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> Keystone, it is true, could be a great cruiser mountain - but it's always
> too crowded. 

  I wouldn't say "always", since the last time I was there there was no one
there. However, it's not a good place to go on weekends or during school
vacations.
> Also, because Keystone has such
> a deservedly good reputation as being a solely beginner mountain, it (big
> surprise) has lots of beginners on it - which means lots of stopped lifts,
> out-of-control skiers, crazy adolescent males, etc.

   Only during the above times. Definitely not the place to go during a
"peak" period.

> Well, Vail always does take its knocks - but with the new lifts, there are
> virtually no problems with lines anymore. 

  That's good to hear. That was a SERIOUS problem the last time I was there.

> Vail is not owned by Texans - it is now owned by the Gillet company, out
> of North Dakota or somewhere thereabouts. 

  I didn't mean the actual ski area, I meant the town. Something like half
the businesses, condos, etc. in town.

> As for being more commercialized,
> it at least offers about ten ski rental shops, demo shops, and many more
> restaraunts than, say, Copper Mountain.

  Not to mention condos and crowds.

--Greg