Copper Mountain ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Copper Mountain is a ski area in Copper Mountain, Colorado, the United States. Its 153 mapped downhill runs add up to 115 km, which ranks it #10 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 1.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 752 m long.

Slopes at Copper Mountain

About 28% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 31% intermediate and 41% advanced or expert, which makes Copper Mountain best suited to confident and advanced skiers. 23.0 km (20%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 23 lifts: 15 chairlifts, 4 magic carpets, 1 t-bar, 1 button lift, 1 drag lift, 1 combined lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,958 m up to 3,755 m, a vertical drop of 797 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Copper Mountain

The nearest airport is Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), about 67 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 27 min by car; Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE) is 68 km away. Nearby ski areas include Breckenridge (111.2 km), Gold Run Nordic Center, Frisco Nordic Center and Ski Cooper (32.4 km), which together add 260 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.