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Keystone Resort Celebrates the Holidays
Keystone Resort Celebrates the Holidays
  • Don’t miss the famous 2,500 pound Chocolate Village, debut of the Kidtopia Snow Fort and family Holiday activities throughout the season at Keystone.  
  • Celebrate the Season with Keystone Aglow Holiday lights, free programming and visits with Santa.
  • HD B-roll video and photos located at http://public.me.com/vail.resorts under the “Keystone” folder
KEYSTONE, Colo. — December 19, 2011 — Keystone Resort is ringing in the Holiday season in a big way. The celebration begins Friday, December 15 with the unveiling of Keystones’ Executive Pastry Chef Ned Archibald’s famous chocolate village at the Keystone Lodge & Spa. Families will also enjoy the grand opening of the Kidtopia Snow fort atop Dercum Mountain on Thursday, December 22, with the season’s first Kidtopia event kicking off on Friday, December 27. Festive events will animate the resort throughout the Holiday season, including the Keystone Aglow lights and Icestravaganza in the River Run and Lakeside Villages and a presentation of A Christmas Carol at Warren Station. Kids of all ages will enjoy time with the season’s most famous character, Santa Claus, as Santa and live reindeer will make several pre-Christmas appearances and kids can fuel up for the slopes with breakfast with Santa on December 24.
 
Children big and small will wonder at the Holiday magic at Keystone. From carols in the River Run Village to warm cookies at check-in, the resort comes alive with Holiday spirit; while skiers and riders will enjoy superior on-snow conditions and a variety of terrain. Holiday meals can be enjoyed at an array of on-mountain and resort restaurants and there is no shortage of Holiday fun, from ice skating to tubing, sleigh rides to snow bikes. Plus, families will enjoy memories this season with the new EpicMix photo and collage functions, with free pictures and sharing on social media outlets.
 
Best of all, the Holidays at Keystone can be enjoyed from $79 a night, with Winter Vacation on Us packages. Or, extend your stay with the Three for Free package and receive a FREE night, a complimentary $50 gift card and a free hydration backpack! Rates starting from $93 per night. For more information visit www.keystoneresort.com
 
For more information about Keystone Resort, visit keystoneresort.com or call (877) 204-7889. Follow the resort at @keystonemtn on Twitter or at www.Facebook.com/Keystone.
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More info and photos of Keystone Resort are also available at https://news.keystone.vailresorts.com. For broadcast-quality video footage and photos, visit: http://public.me.com/vail.resorts. Please credit the photographer listed and Vail Resorts.
 
Media Contacts
Laura Parquette, (970) 496-4107, lparquette@vailresorts.com
Justine C. Spence, (970) 496-4065, jcspence@vailresorts.com 

About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, and the Heavenly Ski Resort and Northstar California in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort property and hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com.

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Email: JCSpence@vailresorts.com
Phone: 970.496.4065
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