Keystone Resort and Front Range Military bases will host Snofest from January 27-29th!  Featuring discount lift tickets for military members, world class skiing and snowboarding, a hilarious cardboard derby, sleigh rides, tubing, ice skating, beer and wine tastings, snowshoeing, fine dining and non-skier excursions, you are sure to have the time of your life!

Featured Activities:

Snowshoe Hike

An easy family-oriented hike through the Snake River Valley.  Learn about local wildlife & mining history.  Minimum of 12 people required – up to 40 people can participate. Tour starts at 10:00 a.m., 2 hours long.   Price is $15.00 per person.  Includes snowshoes and guided tour. To make reservations call 719-333-7367.

Wine Tasting
Fri, Jan. 27, 1st session 1-2pm, 2nd session 3-4pm, in the Tenderfoot Lounge in the Keystone Lodge.  Price is $15 per person (limit of 25 people, per session). To make reservations call 719-333-7367.

Beer Tasting
Sat, Jan 28, 3-4pm (1 session only), in the Mountain House Loft .  Includes snack tray, cheese board, and beer selections.  Price is $10 per person (limit of 50 people).  To make reservations call 719-333-7367.

SummitCove has 290 unique properties in Keystone to choose from, so you are able to pick exactly what you are looking for based on the size of your group, location, proximity to the slopes, price range, and amenities.  Most of our properties include great features such as fireplaces, hot tubs, full kitchens, spacious living rooms, flat screen televisions, and ski lockers to store your gear!  Check out our available properties here! When you stay with SummitCove you will also receive some great discounts from local businesses on things like ski rentals, restaurants, spas, massages, snowmobiling & more!  Check your confirmation email for special links & be sure to get your Key to Keystone coupon book at check-in!

The 12 Days of Keystone sale has been extended through Tuesday, December 27th!!!

Save 40% on ANY stay until 12/31/11

Save 25% off Stays of 3 or more nights from 1/1/12-2/29-12

***For 40% off December Stays use promo code ’12DAYSlastCALL40′.  For January & February stays use promo code ’12DAYSlastCALL25′.  *Discount not valid 1/13/12 – 1/16/12 & 2/17/12 – 2/20/12. New reservations only and offer is not valid with other discounts or promos, some properties not participating. Sale ends @ 8am MST on 12/27/2011.

EVENTS AT KEYSTONE RESORT

12/15-1/4: Chocolate Village at the Keystone Lodge
This handcrafted holiday tradition features 2,500 pounds of chocolate crafted into a miniature alpine village, a working chocolate gondola, a cascading chocolate waterfall, 6 foot tall white chocolate Christmas tree with chocolate presents.

12/15-1/4: Keystone Aglow
The holiday spirit comes alive at Keystone Aglow. A lighting event to celebrate the season, come to Keystone’s River Run Village as we illuminate the mountain with image projectors and specialty lighting to a holiday soundtrack.

12/22-1/2: Lakeside ICESTRAVANGANZA
At the Lakeside Village our lighting display will have an interactive maze projected right onto the ice for a ton of Rink Maze fun! 

12/27-1/3: Keystone Kidtopia
Bring your kids to a festival designed just for them. Explore the ultimate Snow Fort* at the top of Dercum Mountain, dance to live music in the plaza, make arts and crafts, go Disco Tubing and join the continuing education activities that fill this weekend on and off the slopes.
*Snow Fort – Kidtopia has a massive Snow Fort ready for you to explore complete with a maze, a slide, and a lookout tower. This Snow Fort will be the highlight of your trip!

12/31: New Year’s Eve Celebration
Family Dinner with free ice rink admission at the Edgewater Café. Outdoor ice champagne bar featuring Moet/Hennessey, interactive light show projected on Keystone Lake followed by live music & fireworks over the lake at 8pm!

12/31: New Year’s Eve with Head for the Hills at Warren Station
There’s no better way to ring in the New Year with all your friends celebrating in the heart of River Run Village at Keystone Resort.  Warren Station is proud to host one of Colorado’s finest bluegrass bands, Head for the Hills, for a special New Year’s Eve appearance with Missed the Boat as their opener!  Ski & ride all day and countdown to 2012 at night!  It’s a party you don’t want to miss!

Happy Holidays from SummitCove!

KEYSTONE RESORT HOLIDAY EVENTS

Thursday, December 15 2011- Thursday, January 5, 2012 Keystone Aglow

• The holiday spirit comes alive with this lighting event to celebrate the season.  River Run Village will illuminate the mountain with image projectors and specialty lighting to a holiday soundtrack.

Thursday, December 15 – Tuesday January 3 Chocolate Village at Keystone Lodge & Spa

• This handcrafted holiday tradition features 2,500 pounds of chocolate crafted into a miniature alpine village, a working chocolate gondola, a cascading chocolate waterfall, 6 foot tall white chocolate Christmas tree with chocolate presents.

Thursday, December 22nd-January 2, 2012 Lakeside ICESTRAVAGANZA

• This lighting display features an interactive maze projected right onto the ice for a ton of Rink Maze fun!

Saturday, December 24th Santa and Live Reindeer

• December 24th from 12-2pm.

Tuesday, December 27^th -Tuesday January 3^rd, Keystone Kidtopia

• This festival designed just for kids includes the Snow Fort, dancing to live music, arts and crafts, Disco Tubing and educational activities to fill the entire weekend.

Saturday, December 31^st New Year’s Eve Celebration

• Fireworks will light the sky to celebrate the New Year in Lakeside Village!

December 31, 2011 New Year’s Eve Concert with Head for the Hills & Missed the Boat

• Watch 2 bands perform, enjoy a champagne toast, and countdown to a brand New Year!  A night you won’t want to miss!

Keystone Resort is reporting 1 new inch of snow going into the weekend, and the SummitCove Yeti was out yesterday snapping some photos along the Snake River!  With no storms in the forecast, getting to Keystone should be easy.  Guests of the resort can look forward to well groomed trails on an 18″ base of packed powder.   10% of the terrain is open, which translates to 306 acres, 11 lifts and 22 runs open!  With a season total of 40″, and the best yet to come, it’s shaping up to be a great ski season!

In addition to the opening of Keystone Lake for ice skating, some great events are coming up in Keystone to kick off the holidays:

Wednesday, December 7^th-Saturday, December 10^th Keystone Festival of Trees

• Admire these beautiful trees that have been decorated by local Summit County businesses and kick off the holiday season.  The trees are auctioned off in a fundraiser to support area non-profits!

Friday December 9^th-Saturday December 10^th The Nutcracker

• The Summit Community Orchestra and Summit School of Dance present the 6th annual Joint Holiday Concert.  Tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for kids 18 and under with ID, kids 5 and under are free.  Doors open at 6pm; show at 6:30pm

If you are looking for great Keystone Lodging, contact a SummitCove Vacation Planner to help you sort out your many options!  We offer the best deals and the best selection of Keystone Resort lodging!

River Run braids hundreds of wines into a picturesque piazza of wine seminars and deluxe jazz ensembles. Kindle a sashay into your step with a sophisticated, weekend affair in the heart of Keystone.  Learn about different regions and the delicate nuance of flavors that evolve the finest vineyard blends.   Enrich your knowledge by attending the wine seminars and discover which wines and foods harmonize with your favorite selections.  Enjoy live music from national Jazz musicians including headliner Big Sam’s Funky Nation out of New Orleans.  Enjoy this weekend long wine event reminiscent of its glory days of ’06 / ’07 with a renewed Republic National Distributing Co. partnership in place for the 2011 event.

SATURDAY, JULY 9th
Will Donato Quaking Aspen Amphitheatre 11am – 12:30pm
Dotsero River Run Events Plaza 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Big Sam’s Funky Nation River Run Events Plaza 2:00pm – 3:30pm
The Side Guys River Run Events Plaza 4:00pm – 5:30pm

SUNDAY, JULY 10th
Max Wagner Quartet Quaking Aspen Amphitheater 11am – 12:30pm
Big Sam’s Funky Nation River Run Events Plaza 12pm – 1:30pm
Dotsero River Run Events Plaza 2:00pm – 3:30pm
The Side Guys River Run Events Plaza 4:00pm – 5:30pm

1-Day Wine Pass (Saturday ONLY or Sunday ONLY):
$60 Full Price Online (after June 12) and at the Main Gate
-Includes: (1) official Keystone Wine & Jazz tasting glass and unlimited sampling of over 300 wines for Saturday OR Sunday ONLY

Weekend Wine Pass:
$100 Full Price Online (after June 12) and at the Main Gate
-Includes: (1) official Keystone Wine & Jazz tasting glass and unlimited sampling of over 300 wines for BOTH Saturday and Sunday.

We are offering 35% Off any 2+ night stay for the weekend!  http://www.summitcove.com/land/keystone-wine-jazz-festival/

JACKPINE LODGE CONDO

Right in the heart of River Run Village this River Run Condo is a festival goers dream! The balcony looks right down into the courtyard where all the action is!

View off of your private balcony

Jack Pine #8017 is well furnished, has a full sized sofa sleepr, granite counter tops in the kitchen and 2.5 bathrooms which means all 6 people will be able to spread out and not feel crowded using one or two bathrooms.

At 1322 square feet this is one of the largest two bedroom condos we manage in River Run. Summit Cove now manages SIX Jack Pine Condos with 8013. 8015 and now 8017 all in the same hallway. This makes for a GREAT setup for a group that wants to split into a few different condos, stay close together and also enjoy one of the shortest walks to the slopes in River Run at just 134 yards.

The kitchen is beautiful, the dining room is spacious and lit by chandelier and natural light, and there is even PRIVATE laundry in this condo which is a BIG seller for families, to name a few things about this condo that stand out to me.

I am excited to have another great walk to slopes condo on our program for the upcoming ski season. Let’s get some of these Christmas and Spring Break reservations into Jack Pine 8017 condo this week!

Smokey Joe’s Cafe at Warren Station in River Run Village

The Warren Station is hosting a presentation from the Lake Dillon Theatre company Smokey Joe’s Cafe.

Description from the Lake Dillon Theatre Co.

http://lakedillontheatre.org/shows-a-events/all-shows/71/190-smokey-joes-cafe

“Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock ‘n’ roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture. In an idealized ’50′s setting, the classic themes of love won, lost and imagined blend with hilarious set-pieces and slice-of-life emotions. Featuring nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE isn’t just great pop music – it’s compelling musical theatre.”

Warren Station is going to be hosting several exciting events in River Run Village and the best part of the show is that if you are staying in the River Run Condos you can go from your Keystone Lodging, to dinner in River Run, and then back to your River Run Condo all with out driving.  Come and enjoy what Keystone River Run Village is all about.

River Run Condos in Keystone Resort – Where are the 4 bedroom condos?

Finding the perfect condo in River Run Village can seem like quite the task, after all you have several buildings to choose from, multiple floor plans, amenities, what floor do you want, how many bedrooms, tv’s, where do you start?  River Run Village has multiple options for a reason, that reason is to make sure that the perfect accommodations are available to you as our guest.  You can find all of the River Run Condos with SummitCove.  River Run condos are going to very in size from studio condos up to your 4 bedroom condos, however there will be a majority of 1 and 2 bedroom condos with minimal 3 and 4 bedroom condos in River Run Village.

When they started to develop River Run Village as a base area at Keystone Resort they sat down and determined that they could charge more money per condominium building to individual owners and also split the costs of Home Owners Association dues across more property owners in River Run if they have more.  So as a result the majority of the River Run Condos are going to be 1 bedroom condos.  The standard 1 bedroom 1 bath condo in River Run Village is set up for sleeping of 4, usually 2 in the Queen or King bed in the bedroom and then 2 additional on a sofa sleeper in the living room.  Some owners of River Run Condos have opted to increase the sleeping capacity with the addition of a murphy bed or with a futon sleeper or additional bed in the bedroom.

Some of the River Run Condos have much larger floor plans than others and it is always important to look at the River Run Condo you are considering for your vacation to Keystone and consider what your plans are for the time you are in the Resort.  If you are planning on being out on the slopes and out on the town for everything except for quick meals and sleeping than it probably doesn’t really matter.  However if you are planning on having a loved one in the condo for an extended period of time you might want to look at some of the River Run Condos that have great views, fireplaces, and a large and comfortable living area.

All in all we believe that the experience you will recieve while staying in any of our River Run Condos will leave you coming back for more.

This past Holiday weekend we spent some time meeting with visitors to Keystone Resort Colorado.  This was from a guest who was staying at the Springs Condos at River Run Village, he chose to share his experience in Keystone and the Springs and Red Hawk Lodge Condos with others.