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Lodge reopens at Copper Mountain Resort following evacuation

The Summit County Sheriff's Office is not aware of any risk to public safety following the evacuation

Center Village at Copper Mountain Resort is pictured on Sunday, April 14, 2024.
Curtis DeVore/Copper Mountain Resort

3:15 p.m.: Copper Mountain Resort has reopened all outlets at Copper One building after evacuating the lodge around 1:30 p.m.

Communications manager Olivia Butrymovich said a single sprinkler head burst in an entryway of the lodge, causing the evacuation so crews could clean and inspect the affected area.

2 p.m.: Guests were evacuated from a lodge at Copper Mountain Resort on Friday, Jan. 24, around 1:30 p.m. as water began to flood an area of the building.



A Summit Daily News reporter was on scene and described seeing water pour through the ceiling as she was asked to evacuate for an “emergency.”

Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons said his deputies were not called to the scene and that his office is unaware of any risk to public safety.



Copper Mountain Resort and Summit Fire & EMS did not immediately return requests for information about the incident.

Water falls from a ceiling at Copper Mountain Resort on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The leak caused officials to evacuate the building.
Kit Geary/Summit Daily News

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