Late Arrival

Last week I promised a thread on Copper Mountain, so I am here with you today to speak of this fine skiing establishment. Unfortunately, I got a really late start, so my experience of the mountain is limited. That said, the experience was a good one. Cold, but good.

I skied Copper Mountain Ski Area today and, since I was off to a late start, I wasted no time with warm-ups or mid-level runs and got right to the goods. I hit the Super Bee lift and got started in the Spaulding Bowl with Triple Zero (don't be fooled by the name, it's only a double ♦♦) dropping into Cross Cut. Wow. The snow was heaven. The main ski area of Copper Mountain faces directly North, and the bowls are primarily on the South and East sides of the mountain. This week and today a pretty steady 10 to 20 mph West/Northwest wind (man those lifts were cold) has been hitting the mountain. What has that meant? Any snow that has been falling (and even some that already had) has been blown over to the South and East side of the mountain- where the Copper and Spaulding bowls are.

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