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Copper Mountain ski area, Colorado, Management Description
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| | Copper Mountain ski area Management Says: Thirty-eight years ago a guy named Chuck Lewis looked at an unassuming mountainside with vision and conviction. He took one look at the current site of Copper and told his friends, I don’t care how everyone else does it, we're not everyone else, and he meant it. He negotiated a deal to purchase 280 acres at the base and worked with the Forest Service to establish parameters and guidelines for the ski area. Chuck was |
both a renegade and a visionary. During the summer of '71, initial construction began on the ski trails. Today, Chuck’s dream is alive and well.
As stated in a 1969 US Forest Service report, if there were a mountain that had
| terrain for skiing it would be Copper Mountain. It is the most nearly perfect ski mountain in the U. S. Over the years, new lifts were added and Copper grew to its current size of 2,465 acres. What was once a sleepy little day ski area is now one of Colorado's premier year-round destination resorts. In 1997, the resort was purchased by Intrawest - a worldwide leader in resort operations and real estate development.
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an incredible mountain, but multiple villages, hundreds of buildings and a million other tangible, moving pieces. Copper is, and always has been, bigger than the tangible. Copper is about people. It’s about spirit. It’s about attitude,
passion, heart, guest loyalty and financial strength. It’s about a place that provides a true connection to nature, adventure, the mountain, the community and the mountain lifestyle, void of any pretense. It’s a place, most of all,
intent on allowing guests to push their proverbial ‘play button. ’
Copper Mountain is a Colorado ski resort located in Summit County, Colorado, 75 miles west of Denver in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. With 2,465 acres of ski
and snowboard terrain Copper is perfect for your Colorado winter ski vacation or summer vacation getaway. Copper offers shopping, dining, convenient lodging and family activities, including snow tubing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling
in the winter, and hiking, biking and rafting in the summer.
Copper Mountain is a full inclusive resort with three distinct villages (The East Village, The Village at Copper and Union Creek) ideally suited for different personalities,
all within easy walking distance of the slopes and activities. Copper has 17 mountain establishments located in the East Village and The Village at Copper for coffee, fine dining, quick bites and grill options. For those guests seeking
other recreational pursuits, Copper offers snow tubing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, scenic sleigh rides, snowmobiling, an athletic club and ice skating. For up-to-date weather, photos and more, visit www. Coppercolorado. Com.
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sure to check out Woodward at Copper, the first of its kind indoor/outdoor ski and snowboard camp on the planet. Year round it features the Barn, an indoor ski and snowboard training facility with 20,000 sq ft of terrain park and
pipe progression in a safer, more controlled environment. Campers develop their tricks in The Barn and progress them in Copper’s winter and summer terrain parks and superpipe. For more information, visit www.woodwardatcopper.com.
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* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.
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| Ski Areas Near Copper Mountain ski area:
Breckenridge, Colorado
, 6 miles away 3398 foot drop, 27 lifts, 146 runs 55% Expert & Adv. 32% Intermediate 13% Beginner |
Ski Cooper, Colorado
, 13 miles away 1200 foot drop, 5 lifts, 26 runs 40% Expert & Adv. 30% Intermediate 30% Beginner |
Keystone, Colorado
, 14 miles away 3128 foot drop, 20 lifts, 135 runs 49% Expert & Adv. 32% Intermediate 19% Beginner |
Vail, Colorado
, 18 miles away 3450 foot drop, 31 lifts, 193 runs 53% Expert & Adv. 29% Intermediate 18% Beginner |
Loveland, Colorado
, 19 miles away 2410 foot drop, 10 lifts, 92 runs 46% Expert & Adv. 41% Intermediate 13% Beginner |
Arapahoe Basin, Colorado
, 20 miles away 2270 foot drop, 7 lifts, 105 runs 60% Expert & Adv. 30% Intermediate 10% Beginner |
Beaver Creek, Colorado
, 27 miles away 3340 foot drop, 25 lifts, 149 runs 38% Expert & Adv. 43% Intermediate 19% Beginner |
Winter Park, Colorado
, 33 miles away 3060 foot drop, 26 lifts, 145 runs 57% Expert & Adv. 34% Intermediate 9% Beginner |
SolVista Basin, Colorado
, 34 miles away 1000 foot drop, 6 lifts, 37 runs 20% Expert & Adv. 50% Intermediate 30% Beginner |
Eldora, Colorado
, 45 miles away 1600 foot drop, 12 lifts, 53 runs 30% Expert & Adv. 50% Intermediate 20% Beginner |
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| Whitewater Near Copper Mountain ski area:
Tenmile Creek, -blank-
County
, 4 miles away, Class III-V - 4.2 miles long (Close to Copper Mountain Ski Area to Dillon Reservoir) |
Whitewater Outfitter - Highside Adventure Tours, Summit
County
, 5 miles away, Whitewater outfitter |
Whitewater Outfitter - A B Ski Rentals, Summit
County
, 6 miles away, Whitewater outfitter |
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