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1 Day - Children ages 8 - 12


Itinerary suggestions based on Intermediate to Advanced Skiers and Snowboarders

Day 1
• Follow signs to River Run Village and park in the free Montazuma parking lot.
•Determine a family meeting space. Give kids ID cards.

• 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. Enjoy fresh tracks.  The first mountain, Dercum Mountain, offers great groomed runs to get you warmed up
                  Good warm up runs:
                 o Beginners – Schoolmarm and Silver Spoon
                 o Intermediates – Spring Dipper and Paymaster
                 o Terrain Park  – The Incubator Park is located off Schoolmarm next to the A51 terrain park. The
                   Incubator is the beginner park and accesses the A51 lift.

10-11:30 a.m. Make some laps on Dercum Mountain’s mid mountain lift the Montezuma Express.
               o  Intermediate Trails – Frenchman, Wild Irishman, Flying Dutchman. Whipsaw and Bachelor
                   are good intermediate bump runs.

• 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Take Mozart from the top of Dercum Mountain back to North Peak. Take the Santiago lift up to the top of North Peak and have lunch at The Outpoast.


• 12:30 -2:30 p.m.
– After lunch head down Anticipation to the Outback Express.  At the top of the Outback Express look for the Outback Cat Shuttle. Get some fresh tracks by catching a ride on The Outback Cat  for $5 (cash only) to the top of North Bowl and South Bowl (Shuttle runs from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.). If you enjoy tree skiing, The Outback offers some of Colorado's finest. Ski some of the tree run runs in The Outback The Outback Express makes for a good meeting place if you ski in the trees. It’s easy to lose each other so always ski with a buddy. There are also some long groomers like Elk Run and Porcupine and more on North Peak.

• 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.   Head back to Dercum Mountain. From the Outback take the Wayback chair to Prospector run on North Peak to Ruby chairlift to Frenchman on Dercum Mountain. Keystone's night skiing is open until 9 p.m. most nights so you can get your fill of skiing and snowboarding.

 5:-6:30 p.m. Dinner at Paisanos Italian Restaurant  in River Run

• 6:30 -7 p.m.
 – Pick up your tubing tickets at the Keystone Logo Shop in River Run and get on the gondola for your 7 p.m. tubing session.

• 7-8 p.m
Tubing  at Adventure Point atop Dercum Mountain (reservations required call 970-496-4FUN)

Call 970-496-4FUN for dining and activity information and reservations.  This is a sample itinerary, please do not ski or snowboard the trails mentioned unless you feel you are of the intermediate or advanced level to handle the terrain.
 

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