From Friday, Feb. 24 through Sunday, Feb. 26, Copper Mountain hosted its Winter Dew Tour, a festival combined with a snowboard and ski competition. According to the resort’s website, the tour “includes the world’s best.
The last day of the Winter Dew Tour is always a bittersweet day for athletes and spectators alike. On one hand, participants are sad the skiing and snowboarding event is coming to a close, but.
The last day of the Winter Dew Tour is always a bittersweet day for athletes and spectators alike. On one hand, participants are sad the skiing and snowboarding event is coming to a close, but.
The end of the work week brought a plethora of snowboard action across the state of Colorado with the conclusion of the U.S. Revolution Tour’s stop at Copper Mountain Resort and the men’s halfpipe final.
Aaron Blunck of Crested Butte competes in the freeski finals at the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix World Cup at Copper Mountain Resort in December 2019. Though this month’s event was canceled due to COVID-19, American and international athletes are currently training at the Copper pipe.
Photo from U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Despite the cancellation of this coming week’s U.S. Grand Prix World Cup events at Copper Mountain Resort due to concerns amid the novel coronavirus, Copper Mountain is hosting athlete training on the Woodward Superpipe through Dec. 23.
U.S. pro and rookie team halfpipe snowboarders and skiers began dropping into the only Olympic-sized superpipe currently open on the continent on Monday, Dec. 7. Copper Mountain Resort spokesperson Taylor Prather said in an email Saturday afternoon that the resort continued with training in the superpipe but not the annual Grand Prix World Cup competition because the resort “remains committed to athlete progression and development t