Colorado Getaways 2023: Keystone

Keystone is Key to Resort Golf

WITH TWO CHALLENGING COURSES and a resort with many elite summertime options, Keystone Resort helps Summit County stay a strong contender as a year-round mountain experience.

The resort is one of the few to offer two 18-hole courses, giving visitors plenty to choose from if they just stay and play.

But Keystone is also positioned in the middle of a vast array of golf, culture, dining, fitness and mountain options that can leave visitors yearning for just one more day to get it all in.

“Our variety is unmatched,” says Director of Golf Phillip Tobias. “You can base camp out of Keystone and there are other courses in Summit and outside the area you can play too.”

And as base camps go, the amenities are pretty nice. The Keystone Ranch Restaurant, River Course Grill and Edgewater Cafes offer delicious variety.

The Ranch course opened in 1980 from the hands of Robert Trent Jones II. In mid-summer it is spectacular – emerald fairways and firm, fast greens – and this year because of the spring rains got into top condition extra early this season.

“I think all abilities of golfer can find a home at Keystone,”

The River Course is what they consider their mountain excursion. The front nine features elevated tee shots overlooking the continental divide, with holes up and down the Snake River. Then the back nine brings in the elevation changes that set mountain courses apart.

Stay and Play packages are available in which you can play 18 holes the day you check-in for free with a two-night stay.

Things to See and Do

Guests looking for an outdoor dining experience, Keystone offers Wagon Ride Dinners 5 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Guests are wagoned to the back ranch south of the golf course, and the property overlooks a valley that appears untouched.
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Summer in downtown Keystone is festival season. The summer lineup features the Wine and Jazz Festival, July 15 and 16; River Run Art Festival July 21 to 23; Bluegrass and Beer Festival, Aug. 5 and 6; Mountain Town Music Fest Aug. 19; and Oktoberfest Sept. 2.
Keystonefestivals.com

Music is everywhere in Summit County in the summer, but nowhere more than at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge. A 45 minute mountain drive down and around the hills from Keystone, Breckenridge nightlife includes concerts, performances and music all summer. Some highlights include performances from the National Repertory Orchestra all July and August.
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