itsumoissho

Has anyone been to copper Mountain in colorado?

I just wanted to know what it was like because i'm going there in december and i can't wait!!!

DrGreeNThumB420

yea where all the review on CO mountains!! i cant wait til im there but im mainly going to hit up echo and loveland since they will be closest to me

BurtonAvenger

Hope you like long ass lift lines.

DrGreeNThumB420

u talkin to me or topic starter?

cause ive heard loveland has NO lines even on weekends not that i mind waitin in line for some good ridin

BurtonAvenger

The OP. The longest I've ever waited at Loveland to get on a chair was like 3 minutes. That resort seriously never has lines. Opening weekend at A basin I waited in a 3 hour lift line, went to Lovelands opening I could ride on to the chair lift and it was all pow. Everyone flocks to A basin because its on their pass. Loveland is the gem of summit county in my mind.

DrGreeNThumB420

^^ thanks for info....i plan on gettin season pass at loveland this year

N~R~G

i rode copper mountain last year for a day, so i don't really think i have enough authority to give you advice, but i'll tell you what i remember (which is kinda hazey between the memories of tripping my face off at the cheese show the night before & the night of, then riding wintergreen & maryjane the next day). BUT, it was chill, from what i remember. didn't do too many runs, but i don't remember there being long lines or it even being all that busy, even though the parking lots were full. lots of pow even when i went, which was late in the season, but now i don't even remember when that was, lol. didn't go into the park, but my friend who met us up there is a park-rat & that's the mountain he got his season pass for last year.

so i don't know, i haven't heard anything bad about it & didn't experience anything bad...so i'd say, in my very unauthorized opinion, you're good!

killclimbz

Ate too many shrooms at the show the night before eh?

N~R~G

so back to the topic of "colorado" & our convo, climbz...

colorado springs just looked clean, not ghetto, but cheap to live. i liked the little towns around it & it didn't seem too far from the places we went, although we didn't go to any mountains.

basically what i'm looking for is a town around (or at the foot) of the mountains, cheaper living costs, with jobs nearby & salaries enough to live on, within an hour of the city, near a decent mountain for riding, with lots of shows! so boulder & denver pretty much have the lock down on shows, right? the only part of denver i've been to were ghettoish & downtown, so i really don't know how the outskirts are, but colorado springs was only like an hour from there, right? i think that's why it caught my eye. and because there was a mountain at the end of most every street!

killclimbz

Colorado Springs is at the foot of the Pikes Peak wilderness. It's basically military and organized religion driven around there. Ft Carson is just west of Downtown Colorado Springs. It is an hour to Denver from the springs, so it's basically 2 1/2 hours to any good riding. The Denver metro definitely has the lockdown on shows. Jobs are not as available in the Springs as in Denver too. Boulder, that's a whole nother world. Expensive all the way around, hard to find decent jobs, and everyone there are hippy Republicans. At least that is how I can best describe them.
Not sure where you were in Denver, but it's actually a very nice city. There are only a few spots you want to avoid. Capitol Hill is not a bad place to live and is in the heart of the city. Highlands, University Park, Wash Park, are all nice areas in the city. If you want to get outside of that and closer to the mountains, check out Wheatridge, Lakewood, Golden, and Arvada. All are decent spots to live.
Overall, there are more jobs and more to do in the Denver area. It's also a lot closer to the mountains. At least the mountains you want to visit...