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Keystone - Cat Skiing
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Just noticed on the Keystone website that there are offering cat skiing, either with a guide from 10am - 2pm departing from the top of Dercum Mountain for $75, or from the top of Outback without a guide for $5 a ride. Has anyone ever used either of these services or have any comments about them? What sort of terrain is there at Keystone?
The $5 rides are advertised as avoiding the hike to access the Outback Bowls, are they any good? It all sounds like a good deal, almost too good to be true.
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Outback bowls if its what I remember is only a 10 minute hike anyway - by the time you've waited for a Cat you'd be up there - plus its about a 4 turn run until if I'm thinking right.
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I believe the cat from Dercum Mtn accesses two other bowls which lie to the north of the Outback Bowls, which are indeed a little on the short side. The gradient is probably medium. Make sure there's enough base; Keystone tends to get less snowfall than Vail, Copper or Breck. The terrain in general is a little less challenging than the other VR resorts, but there are some good long bump runs like Catskinner and good tree skiing on runs like The Griz, if the snow base is good enough. Some of the steepest tree skiing is in a hike-to area called The Windows, between Dercum Mtn and North Peak.
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