Keystone
Slope Breakdown
Keystone at a glance
Keystone is a ski resort in United States, part of the Summit County ski area. It offers 135 km of slopes served by 20 lifts, with skiing between 2,835 m and 3,744 m (909 m vertical). That makes it the 13th largest of the 19 ski resorts in United States listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Keystone leans towards strong skiers, with around 33% of the slopes rated expert (black).
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 1 cm of new snow at the top (3,744 m) in the next 3 days, none at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Keystone, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Eagle County (Vail) (EGE) — about 83 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 239 USD (2025/26 season). Keystone day pass, high season rate.
About €1.57 per km of piste the pass covers (135 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Keystone resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Keystone
Keystone is a home rule town in Summit County, Colorado, and a very young municipality: residents voted to incorporate on 28 March 2023 and the town formally came into being on 3 April that year.
Resort Highlights
Colorado’s newest ski town
Keystone is a home rule town in Summit County, Colorado, and a very young municipality: residents voted to incorporate on 28 March 2023 and the town formally came into being on 3 April that year. It forms part of the Breckenridge micropolitan area, and its boundaries take in both Keystone Resort and Keystone Village. The population is small, somewhere between roughly 1,270 and 1,370 people depending on which count you use, which tells you that this is a resort community first and a town second.
Skiing at altitude
The lift system begins at 2,835 m and rises to 3,744 m at the top of the Bergman Express, and those two numbers frame everything about skiing here. The base alone is higher than the top station of many Alpine resorts, and the summit at more than 3,600 m is deep in the altitude band where snow reliability is strong throughout the December to April season. The flip side is thin air: visitors arriving from sea level should allow time to acclimatise before pushing hard on the first day.
Keystone offers 135 km of pistes served by 20 lifts, an 816 m vertical, and a lift system rated as modern, its one defining feature in our data. That rating matters in a resort of this size: 20 lifts spread across 135 km is a lean network, so the speed of the individual lifts has a large bearing on how much skiing a day yields. No difficulty breakdown is published, and with a modest vertical for such a high mountain, the sensible reading is a broad, high-altitude area suited to intermediates and families rather than a steep specialist’s mountain. The high base also means there is no low, marginal terrain to worry about; the whole area sits above 2,800 m.
Summit County
Keystone is grouped in our data under Summit County, the Colorado county whose statistical area is named after nearby Breckenridge. The town has no post office of its own; addresses are served by the Dillon post office. Keystone Village, within the municipality, is the built centre of the resort, and the existence of a separate resort and village within one small town tells you how completely skiing defines the place.
Getting there
Eagle County airport, which serves Vail, is the nearest, roughly 80 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. No official resort website is recorded in our data, so confirm lift openings and pass details directly with the resort.
Frequently asked questions about Keystone
Yes, since 2023. Residents voted to incorporate on 28 March 2023 and Keystone became a municipality on 3 April 2023. The town includes Keystone Resort and Keystone Village and has around 1,300 residents.
Keystone is listed under Summit County, Colorado, and forms part of the Breckenridge micropolitan area.
The lifts run from 2,835 m to 3,744 m, a vertical of 909 m across 135 km of pistes and 20 lifts.
Yes. Keystone is part of the Breckenridge, Colorado micropolitan statistical area, and both lie in Summit County.
Keystone has 135 km of marked slopes: 25 km easy (blue), 65 km intermediate (red), 45 km expert (black), served by 20 ski lifts.
The skiing in Keystone ranges from 2,835 m at the base to 3,744 m at the top — a vertical drop of 909 m.
The ski season in Keystone typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Keystone is better suited to confident skiers — only around 19% of the slopes are rated easy.
Keystone has 45 km of expert (black) slopes — about 33% of the total.
An adult day pass in Keystone costs around 239 USD (2025/26 season). Keystone day pass, high season rate.
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