Keystone is an

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and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Summit County,

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. The CDP is a part of the

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. The population of the Keystone CDP was 1,079 at the

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. The

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serves Keystone postal addresses. The Keystone CDP includes the

Keystone Resort Keystone Resort is a ski resort located in Keystone, Colorado, United States. Since 1997 the resort has been owned and operated by Vail Resorts. It consists of three mountains – Dercum Mountain, North Peak, the Outback – and five Bowls (Ind ...

and Keystone village.

Geography

The Keystone CDP has an area of , including of water.

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

Keystone Resort

was originally constructed in the 1970s by the

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. It is now owned by

Vail Resorts Vail Resorts, Inc. is an American mountain resort company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company is divided into three divisions. The mountain segment owns and operates 40 mountain resorts in four countries, Vail Resorts Hospitality o ...

. The Keystone Resort

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area occupies 3 separate mountains: Dercum Mountain, North Peak, and The Outback. Recent expansion of terrain and services offers snowcat skiing in Independence Bowl, Bergman Bowl, Erickson Bowl, in addition to the existing North Bowl and South Bowl on Wapiti Peak. The resort has many summer and winter outdoor activities. The winter activities include alpine skiing, snowboarding, tubing, ice-skating, cross-country skiing, horse-drawn sleigh ride dinners, and snowmobiling. The summer activities include hiking, mountain biking, fishing, trail running, golf on two championship courses, and paddle boating on Keystone Lake. Airforce skiing at keystone colorado

The Keystone ski area has: * * vertical * Base elevation: * Summit elevation: * 131 trails *

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percentages for trails: Easiest-14 percent, More Difficult-29 percent, Most Difficult-57 percent * 20 Lifts including 2 gondolas, 2 express six-pack and 4 high speed quads. * The only Night skiing in the area. Keystone is only a short drive from other resorts in Summit County - about 10 minutes to Arapaho Basin, 20 minutes to Breckenridge, and 20 minutes to Copper Mountain.

References

External links

Keystone, ColoradoKeystone @ Colorado.comKeystone @ UncoverColorado.comKeystone @ SummitCove.comKeystone Resort websiteSummit County websiteWhite River National Forest website
{{authority control Census-designated places in Summit County, Colorado Census-designated places in Colorado

Geography

Demographics

Keystone Resort

See also

References

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