Score Change: Copper Quietly Adds New Trails for 2021-22
The new Timber Road trail, one of Copper’s three new runs, begins right below this Timberline Express chair.
Background
Copper quietly expanded its skiable footprint for the 2021-22 season, opening a section of previously roped-off terrain just below the Timberline Express lift and adding three new trails. Two of the three new trails, Timber Road and Lyman Lane, are beginner runs, while the third, Pine Cone Alley, is rated intermediate.
The new trails have likely been opened in anticipation of the new Lumberjack lift, which will provide service to all of them and is set for completion for 2022-23.
The new 2021-22 trail map, pictured right, features the three new Copper trails. The area was previously closed-off, as seen in the 2020-21 trail map, pictured left.
Reasoning
Copper’s skiable footprint expanded ever-so-slightly this winter, but the expansion is just big enough to bump it up by a point in our size category. Previously, Copper had missed the next rung up by a mere 10 acres. A 2,500-acre skiable footprint is our threshold for a size score of 8, and by jumping from 2,490 to 2,507 acres, the resort has now cleared this hurdle.
Copper now beats Breckenridge and Aspen Highlands in our Colorado rankings and is tied with Arapahoe Basin for 6th in the state.
For more on Copper, check out our full Copper mountain review and our Colorado resort rankings. For more on the score criteria, see our detailed ratings thresholds for the PeakRankings size category.
Copper Score Change
7
Previous Size Score
8
New Size Score
72
Previous Overall Score
73
New Overall Score
