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KEYSTONE RESORT IS FAMOUS FOR MANY REASONS. The mountain holds some of the
state's best beginner terrain, as well as challenging tree skiing and ungroomed
"backcountry" bowls. As one of the only Colorado resorts to offer
lighted slopes, Keystone guests get 11.5 hours of mountain access on the full-day
lift ticket.
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Keystone draws many guests with their state-of-the-art conference
center - the largest in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. And visitors are always
impressed by the beautiful and entertaining environment at River Run Village.
As one of the nation's top family resorts, Keystone offers unique programs
for families like special lodging packages, a family hotline, private family
lessons and one of the best kids' ski and snowboard schools.
Keystone also offers excellent fine dining at restaurants like the Alpenglow
Stube (atop Keystone Mountain), Keystone Ranch or the Ski Tip Lodge.
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In addition to reasonable lodging rates, Keystone guests can enjoy free, unique
activities with every room reservation during the winter. From resort activities
like ski or snowboard lessons to off-mountain activities like snowshoeing, hockey
clinics and ice skating, guest will find a wealth of activities to keep them
going day and night. You might even learn a new hobby during your vacation.
Contact Information:
Reservations: 1.800.468.5004
Snow Line: 1.800.468.5004
Adventure Center: 1.800.354.4FUN
Ski & Snowboard School: 1.800.255.3715
Real Estate: 800 449-5613,
970 468-1210, realestate@coloradoml.com
On-line booking and information:
www.keystone.com
www.snow.com
A Keystone lift ticket allows access to five of Colorado's top resorts on one
ticket (Keystone Resort, Vail, Beaber Creek, Breckenridge, and Arapahoe Basin).
That's over 11,000 acres of incredible terrain for one great price, and all
easily accessible via a convenient shuttle service. A one or two day ticket
is valid at Keystone, Breckenridge and Arapahoe Basin; while a three day or
more ticket gives you these three resorts plus at least one day at Vail or Beaver
Creek.
Keystone guests can also participate in the PEAKS at Vail Resorts program (valid
at Keystone Resort, Vail, Beaver Creek and Breckenridge). Earn PEAKS points
on select purchases throughout the resorts for members onlyh discounts on lift
tickets and special offers all year long. For added convenience, you can also
use the PEAKS card as a lift ticket and bypass the ticket window every time.
With 450 professional instructors, Keystone has been consistently rated one
of the top schools in the country by SKI Magazine. The resort is so confident
of the abiltity of its instructors, it offers guaranteed learning with ski and
snowboard lessons. The "Guarantee to Green" program promises to make
skiers and riders out of everyone, by offering a return to school lessons until
"graduation".
Keystone instructors also offer mini ski lessons every morning to resort guests.
Instructors will evaluate advanced-beginner to expert skiers in small groups
to offer tips for the day.
For children 2 months to 12 years, Keystone's Children's Center provides childcare
slopeside at the Mountain House base area. While mom and dad are gliding down
the slopes or exploring the resort, peace-of-mind comes in the form of complimentary
beepers.
Parents may enroll kids 3 and older in Snowplay, which includes outdoor fun
such as sledding, building snowmen and snow forts, gondola rides and visits
to the stables, along with indoor activities.
Keyston is a playground for kids of all ages, with six family adventure areas
located on the mountain. Take a trip through the Silver Spruce Mine and then
relax in Claim Jumper's Cabin, ski through tunnels and explore Fort Outback
and Keystone's Indian Burial grounds.
Special adventure days offer kids a treasure hunt and Ske-Cology, a fun environmental
program designed to teach local ecology.
Off mountain, Keystone's new Adventure Night allows kids on vacation to have
fun with movies, games, arts and crafts, pizza parties and other group activities
free of charge while parents dine at Keystone.
Figure Skating & Hockey Clinics - One hour clinics are offered on
the 5-acre outdoor lake at Keystone Village and include equipment rentals, sticks
and pucks.
Mahre Training Center - Olympic medalists Phil and Steve Mahre offer
training courses for all levels and abilities. All sessions include coaching,
lift tickets, lectures, video analysis and awards party.
Betty Fest - A two-day program for women featuring lectures about fitness
and nutrition, on-mountain instruction, parties, video analysis, demo days and
a chance to socialize with other "Bettys". One-day women's programs
are also offered throughout the season on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Learn to Ski and Ride Weekends - First-time skiers and snowboarders
will learn everything they need to know about their new sport. The package includes
lift tickets, rentals, adn three days of lessons and lodging.
Keystone offers the longest skiing or riding experience in the state with
17 trails and a lighted half-pipe and tubing hill until 8 pm. The lights offer
skiers and riders 11.5 hours per day on the runs.
On Tuesday nights, ski school instructors display their skills with an on-mountain
torch-light parade.
The River Course Golf Club is used for cross-country skiing and snowhoeing
in the winter, offering 16 kilometers (about 11 miles) of groomed trails and
50 kilometers (about 31 miles) of ungroomed trails in the White River National
Forest. Nordic, telemark, and snowshoe lessons, rentals and programs are available
daily.
Also available is a guided "Ecology Walk", where guests can learn
about the local vegetation, wildlife and mining history.
Every month Keystone offers full moon tours and parties. Choose according to
your ability either a rigorous trek on the mountain or an easier valley trail
at the cross-country center.
Blast through the gates to the finish line on Keystone's Nastar race course,
located at the top of the Peru lift on Keystone Mountain.
Adventure Point is located at the top of Keystone Mountain. It includes a steep
tubing hill, snowbiking and snowshoeing until 8 pm.
Keystone's park is getting bigger this year. The resort is adding new trails
and hits. The halfpipe and park are located on the frontside of Keystone Mountain
and are open until 8 pm during peak season. Guests are invited to take a parks
and pipes tour to become more familiar with the terrain.
Keystone offers gondola rides for those who are not skiing. Rides are complimentary
with dinner at the mountaintop restaurants - Der Fondue Chessel and the Alpenglow
Stube.
The Keystone Conference Center is the largest in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
A recent $11.25 million expansion allows the center to accomodate groups of
up to 2,000 and to meet the needs of today's technology-oriented conferences.
Beautiful ballrooms and top-rated bangquet and catering services make for top
quality special occassions.
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KEYSTONE - A Zamboni slipped through the cracks at the Keystone Lake Tuesday night.
Crews were smoothing the surface of the popular skating spot around 6 p.m., when the machine fell part-way through the ice. Workers successfully extricated the Zamboni from the lake the same night and closed the ice to skating.
No one was injured during the incident, and the Zamboni "fired right back up" once it was retrieved, according to Keystone spokesperson Ryan Whaley.
Skating is now done for the season, since temperatures will likely be too warm by the time the hole in the ice is repaired. The ice is still thick enough for workers to safely remove the hockey rink equipment and Christmas tree located on the lake.
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Julie Sutor can be reached at (970) 668-4630 or jsutor@summitdaily.com.
10 March 2010, 7:11am