer to us from kansas. (only 75 miles from denver) We NEVER had to wait in lift lines and the mountain was not cluttered with lots of people. I would definetly recommend ski in ski out here. We stayed in Lewis ranch which was steps away from lumberjack lift which made us very spoiled, but I wouldn't do it any other way. it is such a pain to carry your skis to the bus. We found a great deal on one of the summit mountain properties (almost a third of the price which was on special during this week) and also used liftopia and saved tons of money on rental and lift tickets. Definetly recommend this mountain over any other. Hope to make it our family tradition for my son who is 6 months old.
written Jan 20 2012 - 09:15 PM
Love Copper, don't like having to pay to park is my biggest issue. There is plenty of free parking for a free shuttle in but we paid to park instead. Shuttle is too much of a pain when it is at the opposite end of where we were skiing. Kokomo green is as easy a green as your going to get. Some of the runs should have been closed because of not enough snow and weeds and stobbs sticking up. Great for kids with all the extra activities they have for them to play. My husband is a boarder and he loved the terrain parks. We were there Jan. 12-14.
written Jan 20 2012 - 01:44 PM
Free parking OK, but you have to shuttle in. Small pay lot at Center Village, $20 on weekend and holidays and $10 on weekdays, but close enough to Center Village if you want to leave stuff in your car and not get a locker.. Skied Jan 17 & 18. Little thin on snow on runs without snowmaking, but snowmaking runs good. Runs at the top and bowls not open yet due to lack of snow. For intermediates suggest Timbeline Express lift or Super Bee. After skiing, try Pizza Carlo on the east side of the of center village. Had a large single topping hand topped pizza (18") and pitcher of draft for $25. One of the best pizzas I"ve had anywhere.
written Jan 20 2012 - 06:36 AM
Had family there on Sunday; conditions were great. Liftopia tickets worked out great! Parked for free at the free lot and took the shuttle to the UNION (West Center) and walked onto to the lift. (Total Time from car to Lift (15 minutes - perfect timing) Highly recommend that route as carrying skis was at a minimum for the little ones. Snacked at Center ate lunch at West and never saw East as we are not there yet :)
Ambassadors in Blue Coats for Copper were very helpful and large electronic lockers for $10 bucks at West worked out great given I was in there 5x during the day ! Understand there maybe a baggage check at Center and may try that next time ....... Departure buses were running every couple of minutes ...Awesome Day!!
written Jan 18 2012 - 07:53 AM
Lilybugbee
Intermediate Snowboarder
Had a great trip. Buying the tickets were easy online. Easy to pick up right there on site at Copper. We skied Christmas Day. Not everything was open, but we did have a lack of snow, so we expected it. Will buy tickets again on this site.
written Jan 04 2012 - 11:01 AM
Excellent mountain. We skied around Xmas break 2011, which was actually pretty low in terms of snow. there were some trails that had little fir trees popping up through the snow, i am not sure there was more than 10 inches coverage in some areas. but not their fault. most of the trails were in good shape, but obvioulsy more snow would have been ideal.
I think it is an excellent ski resort. best of the 4-5 I checked in the area.
written Jan 02 2012 - 08:57 PM
We skiied 4 days around Denver starting 12/15/2011, which is a relatively dry year compared with the last two. Starting at A-Basin, there were no black trails open on 12/15/2011. Still, we had a good time as a warm up. Copper Mountain the next day was better, but still only a few blacks and bump trails. Vail on 12/17, especially, and Beaver Creek on 12/18 had lots of terrain open, with quite a few steeps and bumps. Still, no back bowls yet, but this is an off year. Vail was the best overall, no complaints except the $108 lift ticket!
written Dec 19 2011 - 07:26 PM
Had a great time at Copper and thanks to this site for getting us a nice discount! My college aged son even hit the half pipe with his board.
written Dec 19 2011 - 08:24 AM
Your service is GREAT, but I do snow plowing on the side, and my neighborhood got hit again Sunday night, so I had to remain at home and plow, and plow somre more. Wish I could have plowed it up to Copoper to add to some of their runs. But it will come.
written Dec 07 2011 - 02:22 PM
Can't understand why Copper wouldn't open Union Creek first--came with beginner skiers and the easiest part of the MTN was not open--one would think the easiest part of the MTN would be covered with snow and easy to open--Copper needs to let everyone know BEFORE you buy a lift ticket that there are NO runs open for beginners. The slopes off of American Flyer do not qualify as beginner slopes--they would be black/blues on the east coast.
written Nov 25 2011 - 06:14 PM
