Skiing after dark at Keystone Ski Resort is one for your ski bucket list, so check their night schedule for weekends and holidays where they stay open until 7 pm. It holds the largest night skiing operation in Colorado, with access from the River Run base up to the top of the mountain.
Keystone’s a favorite resort because of its fun, rolling terrain and ample vertical. Runs from the top stretch over 2000 feet of vertical to the bottom base, providing plenty of steeps and a few easy switchbacks to suit all levels of riders.
2024-2025 Keystone Ski Resort Night Days
The resort first opens for night skiing on the Thanksgiving holiday, from Wednesday, November 27, 2024. They’re open on select weekends and holidays, through March 29, 2025. Check the calendar. You read all about their 2024/25 night skiing here:
- November: 27 – 30 (Thanksgiving Wednesday – Saturday)
- December: 20 – 29 nightly (Holiday Period Nightly)
- January: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 – 19, 24, 25, 31 (Friday’s & Saturday’s + MLK Sunday)
- February: 1, 7, 8, 14 – 16, 21, 22, 28 (Friday’s & Saturday’s + Presidents Weekend Sunday)
- March: 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29 (Friday’s & Saturday’s through March 29)
- Night skiing ends for the season on March 29.
Keystone Resort has an impressive amount of vertical and well-lit acreage to keep the fun going. There’s a bar and restaurant at the top too. Enjoy a beer at 12,000 feet if you’re looking to get loose. Drink some water too.
You can access the top of the mountain via the River Run Gondola, and sometimes also the Peru Express chair lift. From the summit, there is a range of lighted night skiing options down the face and another chair lifts or two to keep you at the top.
Even though Keystone’s got the biggest night skiing in the state, it’s not the only resort where you can ride under the lights. There are a handful of other ski resorts with night skiing in Colorado. Bundle up and enjoy the twilight hours atop one of the Rocky Mountains.
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