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Ptarmigan at Copper Mountain

Intermediate · 1156 m long with 256 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.

24°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
1156 mlength
256 mvertical
3665 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Ptarmigan is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Ptarmigan

Lifts that reach the top: Excelerator (skiing novice terrain to get there); Storm King (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Super Bee
  2. Ski Collage (intermediate)
  3. Ski Copperopolis (intermediate)
  4. Ride Excelerator
  5. Ski Ptarmigan (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins CDL's Trail #20, Rhapsody, Copperopolis. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Excelerator (1 min), Rendezvous (4 min), American Eagle (4 min).

See Ptarmigan on the 3D mapAll runs at Copper Mountain
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.