Ice hockey and skating on the rink in the winter is so much fun. Restaurants surround the lake and you can sit inside or outside to enjoy the views.
This is more of a man made pond than a lake. But it is a fun place to ice skate with the family while at the resort.
We love Keystone Lake! The best thing for us is feeding the ducks, geese, and fish (the grandkids LOVE it). It's a cozy setting with many fun things for everyone.
the entire lake has is cleaned with a Zamboni so a fantastic surface. They have great skate rental program in the adventure area with hockey puck & stick rentals also available. They even have the little kid A frame setups to help the tiny kids be independent on their skates.
The skating is awesome - why this system feels I have to have 50 characters to explain my feelings is a little off. AWESOME. Sometimes a word is good enough!
The views here are incredible! We loved the "walkers" they had - for kids AND adults who didn't really know how to skate. The music was awesome (best hits from the 90s??) and the skates are great (not your typical indoor rink variety). It was my kids first time on skates and they skated nearly 3 hours. Staff was friendly and your ticket is good all day - if you want to do something else, just turn in your skates, then come back and check them out again when you're ready to do more skating!
We rented a pontoon for the day. Very peaceful and beautiful vistas. Stopped for drinks beforehand at the Tiki bar.
Getting to the lake to ice skate is not well marked and people in Keystone must not go there much. There is free parking across the street "USE IT" with a very cool tunnel over to the lake. Very beautiful at night! We must have picked the wrong night as there was a hockey game about to occur and the sign up took a very long time. It was awesome to skate on a real lake. From Texas something we do not do very often.
Keystone is still a great place to ski, but Vail Resorts are pricing it out of the market. The ordinary skier can no longer afford $125 for a one-day ticket for their resorts and CVolorado is fast becoming a destination for only the wealthiest of skiers. European skiers are no longer going there due to the costs! It still has great skiing with the three inter-connected hills and the Outpost Lodge is a great place to meet for food and drink. The village is a grat place to end the day with numerous bars and restaurants..
Biggest ice skating lake (5 miles), good prices for rentals and they offer sleds/wagons to pull kids around the rink on! You skate around a huge pine tree in the middle and the mountains are a spectacular view to see!