Secret stash at Keystone

[Voyage86]

heading to Keystone for presidents’ day weekend. It’s gana be impossible to escape the crowds but i’m wondering where the spot is to get as far away from them as possible. i’ve only been during super early season so i don’t know any of the obvious answers. also any suggestions on where to find some leftover fresh from this past week would be great. thank you.

 

[partyandBS]

frontside trees because typically the frontside is the family area so all the good skiers go to outback. you’ll get hella lines on the front side though. paymaster trees are pretty flowy. the park is trash compared to years past ?

 

[Voyage86]

frontside trees because typically the frontside is the family area so all the good skiers go to outback. you’ll get hella lines on the front side though. paymaster trees are pretty flowy. the park is trash compared to years past ?

ya i saw that. i’m not gana spend time in the park. i’m from the midwest so i’m gana ski as many trees, glades, and cliffs as possible. do you think it’s worth the lift lines to stay on dercum for the trees?

 

[SmokedGouda]

probably windows and one of the high alpine bowls....maybe ericksons

 

[Voyage86]

probably windows and one of the high alpine bowls....maybe ericksons

ya i’ll probably take the snow cat to eriksson for 25$. Seems like a good price for the experience.

 

[midwestcoast]

President's day was the third busiest weekend of the season. You may not be able to escape the crowds honestly. I always tried to be up very early and head to Outback as soon as it starts spinning. You'll get a good hour back there before the line stacks up. Haven't skied there since Bergman was installed. No real "secret stashes" to speak of, but I recommend Windows, Wapiti, and Independence hike-to if you're trying to avoid the masses... Keystone can be a fun mountain when you figure it out. Groomers there are long and underrated when it's corduroy, but they're gonna be crazy by 10:30AM. Have fun and let us know how it goes!

 

[Voyage86]

President's day was the third busiest weekend of the season. You may not be able to escape the crowds honestly. I always tried to be up very early and head to Outback as soon as it starts spinning. You'll get a good hour back there before the line stacks up. Haven't skied there since Bergman was installed. No real "secret stashes" to speak of, but I recommend Windows, Wapiti, and Independence hike-to if you're trying to avoid the masses... Keystone can be a fun mountain when you figure it out. Groomers there are long and underrated when it's corduroy, but they're gonna be crazy by 10:30AM. Have fun and let us know how it goes!

ya i have no expectations of loosing the crowd. i think i will go straight to outback and start off my days with some glades near the boundary and then do some hike to stuff once the crowds start to build.

 

[partyandBS]

ya i’ll probably take the snow cat to eriksson for 25$. Seems like a good price for the experience.

thats not real anymore lol. there’s a new lift called bergmans that eliminated the cat with access to erickson which is a sick area. the rest of the terrain off bergmans is kinda cool. the bowl is wide open but often wind scoured and pretty intermediate terrain.

 

[Voyage86]

thats not real anymore lol. there’s a new lift called bergmans that eliminated the cat with access to erickson which is a sick area. the rest of the terrain off bergmans is kinda cool. the bowl is wide open but often wind scoured and pretty intermediate terrain.

interesting, i still found it on their website. i guess they need to update that.

 

[JerryOfAllJerrys]

frontside trees because typically the frontside is the family area so all the good skiers go to outback. you’ll get hella lines on the front side though. paymaster trees are pretty flowy. the park is trash compared to years past ?

I hit a nasty tree well on dercum frontside, thankfully I had a buddy with me. right between frenchman and flying dutchman