Ski Copper Mountain

FACTS

Ski Copper Mountain and get a purpose-built car-free resort in Colorado. Perfect for families, the skiing and snowboarding is great for all abilities and nicely defined on the mountain. It's also a relatively short ski transfer of around 90 minutes from Denver airport.

Where

Ski Copper Mountain and you will get a ski resort that has had $400m spent on building this purpose-built ski resort just 20 miles east of Vail. Ski holidays in Copper Mountain have just a 90 minute airport transfer time from Denver or an hour from Eagle County, so you can get on the piste quickly. With some good skiing and some great snowboarding for all levels, you also get some ski in-ski out too.

Essentials

Suitable For

Slopes

RESORT ALTITUDE :	2960m
TOTAL PISTE :	170 km
LONGEST RUN :	5 km
START SEASON :	November
END SEASON :	April

OVERALL
SKIING
BOARDING
APRÉS
FAMILIES

Beginners 36 / 26%	Intermediates 33 / 23%
Advanced 48 / 34%	Experts 24 / 17%

TOTAL RUNS :	141
SNOW CANNONS :	300 / 150ha
SNOW PARKS :	2
CROSS COUNTRY :	25 km

On the slopes

Perfect for all levels of skiers and boarders, ski Copper Mountain and you are divided into separate runs for different levels and there's a great snow record for the whole ski area. The off-piste Copper Bowl and Spaulding Bowls offer unbelievable powder and great natural terrain for jumps and lips, as do the two snowparks for boarders. The Super Bee chair lift is a monster - making light work of queues to whisk you to the summit in about 8 minutes. Finally, there's great ski lessons and tuition available for all.

Off the slopes

As a car free town, ski holidays in Copper Mountain are great for the family with the usual winter activities like ice skating and sleigh rides. There's a reasonable apres ski scene with some nice bars and cafe's - but don't come here if you are a party animal. Above all you get value for money here, with other resorts close by for variety if you are feeling a little bored. Families also like the ski-in ski out convenience and the ski lessons.

WE LIKE

Convenient purpose-built resort in the heart of Colorado
Fair-sized mountain, with good runs for all abilities
There's few queues on weekdays for lifts and the pistes relatively empty

WE DON'T LIKE

Can be long lift queues at weekends as locals all queue up to get up the mountain
Village still limited and lacks a vibrant night life
Risk of altitude sickness with top of mountain heading towards 4000m