Keystone, Colorado

Keystone, Colorado
Keystone, Colorado
Home rule municipality
	Keystone in January 2011.
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	Location of Keystone in Summit County, Colorado
	Keystone Location of the Keystone in the United States.
	Coordinates: 39°35′24″N105°56′18″W / 39.59000°N 105.93833°W
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Summit County
Incorporated (town)	February 8, 2024
Government
• Type	Home rule town
Area
• 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	10,794 ft (3,290 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,369
• Density	33/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code	80435
Area code	970
GNIS feature	2408479
Website	keystone.colorado.gov

Last updated January 24, 2025

Keystone is a home rule town ^[5] located in Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town is a part of the Breckenridge, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Keystone census-designated place (CDP) was 1,369 at the United States Census 2020.^[3] The Dillon post office (Zip Code 80435) serves Keystone postal addresses.^[4] The municipality includes the Keystone Resort and Keystone village. Keystone residents voted to incorporate on March 28, 2023, becoming a municipality on February 8, 2024.^[6]

Geography

The Keystone CDP has an area of 26,518 acres (107.316 km²), including 21 acres (0.086 km²) of water.^[2]

Demographics

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

Keystone CDP, Colorado
Year	Pop.	±%
2000	825	—
2010	1,079	+30.8%
2020	1,369	+26.9%
Source: United States Census Bureau

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.

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References

1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Keystone, Colorado
1 2 "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 27, 2020.
1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Keystone CDP, Colorado" . Retrieved April 13, 2023.
1 2 "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 27, 2020.
↑ "The Town of Keystone Begins | Town of Keystone". keystone.colorado.gov. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
↑ "Keystone will become Colorado's newest town following incorporation approval". March 29, 2023.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Keystone, Colorado

[CO_CDP_2020-2] 1 2 "State of Colorado Census Designated Places - BAS20 - Data as of January 1, 2020". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 27, 2020.

[Census_2020-3] 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Keystone CDP, Colorado" . Retrieved April 13, 2023.

[ZIPcode-4] 1 2 "Look Up a ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved December 27, 2020.

[5] "The Town of Keystone Begins | Town of Keystone". keystone.colorado.gov. Retrieved April 30, 2024.

[6] "Keystone will become Colorado's newest town following incorporation approval". March 29, 2023.

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