Keystone ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Keystone is a ski area in Keystone, Colorado, the United States. Its 163 mapped downhill runs add up to 116 km, which ranks it #9 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 1.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 711 m long.

Slopes at Keystone

About 19% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 35% intermediate and 45% advanced or expert, which makes Keystone best suited to confident and advanced skiers. 29.2 km (25%) of the runs have snowmaking, which helps early and late in the season.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 20 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 7 magic carpets, 2 gondolas. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,829 m up to 3,742 m, a vertical drop of 913 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Keystone

The nearest airport is Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC), about 79 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 42 min by car; Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) is 85 km away. Nearby ski areas include Arapahoe Basin (49.4 km), Loveland Basin Ski Area (47.7 km), Gold Run Nordic Center and Frisco Nordic Center, which together add 213 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.