Copper webcam - are you watching?

yoouuuuu guyzzzzzzz! this thread is awesome. grumpy old us can be like "can you believe anyone would drive all that way for so little?" and then grumpy old us remember we DID and we loved it and that's what sensible passionate skiers do (did) when we were young with boundless energy and stoke and lack of commitment.

and you hope that the next generation IS doing this shit and sharing it with us in a way at least somewhat less self indulgingly ridiculous than a professionally curated insta reel with half a dozen tagged sponsors. but then again, hell, that was essentially the buzz *we* were seeking with our Oct Blower Pow (TR) TGR posts back in the day....neh?

It's not great snow, but I've flown out from Texas to wherever to ski in Oct/Nov for the past 6 years, and I've got my trip to Copper all planned out for the second week of November this year. I kinda appreciate the uncrowded sleepy vibe and cheaper lodging prices before the madhouse of prime ski season. It also gives me a chance to remember just how badly out of shape I am for the rest of the season.

Lone Star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had so much energy back then and the old farts were continuously raining on our parade. Were we self indulgent? Is that so bad? Yeah, I sincerely hope the next gen is having all the fun...

Garfield, I was all about Loveland for early season but now I'm pretty satisfied at Copper. Opening date is ok, and there's long vert and good pitch. With racing groms here from all over the country, there's no point showing up early in the morning, takes time for them to load and disperse and they ski the snow off pretty badly, but I don't begrudge them. It's part of the charm.

The guns are blazing, I could just keep watching here at my desk, very soothing. Better than working, hahaha.

Click it! https://www.coppercolorado.com/the-m...xcelerator-cam

Clearly I'll be obsessing on the snowmaking operations until opening day. :P

They are blowing simultaneously at the top of the mountain and down by center village and the terrain park. Seems like Loveland always had to move their equipment down the mountain in sections. And maybe it was because they had some restrictions on how much water they could pull?

Man, I remember a few years ago, they rope-dropped Hallelujah and Mine Dump on Opening Day. It snowed several inches the night before, and you could surf on 2 inches of fresh snow on Ptarmigan. That surfy stuff was heavily skied off by 10AM, but I still dream of that day... I don't think that's happening this year, but I'm tracking the forecast and hoping that the temps stay low so that they can rail the man-made stuff this year.

Seems like Mine Dump and other E lift runs (not counting Hallelujah) are getting tracked out/bumped up in November by racers (and their entourage?) before the general public ever gets access. On the plus side the bumps get shaped reasonably well so I enjoy skiing them in December. Hallelujah is good when the rope is dropped, but I thinks it gets ruined the first weekend unless there's decent new snow, I can barely ever find a rhythm when there are firm moguls. I still go sometimes because there's some fun woods (toilet bowl), especially fun with kids.

They aren't blowing at the top of E, maybe the snow is deep enough now? The Center Village cam shows guns going up the mountain, so that's nice. https://www.coppercolorado.com/the-m...village-hd-cam

First time I remember seeing the Copper snow stake topped out
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Me too…was just thinking that.

Pretty rare for Copper to be the 'winner' in my memory at least. But I don't 'follow' it either.

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Pretty rare for Copper to be the 'winner' in my memory at least. But I don't 'follow' it either.

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Yep - it's pretty uncommon for them to be top dog.

As someone who follows Copper, I don't recall them winning the snow lottery in recent history. I remember Winter Park, Steamboat, and the central/southern mountains being the winners in the past few years. Last year, even Cooper was a winner over Copper. I'm going to treasure this memory.

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Originally Posted by Garfield3d

As someone who follows Copper, I don't recall them winning the snow lottery in recent history. I remember Winter Park, Steamboat, and the central/southern mountains being the winners in the past few years. Last year, even Cooper was a winner over Copper. I'm going to treasure this memory.

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Right?
Watch this be the biggest overnight dump for them this season.

Nice guys. Great early season help

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Right?
Watch this be the biggest overnight dump for them this season.

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That would be kinda sad, lifts not even spinning yet. Maybe it's the harbinger of the season to come!

I'm curious how it will be on Friday. I'm not trying for first chair, will show up late morning and hopefully ski onto the lift and ski some nice powder piles. I guess that'll be really fun.

Looks like a nice fat 8 or 9 inches for Copper.

That's what she said

:FIREdevil

Maybe this is stupid, but I'm gonna bring bigger skis.

Excelerator will open mid morning fyi.

Just for Ptarmigan? I won't be there til around 11 anyway. I'll ski it if it's open when I get there, should be fun, but generally hate skiing it this early

There were some loose piles of snow but underneath it was quite skied/scraped off. It was nice to do a gear check and be back on skis though. Lotta people. Talked to a kid that had been there since first chair and he was able to do 4 laps between 9-12 so mostly waiting in line.

copper saying excelerator today with ptarmigan and directed skiing on several trails later. I assume today will be super busy again. hopefully flyer is getting close but I've got to assume they are focusing pretty heavily on the suber b right now being the #athletesmountain and all.

I really enjoy skiing off flyer early season, so peaceful and nice snow. But I have to ski main vein also because it's got the pitch. Ptarmigan is THE WORST.

Anyway, I'll just ski MWF midday super lowkey for a while, build up the old legs.

Nice!