Keystone West Ranch

Keystone West Ranch - Home Owners Association (KWR-HOA)

KWR-HOA Introduction

The Keystone West Ranch Home Owners Association (KWR-HOA) was established to help maintain and preserve the unique character of the Keystone West Ranch and support the day-to-day and long term needs of the KWR owners.  The KWR-HOA is a Colorado incorporated and registered entity.  It has a five member board and 62 members/owners. The KWR-HOA manages the KWR common areas, HOA budget/reports, maintenance activities, along with the formal covenants and architectural standards for the owners. 

The KWR-HOA supported, private facilities include:

• Outdoor Swimming Pool,
• Tennis / Pickle Ball Courts,
• Paved and plowed private roads,
• Trash and recycling at a central site that is shared with our two ranch neighbor HOAs (no curbside pickup),
• Open space (common area) forest and meadows with maintenance (trimming, pest control, and fire mitigation),

The pool, courts, some roads, and trash are shared with the other Ranch HOAs and Vail Summit Resorts.

The KWR-HOA and its selected association property management company hire separate companies to help manage these responsibilities.  As of 2022-10-01, the KWR-HOA selected , Basic Property Management (Basic Property Management) for association property management.  Previously, before 2022-10-01, it was managed by Keystone Resort Property Management.  The other companies that support the KWR-HOA include:

• Road maintenance with snow removal -  Performance Services (Bill Cadwallander), 
• Trash - Waste Management, 
• Landscaping - Colorado Tree specialist, 
• Fire mitigation - Beetle Kill Treeguys (Beetle Kill Treeguys);  and formerly Colorado Tree specialist in 2022, and
• Website - WildApricot via Keystone Owners Association (KOA).  Note, we are a WildApricot "chapter" under KOA's account.

Some of the key HOA documents include: 

• "Article of Incorporation of Keystone West Ranch Home Owners Association, Inc.", 1982-10-20.
• "Keystone West Ranch Architectural Standards and Procedures" 2022. (replaces older versions 1979, amended/updated 1981, etc.).
• "Keystone West Ranch Articles, Bylaws, and Protective Covenants"  1983-01-24 as filed with the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of Summit Count, Colorado.
• "Amendments to Bylaws for Keystone West Ranch Home Owners Association, INC."  1997-07-03.
• and this website.

All documents are available at Governing Documents and Policies and Procedures.

KWR-HOA Property

To ensure the unique, natural, and pristine character of the KWR, the founders allocated the HWR-HOA managed land in a special way:  over 80% is owned by KWR-HOA itself and less than 20% is owned by individuals or LLCs.

HOA Members

The 59 KWR-HOA members own 62 parcels with 56 homes and 6 open lots (4 members own a KWR neighboring, open lot).

Town of Keystone

On February 8, 2024, The Town of Keystone, officially became Colorado's newest, home-rule municipality.  Three of the four areas of the Keystone Ranch (all HOAs:  Keystone West Ranch, East Ranch and Keystone Ranch) subsequently are now within the Town of Keystone.  For now, the Keystone Ranch Golf Course is still in unincorporated Summit County.  Additional information is available at Town of Keystone.  Signup for the town's newsletter to watch all the developments!

Here are some of the KWR-HOA sponsored/supported facilities.