Keystone is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Summit County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Keystone CDP was 1,079 at the United States Census 2010.[4] The Dillon post office (Zip Code 80435) serves Keystone postal addresses.[3] The Keystone CDP includes the Keystone Resort and Keystone village.

Keystone, Colorado
Census Designated Place
Keystone in January 2011.
Location of the Keystone CDP in Summit County, Colorado.Colorado
Keystone Location of the Keystone CDP in the United States.
Coordinates: 39°35′24″N 105°56′18″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Summit County
Government [2]
• Type	unincorporated community
Area [1]
• Total	41.435 sq mi (107.316 km2)
• Land	41.402 sq mi (107.230 km2)
• Water	0.033 sq mi (0.086 km2)
Elevation [2]	10,804 ft (3,293 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,079
• Density	26/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code[3]	80435
Area code(s)	970
GNIS feature[2]	Keystone CDP

Geography

The Keystone CDP has an area of 26,518 acres (107.316 km²), including 21 acres (0.086 km²) of water.[1]

Demographics

The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Keystone CDP for the United States Census 2000.

Keystone Resort

Keystone Resort was originally constructed in the 1970s by the Ralston Purina Company. It is now owned by Vail Resorts. The Keystone Resort ski 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.

The Keystone ski area has:

• 2,870 acres (11.6 km²)
• 3,128 feet (953 m) vertical
• Base elevation: 9,280 feet (2,830 m)
• Summit elevation: 12,408 feet (3,782 m)
• 131 trails
• Degree of difficulty 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.

See also

• Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado cities and towns
    • Colorado census designated places
  • Colorado counties
  • Colorado metropolitan areas
    • Silverthorne, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area
• White River National Forest
  • Keystone Resort

References

External links

• Keystone, Colorado
• Keystone @ Colorado.com
• Keystone @ UncoverColorado.com
• Keystone @ SummitCove.com
• Keystone Resort website
• Summit County website
• White River National Forest website