Copper will be sizzling when the 7th annual Sunsation end-of-season celebration comes to town March 31-April 15. The John Popper Project and Hometown Heroes Contest are the newest additions to the Sunsation lineup and join an overflowing schedule which already includes Michael Franti & Spearhead, De La Soul, North Mississippi Allstars, Galactic, Dark Star Orchestra, Strive Roots, Particle, the Helly Hansen Battle of Battles, Planet Earth's Shop Wars, Colorado's Largest Easter Egg Hunt – featuring more than 50,000 eggs, the Volcom Peanut Butter & Rail Jam and more. In the coming weeks, Copper will announce more additions to the Sunsation schedule.

Copper Mountain is the place to be in Summit County during that special day in March when everyone is Irish. Saturday, March 17 features bagpipers playing throughout the village, authentic Irish fair, spirits, plenty of green beer and free live music with The Samples beginning at 3:00 p.m. at Copper’s West Lake.

Copper’s Mountain Guides one-day program, a special partnership between Copper’s world class Ski & Ride School and Ski Patrol, offers advanced skiers and snowboarders an informative introduction to backcountry awareness and mountain safety skills – while exploring Copper’s high alpine bowls alongside a professional mountain guide.

Copper Mountain has long been a place where guests can enjoy not only world class skiing and riding, but also unique off-mountain experiences. For 26 years guests have enjoyed Copper Stables’ Scenic and Dinner Sleigh Rides. Now, guests have an opportunity to experience the beauty of the mountains with Copper Stables’ new Afternoon Chocolate Sleigh Rides.

Female skiers and snowboarders get a chance to show off their rail sliding skills at Copper during the Roxy Metal to Medal Rail Jam Saturday, March 10.

Copper Mountain’s end-of-season bash, Sunsation, continues this weekend with special events and live music. Sunsation’s Week Two features the Planet Earth Outerwear’s Shop Wars, The Southland, Oteil & the Peacemakers and headliners Toots and the Maytals on April 8, then Toubab Krewe, Liquid Soul and Keller Williams on April 9.

Michael Franti & Spearhead, De La Soul and North Mississippi Allstars headline the 7th annual Sunsation end-of-season celebration at Copper Mountain March 31-April 15.

Seasoned distance runners and enthusiasts alike test their endurance amidst the high country scenery during the CopperMan Marathon, July 9. Featuring a full, 26.2-mile marathon, half-marathon (13.1 miles), 10K (6.2 miles) and two-mile run, the CopperMan is the highest and sure to be one of the most beautiful marathons in the country. Each event begins and ends at Copper Mountain, allowing participants, friends and family to enjoy Copper Base Camp with welcoming village restaurants eager to refuel tired bodies.

 

Copper Mountain is proud to recognize and support the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) initiative of Safety Awareness Week Jan. 13-19. Copper's Slope Watch, Mountain Ambassadors, Ski Patrol, Ski & Ride School, Lift Operations and Terrain Park staff join together to promote on-snow health and safety by focusing on one safety principle each day of the week with giveaways, contests and more.

The snow riders may be gone for the season but the bull and bronc riders are gathering at Copper Mountain to compete in the Copper Country Rodeo Series beginning June 17. Families and rodeo fans alike can enjoy watching professional bull riding, bareback and saddle bronc riding, trick roping and more while the cowboys vie for a spot in the series finals in September.

Everyone will have a touch of Irish in them when Copper celebrates St. Patrick’s Day Friday, March 17, complete with a free concert from the nation’s best U2 cover band “One”, free Bono-style sunglasses, Killian’s giveaways, bonfires, and plenty of green beer.

In November, Santa made a grand entrance by skydiving into Copper’s Burning Stones Plaza to help light the tree and kick off the season’s festivities. The fun continues at Copper throughout December with the High Alpine Holidays and New Year’s Eve celebrations not to be missed including a special En Fuego street party and a disco-themed dinner party in the Copper Conference Center.

Copper Mountain is pleased to open the first Superpipe in North American today, hosting a number of world-class skiers and riders who have been ready to drop in since the first snowflakes fell this fall. 

Guitar legends convene at Copper Mountain July 29-30 for Guitar Town, a weekend of top-notch entertainment celebrating that much-loved instrument. From shred to twang, Les Paul to Telecaster, fans can sit on the hillside and enjoy two days of free live performances by some of the world’s finest guitarists including the legendary Joe Satriani and venerable Tim Reynolds.

For the second year in a row, Copper Mountain Ski & Ride School has teamed up with Burton Snowboards to bring the Learn To Ride Women’s Camps to female riders interested in the more focused experience that only a camp can offer. The three day camps are exclusive, women’s-only experiences that deliver the highest level of one-on-one interaction and the most fun, both on snow and off. Camps take place from Feb. 24 through 26 and again from April 7 through 9.

Camp Copper debuts as a unique summer day camp consisting of seven distinctively themed five-day sessions emphasizing fun and participation-based education where campers learn from new experiences, mountain education programs and each other. From June 19 through Aug. 4, Copper Mountain is Colorado’s Base Camp for kids’ fun and adventure.

Copper Mountain, in conjunction with Burton, The Sports Authority and Equipo Roca, is hoping to open doors to new snow sliders through a grassroots, bilingual outreach inviting first-time snowboarders to come out and ride. “El Primero Descent” is an inaugural program targeted at Spanish and bilingual speakers who are interested in snowboarding and are looking for an introduction to the sport and the mountain lifestyle.

For the avid golfer, summer in the mountains truly starts when the old clubs can be dusted off and put back to good use at Copper Creek. The snow has melted, the grass is green and Copper Creek Golf Club is scheduled to open June 2.

Copper Mountain will play host to the first of its United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) sanctioned events on Dec. 11. The series begins with giant slalom and slalom alpine races. These competitions will be followed by a series of slopestyle, boardercross, GS and slalom events throughout the winter. Additionally, halfpipe events will be held on Copper's new superpipe visible from the Village at Copper. Spectators can sit back on Jack's deck while enjoying an unprecedented view of the action.

Healthy quantities of early snowfall made opening weekend at Copper Mountain one for the record books and continues to create ideal conditions for early season race training. Each winter, top ski and snowboard race teams look for suitable locations to ready themselves for the coming competitive season and Copper is consistently chosen as that place.

Copper Mountain unveils the new Main Vein Superpipe and announces the opening of the country’s first Superpipe of the 05/06 season on Friday, Dec. 2. The Superpipe will be no stranger to talent, hosting the US Snowboard team during its opening days.

Copper Mountain kicks off the Independence Day holiday with a weekend dedicated to music, circus arts and a unique adventure competition, July 1-2. Outdoor enthusiasts can join in the surprising challenges of the adrenaline-pumping Copper Chase, families can enjoy mesmerizing performances from New Vision Cirque and free workshops with the Boulder Circus Center and music fans can listen to Wyclef Jean and Refugee Camp perform a free live concert in Burning Stones Plaza in the heart of the Village at Copper. 

Copper Mountain has experienced its snowiest opening month in 23 years, with more than six feet of snow hitting the slopes. All the new snow has allowed the resort to open terrain at a feverish pace, permitting guests to enjoy more than three times the terrain they had available at this time last year. And starting Friday, the resort’s new Main Vein superpipe will open to the public. The combination of incredible conditions, amazing terrain and Copper’s Early Season and Pre-Holiday lodging deals, means there has never been a better time to visit the resort.

Copper Mountain is fast becoming the premier summer "Base Camp" for individuals seeking adventurous, life-enriching vacation experiences. Copper is a place where visitors can trail run along the legendary Colorado Trail before returning for a plate full of freshly made sushi. It's a place where guests can embark on a fully supported 75-mile cycling ride before collapsing in a cozy bedroom. It's also the place where passionate, independent-spirited people can participate in a number of exhilarating events before retiring to the comfort of an intimate resort village.

Copper celebrates first tracks and the coming of another snowy winter with the second annual Lift Off opening weekend festival and season kick off party, Nov. 3-5. In addition to getting first tracks at Copper, guests can enjoy a weekend filled with live music from Blackalicious, the Drew Emmitt Band, Strive Roots and others, film premiers, ski and snowboard demos from Burton and Salomon, après parties, giveaways and more.

Copper gives thanks for all the great early season snow and all that goes along with it. Thanksgiving will be celebrated in true Copper fashion with activities throughout the week including the 3rd annual Leftover Yam and Jive Turkey Rail Jam, the 2nd annual Gobbler Chase snowshoe race, the first En Fuego of the winter season, a Holiday Tree Lighting with Santa and great lodging deals.

Copper Mountain marks the beginning of the 06/07 season with three major announcements that are sure to strike the fancy of locals and guests alike including new restaurants, groundbreaking and wind power.

Intrawest Colorado - operator of Winter Park/Mary Jane and Copper Mountain resorts in Colorado - and Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT) have renewed their relationship announced last year, making Denver-based Frontier Airlines the official airline of Intrawest Colorado. 

SKIING magazine announced today that the Jeep® U.S. Freeskiing Open, the largest and most respected contest in freeskiing, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a move to a fresh new location, Copper Mountain Resort. The event, which carries a $60,000 purse, is set to take place Jan. 17-21, 2007. For additional details including registration, please visit usfreeskiingopen.com.

Copper Country returns September 2-3 for a Labor Day weekend celebration of the American spirit through music, art and western traditions. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Lynyrd Skynyrd and Grammy nominated Big & Rich headline a star musical lineup including Cowboy Troy, Musik Mafia, Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband and more. Copper Country brings together country music’s biggest stars, exceptional fine art, an audience-judged amateur vocal competition and a full-scale rodeo. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster locations and www.ticketmaster.com.

Copper Mountain announces the music and movie line-ups for Lift Off, where Copper will not only host exciting entertainment, but also give-away a guaranteed 71,000 vertical feet per winner with Canadian Mountain Holidays – the world’s first, largest and most sophisticated heli-skiing and riding operation. The Lift Off Boarding Pass*, available for $19 at Pass Wagon events or at Copper Mountain Guest Services Desks, will be an add-on to the lift product and will track teams through the Heli Days competition** and provide access to all Lift Off music and movie events.

Copper Mountain and Winter Park announce the creation of a new role and name Jen Schenk as Environmental Manager. Copper and Winter Park believe strongly that the resorts must work to play a leadership role in the area of environmental stewardship and sustainability within local communities, the resort industry, employees and guests.

Copper Mountain announces the 2005/06 event schedule, with an array of events new and old. New this year is Lift-Off, the resort's first-ever early season festival, where Copper will give away heli-skiing and riding trips while featuring live music, après ski parties and an early season demo center. Keep track of other new events at Copper like the Siver Young Gun Open, Jan. 7 and Copper's Winter Chase, Feb. 10-12. Copper will once again serve as proud host to Special Olympics Colorado, March 26-27, before Sunsation returns in April for another year of exciting live music and the 20th annual Eenie Weenie Bikini contest.

Copper Mountain announces Lift-Off, the resort's first-ever early-season festival, where Copper will give-away heli-skiing and riding trips. Lift-Off will also feature live music, après ski parties and an early season demo center. The Lift-Off Boarding Pass*, available for $19 at Pass Wagon events or at Copper Mountain Guest Services Desks will be an add-on to the lift product and will track teams through the Heli-Days competition and provide unlimited access to all Lift-Off events.

The 2005 U.S. Telemark National Championships return Jan. 21-22 to Copper Mountain and invite amateur and professional telemark skiers alike to participate in TeleX and Tele Slopestyle competitions.

Copper Mountain Resort announced today the promotion of Maja Russer as the resort’s new Events Manager and the hiring of Christine Sperber as the resort’s new Gravity Games Event Producer.

 Outdoor Life Network announces that its Winter Gravity Games will be hosted by Colorado's Copper Mountain from March 3rd - 6th, 2005.

Copper Mountain Resort will host Health Quest 2004, an annual event that focuses on women’s health, Sept. 11-12, 2004 at The Village at Copper. Health Quest will offer attendees a free women's health symposium with a lecture series focused on natural health, a silent auction, 10K trail run and 5K fun run, free health expo and more.

Copper will honor various forms of art including musical, theatrical, dance, fine, kidz, and culinary art during the 4th Annual Celebration of the Arts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 4-5 at The Village at Copper. Free performances, displays and activities are scheduled for the entire weekend and include performances by Wise Fool New Mexico Dance Troup who specialize in acrobatic stilts, giant puppets, and aerial dance displays.

Known throughout the winter months for its fiercely independent spirit, Copper's unique identity thrives long after the snow melts. Copper Mountain introduces its “Base Camp” lodging packages for individuals seeking adventurous, life-enriching vacation experiences.