Hotel Overview

Surrounded by the majestic Rocky Mountains and thousands of acres of national forest, Keystone Lodge & Spa, located in Keystone, Colorado, is the perfect year-round mountain resort destination. The recently renovated lodge features 152 guest rooms, including 14 loft suites, all decorated with elegant mountain decor. For more information on our location, please visit the Getting Here page.

Awards and Accolades

• The longest honored resort member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts
• Recipient of the AAA Four Diamond Award
• One of Condé Nast Traveler's Top 50 Ski Resort Hotels in North America, 2004

Located directly across from the Keystone Conference Center, the lodge has access to more than 100,000 square feet of meeting, exhibit, and function space. Groups of all sizes enjoy a multitude of indoor and outdoor activities and restaurants recognized by ZAGATSurvey as the best in Colorado.

100% Wind Power at Keystone Lodge & Spa

Keystone Lodge & Spa is part of Vail Resorts’ (the parent company of RockResorts) commitment to 100% wind energy. Vail Resorts purchases enough wind energy certificates each year to offset the electrical use of all operations. The wind energy certificates ensure the delivery of clean wind power to the power grid, thereby displacing an equivalent amount of energy that would be been created by non-renewable sources such as coal or natural gas. Vail Resorts’ company-wide wind power purchase of nearly 152,000 megawatt-hours of wind energy certificates prevents the emission of over 105,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, and is equivalent to the electricity used to power 14,200 homes for one year, preventing the emissions of 18,000 cars for one year, and planting over 27,000 acres of trees

History

The Dream
Keystone Resort’s history began in 1941 when Max Dercum purchased the Black Ranch (now known as Ski Tip Lodge) along the Snake River and began to dream up the concept of a Keystone Ski Area. By 1949, Ski Tip Lodge opened to overnight ski guests. It would remain open and continue to host innumerable guests over the next 63 years.

The Beginning
During the 1960s, Max Dercum and Bill Bergman actively pursued the development of Keystone Mountain with the vision of establishing an international ski area. In 1967, their dreams were realized. Keystone acquired approximately 513 acres of land—470 from Wheaton College for $1.4 million and the remainder from private individuals. The ski area originally opened with two lifts at the Key base area (now known as the Mountain House Base Area), and two lodges, Keybase at the bottom and Keytop at the top. 75,858 skiers soon flocked to the new ski area for lift tickets costing a mere $5 per person.

The Development
Keystone became a leader in the industry with the addition of snowmaking in 1972. The price of $350,000 was high, but a worthwhile step considering the winter drought of 1976. Before long, the resort began hosting annual events. One of these, a six-mile cross-country ski event called the Keystone Caper, attracted 480 entrants. The Keystone Ranch Golf Course then opened, and Keystone began to gain a reputation as a service-oriented, family-style resort.

From 1984 to 1994, the resort saw considerable expansion. North Peak totaled $15 million in installation and enhancements—12 new runs, two triple-chair lifts, and one gondola. Night skiing was made available, and the Keystone Conference Center opened with meeting capacity for up to 1,800 people—the largest in the Rocky Mountain region. In 1990, two new quad lifts were installed and The Outback opened with 300 acres for heli-skiing. The second gondola and two high-speed lifts were also opened.

By 1996, Keystone Ski Patrol was selected as the "Outstanding Alpine Ski Patrol" in the Rocky Mountain Division, and snowboarding was introduced with the opening of a new a snowboard park—complete with half-pipe and big hits. In addition, $36 million were invested in improvements at the resort.

Keystone Conference Center expansion was completed in 2000—with an additional 49,000 square feet—at a cost of $11.25 million. The River Course opened with 18 holes of spectacular championship golf, and the new Cross Country Center opened with 25 kilometers of snowshoeing trails and 16 kilometers of cross-country skiing trails.

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Keystone Lodge & Spa is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts.

           
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