We recently just came back from our first family ski trip to Keystone Resort in Colorado. One word, AMAZING family vacation!! My kids couldn’t stop talking about how much fun they had at the Ski & Ride school and already asked about going back there again. If only, we have unlimited fund to fly to Denver, we probably would do it in a heartbeat.
Visiting Keystone Resort during winter time is a guarantee fun for the whole family. Keep in mind that it’s the high season for most ski resorts in the area. So be prepared for crowd and busy slopes. We were there just before the busy season started so we didn’t experience much crowd. However, our private ski instructor told us that in the next few days there will be more people on the slopes.
But don’t let that prevent you from planning your next family ski trip to Keystone resort though. There are plenty of other fun activities in the resort to keep everyone happy.
Festive Holiday Lights
We stayed at the River Run village (which in my opinion is a perfect location and there will be more in-depth review later). The main street in the River Run village is a great place to walk around especially at night with all the festive lights.
The Keystone Kidtopia Snow Fort
We were lucky to be there at the grand opening of the Keystone Kidtopia Snow Fort. The Snow Fort is the ultimate playground for kids in the snow. With slide, wall ladder and tunnel, our kids had so much fun they didn’t even care about the sub zero temperature we had.
Kidtopia is family friendly programming that Keystone Resort offers to family during the peak family vacation throughout the winter. The fun activities are offering throughout the week or the weekend with kid-friendly activities including movie night in the village, live entertainment, interactive arts and crafts, family dining and more.
Outdoor Ice Skating at Keystone Lake
Like spending a whole day learning skiing was not enough, we managed to enjoy more outdoor fun at the largest Zamboni-maintained outdoor ice skating rink in North America. The outdoor rink is HUGE. It fits not only a huge Christmas tree in the center but a hockey rink on the side as well. It was Miss J and Mr. Z first time on the outdoor rink and they couldn’t get enough of the fun.
Along the lake, families can also enjoy the ice sculpture of Santa and his sleigh. It’s a great place to have family photo for the season. Just make sure you hold on to the little ones because the ice sleigh is pretty slippery. :)
Chocolate Village at Keystone Lodge & Spa
After the ice skating at the Keystone Lake, we stopped by the lobby of Keystone Lodge & Spa and was treated to the awesome display of Chocolate Village where over 2,500 pounds of chocolate have been crafted into miniature alpine village, a working chocolate gondola, a cascading chocolate waterfall, 6 foot tall white chocolate Christmas tree with chocolate presents.
So if you are looking for great family winter vacation, I would highly recommend check out Keystone Resort and start planning. We had a lot of fun and there are more posts about our visit.
Thanks to Keystone Resort for hosting our family and covered some of our dining and activities cost. But as always this post is based solely on our own experience and opinion without any outside influence.
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Holiday Happening at Keystone Resort this Winter is a post from: The Q Family Adventures Travel Blog