The U.S. men’s and women’s alpine ski teams have chosen
Copper Mountain as their training location as they prepare for the upcoming World
Cup and Olympic seasons.
Male athletes training at Copper include Ted Ligety, Bode
Miller, Marco Sullivan, Steven Nyman, Scott Macartney, T.J. Lanning, Andrew
Weibrecht and Erik Fisher.
Among female athletes training on the mountain are Colorado’s
own Lindsey Vonn and Sarah Schleper. Julia Mancuso, Stacey Cook, Resi Stiegler,
Keely Kelleher, Chelsea Marshall, Kaylin Richardson and Leanne Smith are also
training at Copper.