Cooper Spur
Cooper Spur is a ski area located in the state of Oregon in USA. The resort is in the town of Mount Hood Parkdale, OR.
We recently ranked all of Oregon's ski resorts, so you can see where Cooper Spur stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Cooper Spur is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Cooper Spur. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Cooper Spur's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Cooper Spur around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Cooper Spur Terrain Overview
Cooper Spur has a total of 10 ski trails, which are serviced by 2 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Cooper Spur is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 50 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 20 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.
Cooper Spur's slopes see on average 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
10
Lifts
2
Skiable Acres
50(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
100"(254 cm)
Cooper Spur Elevation
Cooper Spur has a summit elevation of 4,350 feet, or 1,326 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,000 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 350 feet (107 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Cooper Spur's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.
Summit Elevation
4,350'(1,326 m)
Vertical Drop
350'(107 m)
Base Elevation
4,000'(1,219 m)
Cooper Spur Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
27.5out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Cooper Spur has 50 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Since Cooper Spur is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 40% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 40% trails are rated as intermediate.
Beginner
40%(20 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
40%(20 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
20%(10 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Cooper Spur good for beginners?
Cooper Spur is a very beginner-friendly course. In fact, it is one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. 40% of its trails are rated as "beginner".
Cooper Spur Location
Cooper Spur is located in the state of Oregon, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Mount Hood Parkdale, OR.
Address:
Mount Hood Parkdale, OR 97041 USA
View on Google Maps
Website:
cooperspur.com
GPS Coordinates:
45.39000, -121.67000
Getting to Cooper Spur
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Cooper Spur), its coordinates of 45.39000, -121.67000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Mount Hood Parkdale, OR to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Cooper Spur.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland International Airport | PDX | Portland, OR | 47 mi |
| Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | SEA | Seattle, WA | 145 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Cooper Spur.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Field | RDM | Redmond, OR | 82 mi |
| Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field | YKM | Yakima, WA | 98 mi |
| Eugene Airport (Mahlon Sweet Field) | EUG | Eugene, OR | 116 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Cooper Spur, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Cooper Spur.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Hood Skibowl | Mount Hood Parkdale, OR | 5,100 ft | 53% | 2 mi |
| Mt. Hood Meadows | Mount Hood, OR | 7,300 ft | 66% | 4 mi |
| Summit Pass | Government Camp, OR | 4,300 ft | 9% | 7 mi |
| Timberline Lodge | Government Camp, OR | 8,540 ft | 77% | 15 mi |
| White Pass | Naches, WA | 6,550 ft | 51% | 87 mi |
| Mt. Bachelor | Bend, OR | 9,065 ft | 82% | 97 mi |
Cooper Spur Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 4,350 ft |
| Base Elevation | 4,000 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 350 ft |
| Trails | 10 (40% Beginner, 40% Intermediate, 20% Expert) |
| Lifts | 2 |
| Skiable Acres | 50 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 100 inches |