3DH

We just returned from Copper Mountain last week... beautiful home in fabulous location!

The home was spacious, and with every necessary luxury, including steam shower, hot tub, fully appointed kitchen, elevator (for the luggage, of course!) and a new Lincoln Navigator in the garage.

Three of the four bedrooms had king beds, the last with two double beds. A media room, sharing the lower level with two bedrooms and baths, was complete with surround sound, wet bar and plenty of seating (including a sleeper sofa). The master bedroom was on the next level and offered a huge wall of windows looking toward the SKY range, as well as access to a deck with views of the ski slopes through a bank of pine trees. Warm walnut floors enhanced this level and all but the lower floor, and exposed woodwork on the ceilings added to the mountain feel.

As the home is a split-level design, the next level contained the living, dining and kitchen. Dark stone countertops, Wolf appliances and plenty of work space for a crowd made the kitchen inviting! A gas fireplace, flat panel TV (complete with Windows Media Center enhancements) and a game table made the living room the center when skiing was done. A full stairway leads from the living room to the upper floor which houses the 2nd master and the roof top deck. Outside on the deck is a wonderful hot tub, and a couple of chairs and table which were snow covered during our stay!

Throughout the home is a music system allowing a huge array of internet music (rhapsody) with controls for the homes zones (one of which is the hot tub, so you are never without tunes!). It appears that no detail has been overlooked, as has been the case with the other LUSSO homes we have visited.

Just a short walk off the deck leads you to the Roundabout trail and Lumberjack lift. (The property is easy to ski in to, but ski out is a bit of a trick, but is actually doable.) The mountain is full of terrain for all abilities of skiers, and even offers several "terrain parks" for snowboarders. The main Village houses just about every type of retail establishment (for those last minute items you forgot to pack!), restaurants, bars and a Starbucks (an absolute necessity for me!). On the far side of the mountain are the East Village and the "Tubing Zone", complete with its own moving carpet-type lift to transport tubes and people without effort!

From Eagle/Vail airport, Copper Mountain is just a quick 45 min.-1 hour trip, depending on weather. The only variable is Vail Pass, and whether or not the weather will dictate closure or chains. It snowed pretty heavily the day and night prior to our departure, and the pass remained open. The roads were quite icy in places, and only one lane was actually what I would consider "cleared", however, we experienced no problems. All in all, I would highly recommend the Eagle/Vail airport, as the small size makes it much more convenient, especially if traveling with a family!

We did rent a car for the week, but parked it in the garage and used the Navigator for our trips into Frisco (10 minutes east on I-70) and Silverthorne during our stay. There is a wide assortment of restaurants and shops in Frisco; one that we particularly enjoyed was "The Boatyard". Breckenridge offers a multitude of window shopping and enough variety to please any "foodie"... but we chose to stay a little closer to home this trip!

I have made a PDF with some photos of the home, as well as of the mountain and areas... sadly, I am not a photographer, and it shows!

Attached Files

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"Boutique" is better! Another extremely satisfied LUSSO member!

DC4MS

Great review and nice photo collection.

It looks like you had a ton of snow for your trip. It has been a while since I skied Copper and it looks like the place has improved since I was there 15 years ago.