Copper Mountain Secures Its Spot on the World Cup Ski Racing Stage Once Again
The FIS Alpine World Cup is returning to Copper Mountain this November, marking the second season in a row with the ski resort hosting World Cup ski racing.
The Stifel Copper Cup returns November 28th-29th, featuring both men’s Super-G and Giant Slalom on what Copper states in the only full-length downhill training venue available in the world during the early season. The resort hosts alpine race training for national teams globally each fall. This year’s event will include a vendor village, concerts, and athlete celebrations.
The Copper Cup runs the same Thanksgiving weekend as the Stifel Killington Cup in Vermont, which returns to its longtime East Coast home this November after a one-year hiatus. The Killington event was held at Copper Mountain in 2025 while Killington completed construction of a new lift and expanded snowmaking on the Superstar trail. The Vermont race will feature women’s giant slalom on November 28th and women’s slalom on November 29th, with organizers expecting more than 40,000 spectators.
Together the two events will make Thanksgiving weekend one of the biggest weekends on the U.S. alpine racing calendar.
Copper Mountain will then host the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix on December 19th-20th, bringing the highest level of freeski and snowboard halfpipe competition to the resort’s Center Village Superpipe. The 22-foot pipe is the first Olympic-sized halfpipe available in North America each season and is expected to be one of only four such pipes open in the United States next year.
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