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Snowboarding Zone: Copper Mountain, Colorado
Riders Guide – Copper Mountain is a really amazing and truly enormous resort that gets 280 inches of snow per year, has 22 lifts including 5 high speeds to 125 trails, with a longest run of almost 15,000 feet and has trails that are rated 21% Beginner, 25% Intermediate and 36% Advanced.
Parks and Pipes - Copper Mountain is famous for having one of the world's best terrain parks, thus its main attraction for the snowboarding terrain park enthusiast has to be the 20-acre Catalyst Terrain Park which features three lines, one for each ability level. Each of the parks are groomed every night and the pipes are recut frequently. Experts go straight for the shack jib, giant tabletops, hip features and an 8-foot wall ride set atop a 17-foot quarterpipe, then jump The Shaft, a 60-foot table and gird yourself for the 430-foot-long superpipe with its 18-foot-high walls. Playground Kidz Park is packed with small kickers, rollers and tables as well as a very respectable 200-foot-long minipipe with 6-foot-high walls, all for the beginner to intermediate rider who isn't quite ready to take on the monster features at Catalyst Terrain Park.
Out of Bounds – Colorado has a great reputation for being the place to be for those who seek winter adventures, but it would be difficult to find a region that has more winter fun features than the Copper Mountain area. You can choose from a nearly infinite number of exciting outdoor sports such as snowcatting, horseback riding, sledding, hot air ballooning, ice skating, snowmobiling, jeeping and offroad driving, rock and ice climbing, and cross country skiing. A must do is Copper Mountain's snow tubing hill where you cruise down lanes with differing degrees of pitch. If you want to try your hand at dog sledding you can take a ride, or attend a mushing class at Mountain Adventure Center. You might even want to go rip up the powder on one of their powerful Polaris snowmobiles. When you're feeling really wild, contact Colorado Kite Force to experience the newest and fastest growing winter sport: Snowkiting! It's like windsurfing on a snowboard! You have to experience it to believe it!
Hangout & Hookup – People don't flock to Copper Mountain just for the hot action on the slopes, as they're seeking the hot action in the bars as well. The area's hotspot is JJ's Rocky Mountain Tavern where you can dance on the tables and the bar top! And you won't get the bouncer to throw you out! Jack and Jill have Jack's Slopeside and Jill's Umbrella Bar which are popular local hangouts. Endo's Adrenaline Cafe will keep you up all night as the name suggests!
The Deal – If you're driving in from the east, Denver, go 90 miles and you can see the resort right from the I-70 at Exit 195. Copper Mountain has a fantastic and free shuttle service that runs until 11 pm so you might not need a car when you're there.
