Keystone, Colorado

[Chef2]

Me, mrschef, and several friends just got back from 4 days way up in the hills.
You're right at 9500 feet in altitude, which basically puts you right next to the sun. It never touched 70 degrees in 4 days, but it felt like high 80's-low 90's.
We went to the bourbon/bacon festival there.
Great food.
Great bourbon.
Great music.
Great time.
Took us right at a 6 1/2 hour drive to get there. Easy drive though.
If you have a chance to go next year, I highly suggest it.

 

[MileHigh]

My brother had wanted to play one of the courses up there so we went and played at Keystone Ranch a couple of weeks ago when he was out here. Keystone is cool and you don't get the uppity/snootiness that you do get in Vail, Aspen and Telluride. It's not my favorite mountain town out here, but it's not bad.

 

[DanOregon]

Is that what they named the beer after?

 

[Chef2]

My brother had wanted to play one of the courses up there so we went and played at Keystone Ranch a couple of weeks ago when he was out here. Keystone is cool and you don't get the uppity/snootiness that you do get in Vail, Aspen and Telluride. It's not my favorite mountain town out here, but it's not bad.

My wife told me to get a tee time for Sunday morning at either one of the courses, but I decided not to.
The night we got there, and the next morning, we ate at Steep.
Unreal how many pizza places are in Keystone.

 

[MileHigh]

My wife told me to get a tee time for Sunday morning at either one of the courses, but I decided not to.
The night we got there, and the next morning, we ate at Steep.
Unreal how many pizza places are in Keystone.

Keystone Ranch was good. Was told by a local we played with that the River Course is better, but we weren't disappointed. Also, lots of skiing within a half-hour of Keystone. Keystone. A-Basin. Loveland. Breck. Copper. I'll have to try Steep next time I'm up that way. Usually I'm blowing through Silverthorne on the way to Steamboat.

 

[Rockbottom]

I left my right ACL at their very fancy medical center at the bottom of Keystone Mountain about 18 years ago. Good times.

rb

 

[swingline]

I skied once on a college spring break trip to Steamboat. It's the only time I've been.

 

[Chef2]

I've skied Wolf Creek, Breckenridge and Monarch.
Wolf Creek was fun but it felt like it took 3 weeks to get there.
Loveland Pass at right at 12,000 feet was cool. Took that back route going up, and went through Dillon to 70 going back.

 

[Chef2]

Keystone Ranch was good. Was told by a local we played with that the River Course is better, but we weren't disappointed. Also, lots of skiing within a half-hour of Keystone. Keystone. A-Basin. Loveland. Breck. Copper. I'll have to try Steep next time I'm up that way. Usually I'm blowing through Silverthorne on the way to Steamboat.

One of the two courses is a Robert Trent Jones Jr. course.
Get the pretzel for the app, a pizza and one of their in house brews. You won't be disappointed.

 

[MileHigh]

One of the two courses is a Robert Trent Jones Jr. course.
Get the pretzel for the app, a pizza and one of their in house brews. You won't be disappointed.

The one we played, Keystone Ranch, is RTJJ designed. You could imagine how things were in that valley a hundred years ago. And some old barns/homes were still there. The scenery, as you would expect, was exceptional.

 

[Slacker]

I left my right ACL at their very fancy medical center at the bottom of Keystone Mountain about 18 years ago. Good times.

rb

Did you hit a rock at the bottom of the run?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Is that what they named the beer after?

Molson's had already appropriated the "Golden" name long before Keystone was invented.