Keystone last two weeks of March - snow any good?

A snowHead

Thanks to some very kind people on an earlier thread, I'm now looking at Keystone as a possibility for myself, my wife and our two young children.
Looking at last two weeks of March - appreciate there are no guarantees but has anyone skiied there at that time before and if so was the snow good or slushy?
Also, other suggestions for that time of year nearish to Denver would be appreciated (with good snow the key factor)
cheers

A snowHead

This year it was generally good. Had a tendency to be slushy lower down towards the end of the day, but then the temperature was in the 50s. I don't think you'll have any problems.

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

I have, some years back.

I used to go out to that part of the world in early to mid-April. There's never any shortage of snow. But a serious shortage of skiers. Wink

March is usually the snowiest month of the season. Slightly busier than April.

Even with the warming weather pattern, I'm quite confident the odds are very very good there'll be tons of dry snow. Though the crowd these days gotten smarter so there're now a few more skiers on the mountain that time of year than say, 10 years ago. Smile

Up high on the mountain, it should not be problem with snow still being dry and fluffy.

Keystone is one of the "Summit county" 4some. So you can easily access Breckenridge, Copper and A-basin, which being the highest, will have the best snow quality if it's warm. Winter Park is also another resort close to Denver.

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Have skied it back end of March, snow was ok and the weather was warm. as mentioned there are other mountains to ski too while there on the same lift ticket. A Basin - worth a morning if nothing else, Vail , Breck - worth it for the town Smile

Just be aware of the Altitude, it can be a problem, when we were there one member of our party suffered from it during lunch in the restaurant at the top - The Outpost Lodge. Shocked

Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

I skied in Keystone in The end of March and the beginning of April last winter (2007). Most of the time it was great fun - there were several combinations of snow at night and a subsequent sunny day. The bottom slopes were indeed a little slushy, esp. at the end of the day, but this did not matter much.

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Taught there two winters ago northernsoulboy.

Echo what abc said. You won't be disappointed.

This is a long old read, hopefully not too boring wink

, about my winter there and thereabouts.

http://www.adrenalintrip.net/keystone-co-learning-love-red-headed-stepchild-summit-county-stories/forum/viewtopic/1/150172?siteid=1&topictype=2&sid=def3568c4f6660a23ada4f90b272d09f

Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

cheers mike
fascinating stuff, some great pics
i sadly won't be skiing too many trees or steeps with the kids, though i'm sure i'll find a way to get a few afternoons to myself, but it has made my mind up and the flights are booked
thanks all

After all it is free

My pleasure.

There's one ski school with two bases - River Run and Mountain House.

Mountain House is less of a zoo.

Any other questions, ask here or PM me.

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