Tag: Copper Mountain Resort
-
Colorado ski resort seeks ‘bucket list’ terrain, highest lift in North America
In a recently published master plan looking ahead to the next decade, one of Colorado’s most popular ski resorts envisions a new “bucket list experience.” That’s how Copper Mountain Resort describes the potential of lift-served terrain on the east face of Jacque Peak. The proposed expansion covers about 500 acres reaching above 13,000 feet — “among…
-
World Cup ski races returning to Colorado ski resort
Colorado’s Copper Mountain resort is returning World Cup ski races in a fashion like never before. Starting on Thanksgiving, both men and women are set to compete four days at the resort off Interstate 70 — what a Tuesday announcement noted as “a unique opportunity for ski racing fans.” Not often does as a World Cup…
-
Ski like a local: Insider tips across 5 Colorado destinations
In Colorado, we all want to ski like a local. And so we called the locals. Whether you’re returning to your favorite mountain or vacationing to an unfamiliar destination, take these tips with you: Breckenridge Adam Pino, director of lift maintenance adam pino, breck.jpg Adam Pino, lift maintenance director at Breckenridge Ski Resort, takes in…
-
Arduous bootpacking unlocks avalanche terrain at several Colorado ski areas
A sunny, bluebird day — much better than a full day of wind and bitter cold in the high alpine. Sunglasses and a ball cap. Lots of snacks and water. A pack for storing layers to be shed. A single AirPod, leaving one ear open for communication. When it comes time for bootpacking Keystone Resort’s…
-
Lifts, price drops, hang-outs and more new to Colorado ski country
Last year around this time, we were talking about terrain debuting at Aspen Mountain and Steamboat; about a chairlift reaching Keystone’s Bergman Bowl; about the latest in an ongoing series of lift and base upgrades at Breckenridge. There’s always something to talk about at the start of ski season. As more resorts open this month,…
-
7 of the best sledding and tubing destinations in Colorado’s mountains
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you’re in the city and you and the kids are really into sledding, surely you’ve got your favorite hill. Maybe this is the winter to take it up a notch at a true destination. Here’s a look at some sledding and tubing hills worthy…
-
Colorado ski industry hoping for strong finish to difficult season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than halfway through a snowy February, Colorado ski industry officials hope momentum carries into the spring, a season beloved by regulars and visitors alike who know conditions to be most promising in the final…
-
Copper Mountain to relaunch fundraising for environmental nonprofits
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Copper Mountain will relaunch its Play It Forward Wednesdays program, donating portions of daily lift sales to local environmental nonprofits, the resort announced Wednesday. Beginning Jan. 6, Copper will donate $5 from every discounted lift…
-
12 Colorado ski resorts ranked among the best in annual poll
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To no surprise, Colorado was once again well represented in SKI Magazine’s annual rankings of the West’s best ski resorts. Surprising, perhaps, is Aspen Snowmass’s fall to No. 5 after holding the top spot the past two years. “The four ski areas that make up…