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Holding the Keys
By Jessica Ganga
Nestled on the mountain of Keystone Resort in Summit County, Colorado, Dercum’s Dash is a community of
single-family homes that provides an idyllic location for true mountain living in the Rocky Mountains.
“Keystone has something for everyone, at every age,” says Kellie Bernstein, Dercum’s Dash’s project designer and client liaison. Rated USA Today’s No. 1 family ski resort, Keystone Resort
is one of the largest ski resorts in Summit County and is spread across three peaks — Dercum’s Mountain, North Peak and the Outback. The resort boasts over 3,000 skiable acres where beginners and advanced skiers alike can experience all the seven-mile terrain has to offer.
Founded by champion and U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame skier Max Dercum, his wife Edna and Bill Bergman in 1970, Keystone Resort began as a place where families and friends can enjoy sliding down “a snowy mountain on a pair of skis,” exactly how Dercum felt when he skied.
Not only for avid skiers, Keystone offers activities and amenities for people to visit
or reside all year round, making it a premier destination in Colorado. During the off-season, visitors and residents can bike, play tennis, hike
and sh. Another bonus of the resort
is its location. Along with it being
in close proximity to the state’s
capital, Denver, Keystone is less
than ve miles away from Arapahoe
Basin or A-Basin, the rst ski area
co-founded by Dercum. According
to Bernstein, this extends the skiing
season well into June. The resort is
also close to another well-known ski
area, Breckenridge, “so when you
feel like being in the crowds, it’s easy
to go skiing there for a day,” and go
home to your quiet and cozy gem in Dercum’s Dash, Kellie Bernstein explains.
Offering 24 residences, Dercum’s Dash is a mountainside community that sits alongside White River Run National Forest, with each home featuring stunning architecture and design, led by Crestwood Construction and Kellie’s husband, David Bernstein. “Each home’s unique details work in harmony to achieve the feeling of a well-thought-out community,” he says. “The homes are distinct and different, but blend aesthetically while situated to capture breathtaking views.” Each home includes a signature heated “Colorado Room” with a gas
replace. Interior amenities include two-sided, two-story stone replaces, painted or stained wood ceilings, stone oors, and custom-made cabinetry, to name a few.
Dercum’s Dash is the only single-family subdivision in the area offering ski-in/ski-out, according to David Bernstein. Residents can reach the Summit Express chair lift, River Run and Gondola by a path that can be accessed directly from the subdivision.
Add in the year-round activities, and it becomes clear that the opportunities at Keystone Resort and Dercum’s Dash are, as Kellie Bernstein says, “exclusive, special and once-in-a-lifetime.”
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