Copper Offers A Friendly Vibrant Base For Your Rookie Instructor Training Course.

Copper Mountain looms more than 3700 metres (12,000 feet) out of Colorado's Rockies, Copper Mountain is known locally as "Colorado's Perfect Ski Mountain" and the "Local's Choice." It's naturally divided terrain which ranges from beginner to extreme assures that any type of skier and rider will have a truly enjoyable experience.

Its potential was spotted in the 1960s by US Forest Service scouts, and it opened as a skifield in 1972 with a natural split between advanced, intermediate and beginner slopes under two peaks, Copper and Union, with a vast Copper Bowl between. It's among the largest ski areas in North America.
The resort-style villages built around the base feed guests on to lifts that serve the naturally divided terrain: the gentle fairways and glades of Lumberjack are perfect for gentle skiing and riding. The middle mountain, served by the American Eagle six-seater and American Flyer four-seater chairlifts, is nicely intermediate, with challenges if you go looking for them. To the left, looking at the mountain, the Super Bee, Alpine and Resolution lifts access steeper, deeper double- black diamond runs like Freefall and Formidable.
Above and beyond all that, acres of powder bowls, peaks and ridges offer endless skiing and views over to Breckenridge and Aspen.

A Growing Resort:
Copper is fast becoming a location for those who want to excel at their chosen sport. Copper has long been a cornerstone of the AASI (American Association of Snowboard Instructors) and the terrain park and pipe host several prominent competitions a season. Copper has just teamed up with Woodward to build a complex for those who aspire to become elite athletes.

Around Copper are set bus routes with designated pick-ups and drop offs. They operate off timetables which are posted at the bus stops and available from guest services and off the drivers themselves.