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Copper Mountain

⛰️ 2926–3753 m (827 m vertical) · 🎟️ $219 day pass (≈ €201) · 📅 Nov 14 to Apr 19
6.2
Snowlist score
Photo: Wikipedia

Ratings

❄️ Snow
8.0
⛰️ Terrain
5.4
🚠 Lifts
5.9
⏱️ Queues
4.6
💸 Value
2.1
🍻 Après
0.0
✈️ Access
7.1

Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.

Key facts

Altitude2926–3753 m
Vertical drop827 m
Pistes advertised2,507 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM163.7 km
Lifts (mapped near village)19 · 42% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass$219
PassesIkon
Avg snowfall (mid)6.4 m / season
Nearest airportDEN · 90 min

Snow & weather

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The last three winters at 3340 m

Avg snowfall / season
6.4 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
0
Snowy days
68
Avg temp at base
-6.3°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
79
Dec
103
Jan
110
Feb
102
Mar
129
Apr
117
By season: 2022/23: 6.3 m · 0 powder days2023/24: 6.7 m · 0 powder days2024/25: 6.2 m · 0 powder days

When to go

MonthAvg snowfallTuesday 11:00Saturday 11:00
Nov79 cm~1 min~2 min
Dec103 cm~2.4 min~4.6 min
Jan110 cm~2.8 min~8.3 min
Feb102 cm~3.4 min~6.5 min
Mar129 cm~3.5 min~6.9 minSWEET SPOT

Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).

Lift queues

Closed until Nov 14. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION Average wait ~6 min, worst 13 min.
Weekend: locals are out
Simulate:
🪑 Pitchfork
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,200 p/h · 152 m
13 minpredicted
🪑 Three Bears
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,200 p/h · 909 m
9 minpredicted
🪑 Super Bee
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,900 p/h · 2,587 m
7 minpredicted
🚠 American Eagle
Chair-gondola · 6-seater · 3,400 p/h · 1,776 m · bubble
7 minpredicted
🪑 Woodward Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,492 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Kokomo Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,800 p/h · 855 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Excelerator
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,450 p/h · 929 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Lumberjack
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,279 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Rendezvous
Chairlift · 3-seater · 2,000 p/h · 1,017 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Sierra
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,200 p/h · 882 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Mountain Chief
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,200 p/h · 702 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Gem
Drag lift · 900 p/h · 143 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 American Flyer
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,200 p/h · 2,933 m · bubble
6 minpredicted
🪑 Alpine
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,200 p/h · 1,583 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Celebrity Ridge
Button lift · 534 p/h · 260 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Blackjack
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,200 p/h · 670 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Resolution
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,276 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Timberline Express
Chairlift · 6-seater · 3,200 p/h · 1,463 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Storm King
T-bar · 977 p/h · 544 m
3 minpredicted

Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)

9h
10h
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12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ under 2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 7-11 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.

Map

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Where to sleep 2 places mapped · 0 ski-in/ski-out

7.8
Hotel 🚶 ~4 min to Gem ⛷️ piste 244 m
7.3
Hotel 🚶 ~5 min to American Eagle ⛷️ piste 314 m

Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.

Pistes

Easy (blue / green)32.4 km · 20%
Intermediate (red / blue)49.9 km · 31%
Advanced (black)55.5 km · 34%
Expert20.4 km · 12%
Freeride / ski route5.4 km · 3%

Longest named runs

Lower Enchanted Forest3.0 km
Roundabout2.9 km
EZ Road2.8 km
Coppertone2.8 km
Andy's Encore2.4 km
Collage2.4 km
Pioneer2.4 km
Soliloquy2.2 km

Après & food

Bars & pubs
0
Clubs
0
Restaurants
5
Mountain huts
0

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Getting there

Nearest major airport: DEN, about 90 min away by road. Directions · Flights

Copper Mountain is a mountain and ski resort located in Summit County, Colorado, about 75 miles (120 km) west of Denver on Interstate 70. The resort has 2,465 acres of in-bounds terrain under lease from the U.S. Forest Service, White River National Forest, Dillon Ranger District. It is operated by POWDR. Wikipedia