Keystone Ski Resort is a ski area located in the state of Colorado in USA. The resort is in the town of Dillon, CO. We recently ranked all of Colorado's ski resorts, so you can see where Keystone stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Keystone is a part of the Epic Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at most of the Vail owned slopes with it throughout the year. There are a handful of different types of Epic passes available, ranging from 3-7 days, to season-long.
Keystone Lodging:
Keystone Ski Resort Terrain Overview
Keystone has a total of 128 ski trails, which are serviced by 20 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 3,148 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 1,274 hectares, 5 square miles, or 13 square kilometers.
Keystone's slopes see on average 235 inches (93 cm) of snowfall a year. That is almost 19 feet a year!
Total Runs
128
Lifts
20
Skiable Acres
3,148(13 km2)
Annual Snowfall
235"(93 cm)
Keystone Ski Resort Elevation
Keystone Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 12,408 feet, or 3,782 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 9,280 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 3,128 feet (953 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
The summit of 12,408 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.
Summit Elevation
12,408'(3,782 m)
Vertical Drop
3,128'(953 m)
Base Elevation
9,280'(2,828 m)
Keystone Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
69.3out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiiable Area by Difficulty Level
Keystone has 3,148 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Keystone's difficulty level is higher than average, which is because 43% of its ski trails are rated as intermediate, and another 41% as expert.
Beginner
16%(504 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
43%(1,354 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
41%(1,291 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Keystone Ski Resort good for beginners?
Keystone is above average in its difficulty level, so... probably not? It will depend on which trails you take since only 59% of its trails rated for either beginner or intermediate skill levels.
Keystone Ski Resort Location
Keystone Ski Resort is located in the state of Colorado, USA. This ski area is nearby the town of Dillon, CO.
Address:
Dillon, CO 80435 USA
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Website:
keystoneresort.com/
GPS Coordinates:
39.60000, -105.95000
Getting to Keystone Ski Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Keystone Ski Resort), its coordinates of 39.60000, -105.95000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Dillon, CO to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Keystone Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver International Airport | DEN | Denver, CO | 70 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Keystone.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle County Regional Airport | EGE | Eagle, CO | 52 mi |
| Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field | ASE | Aspen, CO | 55 mi |
| City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport | COS | Colorado Springs, CO | 86 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Keystone Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Keystone Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge | Breckenridge, CO | 12,998 ft | 82% | 9 mi |
| Copper Mountain | Frisco, CO | 12,313 ft | 66% | 15 mi |
| Vail | Vail, CO | 11,570 ft | 72% | 22 mi |
| Winter Park | Winter Park, CO | 12,060 ft | 72% | 22 mi |
| Ski Granby | Granby, CO | 9,202 ft | 30% | 24 mi |
| Ski Cooper | Leadville, CO | 11,700 ft | 42% | 25 mi |
| Beaver Creek | Beaver Creek, CO | 11,440 ft | 62% | 31 mi |
| Eldora | Nederland, CO | 10,800 ft | 48% | 31 mi |
| Aspen Snowmass | Snowmass Village, CO | 12,510 ft | 86% | 60 mi |
| Buttermilk | Larkspur, CO | 9,900 ft | 47% | 61 mi |
| Arapahoe Basin | Aurora, CO | 13,050 ft | 76% | 62 mi |
| Loveland | Loveland, CO | 13,010 ft | 63% | 72 mi |
| Crested Butte | Crested Butte, CO | 12,162 ft | 74% | 75 mi |
| Sunlight | Glenwood Springs, CO | 9,895 ft | 51% | 75 mi |
| Monarch | Salida, CO | 11,952 ft | 51% | 76 mi |
| Steamboat | Clark, CO | 10,568 ft | 76% | 98 mi |
Keystone Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 12,408 ft |
| Base Elevation | 9,280 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 3,128 ft |
| Trails | 128 (16% Beginner, 43% Intermediate, 41% Expert) |
| Lifts | 20 |
| Skiable Acres | 3,148 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 235 inches |