Monday, April 27, 2009

Resort Review: Keystone, Keystone Colorado

Jake Terpstra

Keystone Resort, located in Keystone, Colorado offers superb skiing and snowboarding for the outdoor adventurer. About an hour drive from Denver, Colorado Keystone provides a great place for a day or weekend getaway.

The terrain at Keystone Resort proves some of the best in Colorado. One of the perks of this luxury resort is night skiing. Most resorts in Colorado do not offer night skiing as an option skiers and snowboarders. Night skiing hours at Keystone allow the outdoor enthusiast, to head up to the mountains for a few hours after work and take some time to relax on the slopes.
Keystone, located just minutes from other resorts such as Breckenridge and Arapahoe Basin, provides a variety of terrain. From easy mid-mountain greens, to steep powder filled runs, Keystone offers just about everything when it comes to terrain.
Although lift lines can get the best of you in Colorado, most of the time Keystone’s lift lines are short, and nonexistent on the backside of the mountain.

The snow at Keystone is some of the best in the state, and Keystone always seems to have a lot of it. Compared to Breckinridge, which has a tendency for icy snow, the snow at Keystone seems constantly fresh. Keystone is tucked away just southeast of the city of Dillon, Colorado, where thick forests, and mountains that surround the area keep Keystone out of the wind.
Many of the runs at Keystone Resort can be enjoyed regardless of your skill level. Jumps and chutes through the trees are always located on the sides of nearly every lower-mountain run. Most of the mid-mountain and lower-mountain runs at Keystone have rollers, and many curves, which makes riding the snow much more interesting and fun.

Professional riders from around the globe come to Keystone Resort, to push themselves to the limit in Keystone’s supersized terrain park. Keystone’s terrain park is ranked as the best in the state of Colorado, and gives everyone a chance to improve their skills. While Keystone provides fifty-foot jumps they also have smaller terrain parks for beginner riders. If you don’t want to hit the jumps, you can just come out and watch the pro’s rip it up. People like Danny Kass, Andreas Wiig, and Tanner Hall, are often guests at Keystone Resort.
If you are a die-hard backcountry skier or snowboarder Keystone also presents backcountry terrain. This terrain can be easily accessed with some hiking, or you can get a lift in a snowcat up to the top for a fee of only five dollars per trip.

After hitting the slopes all day, Keystone provides entertaining nightlife with in-town concerts. Whether you are a beginner snowboarder or skier, professional rider, or just want some time to get away and relax, Keystone Resort is an ideal place to go for all your winter fun.

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