Which Keystone lodging is truly ski-in ski-out?

One bookable property on this page: Kindred Resort at the foot of the River Run Gondola, and even that is ski-in to the village plaza rather than to a door on the snow. The two buildings local managers agree are genuinely door-to-snow — Lone Eagle and The Timbers, on the hillside above the village below Ina's Way — did not appear in this harvest, so they have no cards and no rates here. Everything else in River Run, including The Springs and Jackpine & Black Bear, is a walk of 50 to 200 yards.

Does Schoolmarm end at River Run Village?

No, and this is the single most useful thing to know before booking. Schoolmarm runs about 3.5 miles from the top of Dercum Mountain and finishes at Mountain House, by the East parking lot, a mile west of River Run. To get to River Run you turn off it onto Ina's Way, a green connector. Guests who ski Schoolmarm top to bottom from a River Run condo end their day at the wrong base and take the free shuttle home.

Can a beginner ski back to the hotel at Keystone?

Yes to both bases, on named greens, but by different routes. To Mountain House it is Schoolmarm the whole way, with Silver Spoon off the Montezuma Express as the quieter half of the same descent. To River Run it is Schoolmarm and then Ina's Way. A beginner staying at Mountain House — Hyatt Place, for example — has the simpler day, because the run ends at their base with no turn to remember.

Is Kindred Resort really ski-in ski-out?

By the standard River Run means by it, yes. It stands at the foot of the gondola and the runs come down to the plaza it sits on. But the plaza is above and uphill of the buildings, so the last stretch is a walk in boots — and the hotel's own membership copy sells ski valet, private lockers by the gondola and Keystone's only slopeside valet parking, which is what you build for a walk. No source publishes its yardage to the lift, so we do not invent one. Full verdict here.

Is Arapahoe Lodge at Arapahoe Basin?

No. Arapahoe Lodge is a condo building at 91 River Run Rd inside Keystone's River Run Village. Arapahoe Basin is a separate ski area about five miles up US-6, and it is not on the Epic Pass. Google's own description of the lodge leads with the distance to A-Basin, which is where the confusion starts.

How much does ski-in ski-out lodging at Keystone cost?

In our 20-23 January price check, the only ski-on rate was $453 at Kindred Resort. The River Run walkers ran $342 at The Springs, $350 at Jackpine & Black Bear and $469 at Expedition Station, which is more than the hotel at the bottom of the plaza. On the Mountain House side, Hyatt Place was $248 and Gateway Mountain Lodge $189. Arapahoe Lodge returned no rate at all.

Which pass do you need for Keystone?

Epic Local, $809 for 2026/27, is the answer for most people: it is unlimited and unrestricted at Keystone, unlike at Vail or Beaver Creek. The full Epic Pass is $1,089. The cheaper Keystone Plus Pass looks tempting and carries blackouts — 27-28 November 2026, 26-31 December 2026, 16 January 2027 and 13-14 February 2027 — so if your trip lands on those dates it is the wrong purchase. Day tickets were reported in a $150-$239 band across two disagreeing aggregators.

Is night skiing at Keystone every night?

No, and the old guides are wrong about this. Night skiing is included with every day ticket and season pass, and a night still counts as one day of a day-pass product, with night-only tickets sold at the ticket office after 4 p.m. But in 2025/26 it ran to 7 p.m. on selected Fridays, Saturdays and holidays from Thanksgiving — not nightly, and not to 8 p.m. The 2026/27 schedule had not been published when we checked, so confirm before you build a trip around it.

Should you stay in River Run or Mountain House?

River Run for the village — the gondola, the restaurants, the after-ski, and nearly all the slopeside inventory. Mountain House if the skiing is being learned: Schoolmarm finishes there, the East lot is free, it is quieter, and the beds cost roughly half. Lakeside Village, where Keystone Lodge & Spa sits at $273, is not a ski base at all — Google measures 17 minutes on foot to the nearest lift — but the free in-resort shuttle reaches both bases in about five minutes.

Ski-In Ski-Out Lodging in Keystone: Only 1 Qualifies

The one ski-on address first, then the River Run buildings that ski to the plaza and walk from there, then the Mountain House walkers, then the shuttle beds. Guest scores and review counts are Google's; the lift verdict is ours.

Property	Ski out	Ski back	Walking	Guest score	From
Kindred Resort True ski-in/ski-out	Out of the building onto the River Run plaza at the foot of the gondola. Its own site says 'just steps from the ski slopes' and publishes no yardage, so none appears here	Schoolmarm to the green connector Ina's Way, or the River Run trail direct off Dercum Mountain — both finish at the village plaza	Short, across the plaza, and not zero: the property sells ski valet, 'private lockers steps from the gondola' and Keystone's only slopeside valet parking	4.4/5 (52)	$453
The Springs Condos Walk to the lift	A hundred yards on foot to the gondola — the closest building in the village to it, and it still calls that a walk	Schoolmarm into Ina's Way, or the River Run trail, down to the village plaza, then the last stretch in boots	About 100 yards each way through the pedestrian village, with heated underground parking for one car and ski lockers to shorten the carrying	3.5/5 (27)	$342
Jackpine & Black Bear Condos Walk to the lift	Roughly 150 yards on foot to the gondola, which local managers describe as under a minute to the slopes or the village	Schoolmarm into Ina's Way, or the River Run trail, to the plaza — then down through the village to the door	About 150 yards in boots at both ends of the day	4.3/5 (32)	$350
Expedition Station Condominiums Walk to the lift	On foot across River Run Village to the gondola plaza. No page we could reach states a distance for this building, so no number appears here	Schoolmarm into Ina's Way or the River Run trail to the plaza, then downhill through the village on foot	The village walk — managers summarise River Run as about five minutes or less end to end	4.3/5 (33)	$469
Arapahoe Lodge Walk to the lift	Managers quote a 50 to 200 yard walk to the gondola and the Summit Express, depending which part of the building you are in	To the River Run plaza on Ina's Way or the River Run trail, then on foot down through the village	50 to 200 yards, with heated underground parking and ski lockers on site	4.2/5 (67)	on request
Hyatt Place Keystone / Dillon Walk to the lift	Google's editorial line is a seven-minute walk to the lifts; OTA distance widgets put the Argentine Chairlift and Peru Express at 0.4 miles and the River Run Gondola at 0.8	Schoolmarm finishes at Mountain House, the base this hotel walks to — the simplest ski-home on the page, and then a walk in boots	About seven minutes to Mountain House. River Run is a shuttle ride, not a walk	3.8/5 (624)	$248
Gateway Mountain Lodge Walk to the lift	Marketed as 'a short 1/4 mile walk' to the base; guest reports describe roughly 15 minutes carrying skis to the River Run gondola and about 10 to the nearest lift. Both are in the file and we do not average them	Schoolmarm to Mountain House, then a packed-snow footpath on foot — managers group this lodge with the Mountain House properties that need a 10 to 15 minute walk	Long enough that the free in-resort shuttle is the real answer, with River Run the next stop	4.2/5 (183)	$189
Keystone Lodge & Spa Shuttle or bus	Google's own line in the harvest: 'It's 17 minutes' walk from the closest ski lift.' Distance widgets put the Discovery lift at 1.2 km, Argentine at 1.5 km and A-51 at 1.9 km	No run finishes at Lakeside Village. You ski to one of the two ski bases and ride the free in-resort shuttle back, roughly five minutes	17 minutes to the nearest lift on foot, which nobody does in ski boots	4.3/5 (1,305)	$273
3 Peaks Lodge Shuttle or bus	Its own description reads '0.7 miles from Keystone Resort ski lifts', and the free Keystone and A-Basin shuttle stops at the front door	Ski to whichever base you started from and take the shuttle back — no run comes near this building	0.7 miles: walkable in trainers, unpleasant in ski boots	3.9/5 (1,068)	$202
Ski Tip Lodge Shuttle or bus	The resort shuttle stops across the lot on Montezuma Road. Sources put the lodge 2 to 2.8 miles from the ski area; the harvested Google blurb says 4 miles and is the outlier	Nothing skis to Montezuma Road. You ski to a base and ride the shuttle	None that is useful in ski boots	4.6/5 (340)	$199

The only bookable ski-on address Kindred Resort at the River Run gondola, the newest ski-in ski-out lodging at Keystone, Colorado

Kindred Resort

4.4/5

75 Hunki Dori Ct, River Run Village · 52 Google reviews

True ski-in/ski-out

Ski out: Out of the building onto the River Run plaza at the foot of the gondola. Its own site says 'just steps from the ski slopes' and publishes no yardage, so none appears here
Ski back: Schoolmarm to the green connector Ina's Way, or the River Run trail direct off Dercum Mountain — both finish at the village plaza
Walking: Short, across the plaza, and not zero: the property sells ski valet, 'private lockers steps from the gondola' and Keystone's only slopeside valet parking
Beginner-safe return: Yes — Schoolmarm into Ina's Way is green the whole way into River Run · low season risk

Keystone's first full-service hotel with a credible ski-on claim, opened for the 2025/26 winter: 107 rooms plus 95 residences, three restaurants and a spa at the foot of the gondola.
The correction the marketing skips is the same one that applies to this whole village — the ski-in is to the plaza, which sits above and uphill of the buildings. A hotel that sells ski valet and lockers by the gondola is telling you where its threshold really is.
$453 in our January price check, and oddly below the Expedition Station condos up the same plaza; OTA rows in the same harvest sat near $595 to $603. Google shows 4.4 from 52 reviews, too thin to lean on for a hotel this new.

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The honest version of the River Run claim The Springs Condos on Hunki Dori Court, ski-in ski-out lodging a hundred yards from the River Run Gondola at Keystone, Colorado

The Springs Condos

3.5/5

53 Hunki Dori Ct, River Run Village · 27 Google reviews

Walk to the lift

Ski out: A hundred yards on foot to the gondola — the closest building in the village to it, and it still calls that a walk
Ski back: Schoolmarm into Ina's Way, or the River Run trail, down to the village plaza, then the last stretch in boots
Walking: About 100 yards each way through the pedestrian village, with heated underground parking for one car and ski lockers to shorten the carrying
Beginner-safe return: Yes — the green route home reaches the plaza; the last hundred yards are on foot · low season risk

Notable for what it never says. springscondo.com makes no ski-in/ski-out claim at all — its own wording is 'the closest location to the River Run Gondola' and 'just 100 yards' from it. Third-party listings round that up to slopeside.
One- to four-bedroom units with ski lockers and heated underground parking, which is the practical answer to a boot walk in a village where every building has one.
$342 in our January price check. The guest score is the weak spot: 3.5 from 27 Google reviews, with sleep, cleanliness and rooms all running negative.

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Two buildings, one booking Jackpine and Black Bear condos on River Run Road, ski-in ski-out lodging near the gondola at Keystone, Colorado

Jackpine & Black Bear Condos

4.3/5

219 River Run Rd, River Run Village · 32 Google reviews

Walk to the lift

Ski out: Roughly 150 yards on foot to the gondola, which local managers describe as under a minute to the slopes or the village
Ski back: Schoolmarm into Ina's Way, or the River Run trail, to the plaza — then down through the village to the door
Walking: About 150 yards in boots at both ends of the day
Beginner-safe return: Yes — Ina's Way is the green turn that brings you into this village · low season risk

Two condo buildings sold as a single booking by Vail Resorts, with full kitchens, an outdoor pool, hot tub and sauna — the package a family week actually uses.
Local managers put both at roughly 150 yards from the gondola. Neither the resort's own listing page nor any manager we read calls them ski-in/ski-out, and we do not upgrade them.
$350 in our January price check, at 4.3 from 32 Google reviews — location the strongest topic, in a review set thin enough to treat as directional.

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Highest rate on the page

Expedition Station Condominiums

4.3/5

135 Dercum Dr, River Run Village · 33 Google reviews

Walk to the lift

Ski out: On foot across River Run Village to the gondola plaza. No page we could reach states a distance for this building, so no number appears here
Ski back: Schoolmarm into Ina's Way or the River Run trail to the plaza, then downhill through the village on foot
Walking: The village walk — managers summarise River Run as about five minutes or less end to end
Beginner-safe return: Yes — green all the way to the plaza; the rest is walking · low season risk

One of the River Run condo lodges Keystone Resort books itself, on Dercum Drive inside the pedestrian village, and it follows the same pattern as everything around it: ski to the plaza, walk down.
The amenity set is village-standard — outdoor pool, hot tub, fitness room, parking. No ski-in/ski-out claim appears anywhere we could read, because keystoneresort.com returned a Vail Resorts system error on every lodging page during research.
$469 in our January price check, the highest rate on this page, against 4.3 from 33 Google reviews. That is more than the new hotel at the bottom of the plaza.

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Named for a mountain it is not on Arapahoe Lodge on River Run Road, ski-in ski-out lodging in the centre of River Run Village at Keystone, Colorado

Arapahoe Lodge

4.2/5

91 River Run Rd, central River Run Village · 67 Google reviews

Walk to the lift

Ski out: Managers quote a 50 to 200 yard walk to the gondola and the Summit Express, depending which part of the building you are in
Ski back: To the River Run plaza on Ina's Way or the River Run trail, then on foot down through the village
Walking: 50 to 200 yards, with heated underground parking and ski lockers on site
Beginner-safe return: Yes — the green route home ends at the plaza above the building · low season risk

The name trap worth reading twice: this is a River Run condo building at Keystone. Arapahoe Basin is a separate ski area about five miles up US-6, not on the Epic Pass — and Google's own blurb for this property leads with the distance to A-Basin.
The only ski wording the harvest captured for it is a balcony line: 'patios or balconies with barbecues and village or ski slope views'. A view is not access.
No rate came back in our January price check and no OTA row either. Google shows 4.2 from 67 reviews with location strongly positive; the pool, hot tub and sauna are shared with Dakota Lodge next door.

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In Keystone, despite the name Hyatt Place on US-6 at Keystone, a seven-minute walk from the Mountain House lifts and the ski-in ski-out lodging at River Run, Colorado

Hyatt Place on US-6 at Keystone, a seven-minute walk from the Mountain House lifts and the ski-in ski-out lodging at River Run, Colorado

Hyatt Place Keystone / Dillon

3.8/5

23044 US-6, Mountain House side · 624 Google reviews

Walk to the lift

Ski out: Google's editorial line is a seven-minute walk to the lifts; OTA distance widgets put the Argentine Chairlift and Peru Express at 0.4 miles and the River Run Gondola at 0.8
Ski back: Schoolmarm finishes at Mountain House, the base this hotel walks to — the simplest ski-home on the page, and then a walk in boots
Walking: About seven minutes to Mountain House. River Run is a shuttle ride, not a walk
Beginner-safe return: Yes — Schoolmarm ends at Mountain House, with no connector turn to remember · low season risk

The name is an anchor to the nearest town, not an address: the hotel sits at 23044 US-6 in Keystone, on the Mountain House side of the corridor.
That side is the underrated one for a first week. Schoolmarm, the 3.5-mile green, finishes at this base, so nobody staying here has to find Ina's Way at four in the afternoon.
$248 in our January price check, the cheapest bed with a real walk to a lift, at 3.8 from 624 Google reviews — location and nature positive, parking, sleep and bathrooms negative. The free Summit Stage bus stops at Rasor Drive, two minutes away, roughly every 30 minutes.

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A quarter mile, or fifteen minutes Gateway Mountain Lodge on US-6, a walk from the Mountain House base and the ski-in ski-out lodging at Keystone, Colorado

Gateway Mountain Lodge

4.2/5

23100 US-6, Mountain House side · 183 Google reviews

Walk to the lift

Ski out: Marketed as 'a short 1/4 mile walk' to the base; guest reports describe roughly 15 minutes carrying skis to the River Run gondola and about 10 to the nearest lift. Both are in the file and we do not average them
Ski back: Schoolmarm to Mountain House, then a packed-snow footpath on foot — managers group this lodge with the Mountain House properties that need a 10 to 15 minute walk
Walking: Long enough that the free in-resort shuttle is the real answer, with River Run the next stop
Beginner-safe return: Yes to the base on Schoolmarm — the last stretch is a walk, not a ski · low season risk

Keystone Resort books it, so it lists alongside the slopeside condos — but no page calls it ski-in/ski-out, and the two distances in circulation disagree by a factor of three.
Rooms and efficiencies with kitchens, an indoor pool, a hot tub and ski storage: closer to a motel than a condo lodge, and priced accordingly.
$189 in our January price check, the lowest rate on this page, at 4.2 from 183 Google reviews — location and nature the strongest topics, bathrooms the weakest.

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The hotel everyone assumes is slopeside Keystone Lodge and Spa beside Keystone Lake in Lakeside Village, a shuttle from the ski-in ski-out lodging at Keystone, Colorado

Keystone Lodge and Spa beside Keystone Lake in Lakeside Village, a shuttle from the ski-in ski-out lodging at Keystone, Colorado

Keystone Lodge & Spa

4.3/5

22101 US-6, Lakeside Village · 1,305 Google reviews

Shuttle or bus

Ski out: Google's own line in the harvest: 'It's 17 minutes' walk from the closest ski lift.' Distance widgets put the Discovery lift at 1.2 km, Argentine at 1.5 km and A-51 at 1.9 km
Ski back: No run finishes at Lakeside Village. You ski to one of the two ski bases and ride the free in-resort shuttle back, roughly five minutes
Walking: 17 minutes to the nearest lift on foot, which nobody does in ski boots
Beginner-safe return: Not applicable — the return leg is a shuttle, not a run · low season risk

The full-service hotel with the spa and the lake view, and the furthest bed from snow in this set. Lakeside is Keystone's third village and it is not a ski base.
It is the strongest property here on everything that is not skiing: 4.3 from 1,305 Google reviews, with wellness, spa, nature and cleanliness the standout topics and parking the loudest complaint.
$273 in our January price check, below three of the River Run condos. That is the trade this page keeps returning to — parking at both ski bases is free, so paying up for slopeside buys less at Keystone than it does elsewhere.

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The value play, not a ski-access play 3 Peaks Lodge on US-6, a shuttle ride from the ski-in ski-out lodging and lifts at Keystone, Colorado

3 Peaks Lodge

3.9/5

22859 US-6, between the villages · 1,068 Google reviews

Shuttle or bus

Ski out: Its own description reads '0.7 miles from Keystone Resort ski lifts', and the free Keystone and A-Basin shuttle stops at the front door
Ski back: Ski to whichever base you started from and take the shuttle back — no run comes near this building
Walking: 0.7 miles: walkable in trainers, unpleasant in ski boots
Beginner-safe return: Not applicable — no ski access at the property · low season risk

58 rooms with kitchenettes, a hot tub, a sauna, free parking and ski storage — the arithmetic that makes a shuttle ride tolerable for a family.
It used to be Alpine Slopes Lodge and the old name still resolves on review sites. If you are comparing scores across tabs, check you are reading the same building.
$202 in our January price check, at 3.9 from 1,068 Google reviews. Service and location score well; rooms, sleep and bathrooms do not.

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Booked for the restaurant, not the lift Ski Tip Lodge on Montezuma Road, an 1880s stagecoach stop east of the ski-in ski-out lodging at Keystone, Colorado

Ski Tip Lodge

4.6/5

764 Montezuma Rd, east of the resort · 340 Google reviews

Shuttle or bus

Ski out: The resort shuttle stops across the lot on Montezuma Road. Sources put the lodge 2 to 2.8 miles from the ski area; the harvested Google blurb says 4 miles and is the outlier
Ski back: Nothing skis to Montezuma Road. You ski to a base and ride the shuttle
Walking: None that is useful in ski boots
Beginner-safe return: Not applicable — no ski access at the property · low season risk

An 1880s stagecoach stop turned ten-room B&B: antique rooms, shared bathrooms on the cheaper tier, a fire in the lounge and breakfast included.
The restaurant is the reason people book. 4.6 from 340 Google reviews with dining and service the top topics — the highest score on this page by a clear margin.
$199 in our January price check. The distance to the lifts disagrees across sources by two miles, which tells you how little the lift matters to this particular booking.

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We have not stayed at these properties. Every claim above was checked in August 2026 against the property's own website and local property managers, and where those contradicted a listing, the listing lost. Lone Eagle, The Timbers, Chateaux DuMont and the Slopeside condominiums have no cards because they did not appear in this harvest — they are covered in the condo section below instead. The harvest header claimed 34 Keystone properties and returned 10, which is why the genuinely door-to-snow buildings had to be researched separately.

Complex	Where	Access	Sleeps
Lone Eagle	Above River Run Village, on the River Run trail	The benchmark — about 50 yards uphill of the gondola and Summit Express, with no village walk. Managers: 'you ski directly up to your door'	Luxury 2-4 bedroom condominiums
The Timbers	Same hillside, below Ina's Way	Ski-out yes; ski-in with a short climb. Its own managers call it 'ski-almost-in/ski-out as you have to walk a short distance to get back to the lodge due to the path being uphill'	Luxury multi-bedroom condominiums
Chateaux DuMont	Mountain House base	Under two minutes on foot to the Peru Express and inside 150 yards of the Argentine lift — at the base where Schoolmarm finishes, which makes it the beginner-family pick	Condominium residences
Slopeside Condominiums	Mountain House base	Ignore the name and read the wording: managers group it with Chateaux DuMont in the same 'under two minutes to the Peru lift' sentence. That is a walk, not a threshold	Condominium residences

How	What it covers	What it costs	Worth knowing
In-resort shuttle	Lakeside Village, Mountain House and River Run	Free	On call through Keystone transportation, 970-496-4200 — the reason a Lakeside or US-6 bed works at all
River Run parking	The gondola base and the village with the lodging	Free	Typically full by about 10 a.m. at weekends and on holidays
Mountain House East	The base where Schoolmarm finishes	Free	The quieter lot, and the one next to the ski and ride school
Mountain House West	Same base, marginally closer to the lifts	Paid	The only paid resort lot — you are buying a few dozen yards
Summit Stage	Keystone to Dillon, Silverthorne, Frisco and Breckenridge	Free	Stops at Rasor Drive roughly every 30 minutes, two minutes from the Hyatt Place
Lift tickets	1-day adult rates	Reported in a $150-$239 band	Two aggregators disagree ($169-$239 and $150-$200). Vail Resorts prices dynamically and publishes no window rate in advance, so treat this as directional
Epic Local	Unlimited, unrestricted Keystone	$809 for 2026/27	The full Epic Pass is $1,089; the cheaper Keystone Plus Pass has four blackout windows

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