Ski mountains aren’t only for snowboarding anymore and if you happen to didn’t know that, you haven’t visited one lately. There are many summer season mountain locations which have actually upped their sport to draw households for 3 seasons, not only one. Copper Mountain within the Rocky Mountains of Colorado is definitely no exception. In August, we have been invited to go to and expertise the whole lot {that a} Copper Mountain summer season needed to provide. With simply two-and-a-half days, we actually packed the whole lot in for an activity-filled lengthy weekend of household enjoyable.
From festivals, meals, dwell music, and out of doors actions, you’ll not be bored throughout a Copper Mountain summer season go to! Also, try these locations to go in Colorado in fall.
9 Ways to Enjoy a Copper Mountain Summer (or Fall) Visit
Note: We have been visitors of Copper Mountain for functions of this overview. All opinions are my very own.
1. Festivals
When we visited, there was not only one pageant happening at Copper Mountain, there have been two. There was the Annual Jazz and Wine Festival happening within the convention middle. This occasion required a separate ticket and featured headliners like Keiko Matsui over the course of three days. The different was the Colorado Burger Summit, that includes burger choices from eating places round Colorado and dwell musical performances in Central Village.
Almost each weekend in the summertime brings one thing new and enjoyable to Copper Mountain similar to Copper Live Music Festival, Ales and Astronomy star gazing, and extra. Be certain to take a look at all of the upcoming occasions.
2. Woodward Wrecktangle Obstacle Course
If you may have ever watched American Ninja Warrior and thought it seemed like enjoyable, a go to to Copper Mountain will allow you to give an analogous impediment course a strive. The Woodward Wrecktangle on the base of the mountain gives 9 completely different obstacles like cargo nets, steadiness beams, rope swings, and a ramp wall.
It is kick-butt laborious, it’s hysterical, it’s embarrassing, however most of all it’s enjoyable!
3. Scenic Chair Lifts
Those much less adventurous or bodily match can nonetheless benefit from the mountain views from the scenic chair raise rides. You can both get off on the prime and stroll down on the mountain climbing trails (it’s a couple of 1.5 hour stroll), bike down, or experience the raise again to the underside (the views are even prettier on the best way down.)
4. Mountain Biking
Mountain biking is without doubt one of the hottest summer season sports activities at ski mountains, however needless to say this isn’t for informal bikers. The trails switchback down the mountain and may be steep and slender, however glorious enjoyable for mountain bikers.
While you need to use the chairlift to convey your bike to the highest and experience down, we additionally noticed plenty of riders on fats tire bikes slowly working their method up the mountain.
5. Lake Activities
In Central Village, there’s a small artifical lake, which additionally gives up some enjoyable household actions. There is a brief zipline over the lake and bumper boats.
6. Village Activities
You will discover loads of different enjoyable actions in Central Village together with a mountaineering wall, go-karting, a trampoline bungy, and large garden video games. Evenings additionally shine at Copper Mountain with s’mores over the fireplace pit, dwell music, and fireworks over the lake.
8. Woodward Barn
One factor we didn’t even have time for is a go to to the 19,400 sq. foot Woodward Copper Barn. The Barn options indoor foam-pit bounce options, trampolines, and extra to both observe your skating/boarding abilities or simply bounce round. Open in the summertime and winter, The Barn options a number of skate/scooter/bmx zones, indoor ParkSki™ and Burton ParkBoard™ coaching, a springfloor, tumble observe, 5 Olympic-grade flybed trampolines, and one 12’x12′ Super Trampoline.
8. Mountain Coaster
Operating in summer season and winter, the Mountain Coaster at Copper Mountain is one in every of North America’s longest alpine coasters. You will make your method down on 5,800 toes of observe hitting speeds as much as 25 miles per hour.
9. Disc Golf
If you need one other enjoyable and energetic solution to discover the mountain, Copper Mountain gives a 9-hole disc golf course so you possibly can frisbee your method up and across the mountain.
Check out all of the enjoyable we had at Copper Mountain
Where to Stay in Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain provide many on-mountain lodging choices from studio rooms, two-bedroom condos, three-bedroom condos and trip houses. All may be booked via central reservations and check-in. We have been put up in a two-bedroom, two-bath rental at Copper One, a constructing conveniently positioned in Central Village.
As with every ski resort, it is best to perform a little analysis on which lifts and runs you need to middle your self round, however in the summertime, Central Village is the place it’s occurring. The solely factor to notice is that music is piped via the village for many of the day and into the night, so if you’re late risers, nappers, or early to mattress, you might have considered trying one thing not as central so the music doesn’t disturb you. Also, when dwell music occasions are happening on the base of the mountain, it may be loud, even inside.
Our rental was geared up with the whole lot we would wish and extra. Each bed room had a flat-screen TV, in addition to one within the residing space. The residing house was additionally geared up with a pull out sofa, so the unit may technically sleep six. One lavatory was off the residing space, subsequent to the second bed room, whereas the opposite was ensuite with the “master.”
There was little or no distinction between the 2 bedrooms besides that one had the ensuite lavatory with a two-sink self-importance, whereas the opposite you needed to go outdoors the room to a barely smaller lavatory.
The kitchen was additionally absolutely stocked, together with a espresso maker and occasional, though we ended up consuming out each meal we used the fridge for stocking drinks.
In our constructing, there was additionally a scorching tub and ski lockers downstairs. To use the pool although, you would wish to drive again as much as the central registration constructing, residence to the pool and spa.
Where to Eat in Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain has loads of eating choices, however you’ll want to needless to say their hours could also be barely extra restricted in the course of the summer season. For instance, the grill up on American Eagle is open for extra restricted hours, however the beer backyard is a good place to hang around in the summertime!
In Central Village, there are numerous choices together with Sawmill Pizza and Taphouse, Ten Mile Tavern, El Zacatecano, Eagle BBQ, Mulligan’s Irish Pub, Mamma’s Italiano, and the High Rockies Whiskey and Wine Bar. Just watch out as a result of alcohol makes an affect a lot quicker at greater altitudes!
I’d nonetheless love to return and ski at Copper Mountain, however I’m actually blissful that we bought the lay of the land whereas it wasn’t too crowded. It was additionally so good to remain in a single place with out driving from attraction to attraction, however nonetheless staying busy and energetic.
With one thing for all ages, Copper Mountain in the summertime is an ideal household expertise. The greatest solution to expertise all of the actions is with a day go or a multi-day go. And subsequent time I want so as to add in a visit to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.
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