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Copper Mountain

2,615 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,718 ft to a summit of 12,333 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,615
ft vertical
9,718
ft base
12,333
ft summit
19
uphill lifts
3,177
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
9,500–10,000173 ac · 14.8° · SSE279 mm
10,000–10,500544 ac · 15.0° · SSE326 mm
10,500–11,000734 ac · 16.9° · SSE357 mm
11,000–11,500749 ac · 17.6° · SSE374 mm
11,500–12,000758 ac · 19.3° · SE374 mm
12,000–12,500220 ac · 22.5° · SSE378 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
6
All lifts
23
Lift length
21.6 km
Steepest band
22.5°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.4817, -106.1616

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
9,500–10,00017314.8easierSSE163279
10,000–10,50054415.0more difficultSSE164326
10,500–11,00073416.9more difficultSSE160357
11,000–11,50074917.6more difficultSSE154374
11,500–12,00075819.3more difficultSE141374
12,000–12,50022022.5more difficultSSE166378

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Copper Mountain SNOTEL (415:CO:SNTL) is 1.2 km away at 10,500 ft — 1,833 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Breckenridge 8 km Ski Cooper 18 km Keystone 22 km Vail 22 km Arapahoe Basin 30 km Loveland Basin Ski Area 31 km

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