Outdoors · Copper Mountain

Copper Mountain, CO parks, trails & bike paths

About 86% of Copper Mountain is conserved land, roughly 17,545 acres. There are about 47 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Copper Mountain, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Copper Mountain outdoors

Conserved land
86%
17,545 of 20,410 acres
Trails
47 mi
1.5 mi per sq mi · 44 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
3.3 mi
2.0 mi lanes · 1.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Camp Hale - Continental Divide National Monument

Managed by United States Forest Service
236 acres0.1 mi of trail
Guller Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

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Peaks in Copper Mountain
Jacque Peak13,127 ft elevation
Directions
Elk Mountain12,657 ft elevation
Directions
Corbett Peak12,583 ft elevation
Directions
Sugarloaf Peak12,543 ft elevation
Directions
Copper Mountain12,446 ft elevation
Directions
Jacque Ridge12,438 ft elevation
Directions
Tucker Mountain12,425 ft elevation
Directions
Union Mountain12,313 ft elevation
Directions
Ptarmigan Hill12,146 ft elevation
Directions
East Sheep Mountain11,896 ft elevation
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Open to bikes 25.4 miHorses 3.1 miUnpaved 30.8 mi
Showing 1–10 of 16 trails
  • Guller Creek Trail10.2 mi
  • Ski Area Access4.4 mi
  • Gopher It3.9 mi
  • Red Tail3.6 mi
  • Elk Alley3.2 mi
  • Wilder Gulch Trail2.5 mi
  • Shrine Ridge Trail1.5 mi
  • Colorado Trail (Segment 8)1.5 mi
  • Upper Fawn-Tastic0.9 mi
  • Otto Bahn0.6 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

17,545 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
17,545 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes2.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths1.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.3 mi
  • Colorado Trail segment 7 (bike route)12.2 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Copper Mountain

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Forest 17,545 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
White River National ForestNational ForestU.S. Forest Service17,545Open
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Copper Mountain's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 26.1-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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