Keystone, Colorado
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| settlement_type = Home rule municipality
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| subdivision_name2 = Summit County
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| government_type = Home rule town
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| established_date = 2024
| established_title2 = Incorporated (town)
| established_date2 = February 8, 2024
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| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/bvp20/tigerweb_bvp20_cdp_2020_co.html|title=State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 27, 2020}}
| area_total_km2 = 107.316
| area_land_km2 = 107.230
| area_water_km2 = 0.086
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Keystone_CDP,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0840550 |title=Keystone CDP, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 13, 2023 |quote=}}
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| population_total = 1,369
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| timezone = MST
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| coordinates = {{coord|39|35|24|N|105|56|18|W|region:US-CO_type:city|name=Keystone CDP, Colorado|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_ft = 10794
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| postal_code = 80435
| area_code = 970
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Keystone is a home rule town{{Cite web |title=The Town of Keystone Begins {{!}} Town of Keystone |url=https://keystone.colorado.gov/blog-post/the-town-of-keystone-begins |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=keystone.colorado.gov}} located in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Keystone residents voted to incorporate on March 28, 2023, becoming a municipality on February 8, 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.summitdaily.com/news/keystone-will-become-colorados-newest-town-following-incorporation-approval-tuesday/ | title=Keystone will become Colorado's newest town following incorporation approval | date=March 29, 2023 }} The municipality includes the Keystone Resort and Keystone Village. The population of the former Keystone census-designated place (CDP) was 1,369 at the United States Census 2020. However, the boundary of the current municipality encompasses a smaller geographic area than the boundary of the former CDP; as of 2022 the population of the municipality was estimated to be 995. The Dillon post office {{nowrap|(Zip Code 80435)}} serves Keystone postal addresses.
Geography
Demographics
The United States Census Bureau initially defined the {{nowrap|Keystone CDP}} for the {{nowrap|United States Census 2000.}}
{{Historical populations
|title = Keystone CDP, Colorado
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|2000| 825
|2010|1079
|2020|1369
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Keystone Resort
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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.
File:Airforce skiing at keystone colorado.jpg
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The Keystone ski area has:
- {{convert|2870|acre|km2}}
- {{convert|3128|ft|m}} vertical
- Base elevation: {{convert|9280|ft|m}}
- Summit elevation: {{convert|12408|ft|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.
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See also
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://keystone.colorado.gov/}}
- [https://www.colorado.com/cities-and-towns/keystone Keystone @ Colorado.com]
- [https://www.uncovercolorado.com/towns/keystone/ Keystone @ UncoverColorado.com]
- [http://www.summitcove.com/area-info/ Keystone @ SummitCove.com]
- [https://www.keystoneresort.com/ Keystone Resort website]
- [https://www.summitcountyco.gov/ Summit County website]
- [https://www.fs.usda.gov/whiteriver White River National Forest website]
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Category:Census-designated places in Summit County, Colorado