Sun Valley Overview

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Area Profile

Sun Valley is an original, the place of Sonja Henie and romance. The place that put skiing on the celebrity map. Sun Valley boasts two well-known and excellent ski and ride mountains. Many skiers consider Baldy the nation's best ski mountain, and with good reason. Dollar is a beginner's dream with gentle, perfectly groomed slopes. The real experience is to stay at the famed Sun Valley Lodge. This is where filmmaker Warren Miller slept in his trailer in the parking lot, stole oyster crackers from the kitchen, and began his amazing career.

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Lodging Profile

Lodging available at Sun Valley Resort; additional lodging can be found nearby. Free bus service to mountains. Camper facilities not available at Sun Valley; there is service two miles away in Ketchum.

Services Profile

Full variety of restaurants in area. Six restaurants on mountain; seven in the village. Bars/lounges/clubs located in Sun Valley, Ketchum, and Elkhorn. Ski shop, boutiques, chocolate shop, day spa and salon, drug, specialty, liquor, cleaners, bank, post office in Village. Massage center; sauna; two enclosed heat pools; gift shops; chapel nearby. Nursery/child care available. First aid room at area. Wood River Medical Center located in Village. Ski and cross country rental and repair available at slope and in Sun Valley. Ski instructions offer classes in racing, cross country, powder, junior, children, beginner, women's clinic; snowboarding and private lessons for handicapped skiers. Freestyle ski and snowboard lessons offered.

Area Recreation Profile

Golf, tennis, horseback riding, trap and skeet shooting, swimming, fly fishing, biking, rollerblading, and indoor and outdoor ice skating with evening outdoor ice shows located off the terrace of Sun Valley Lodge.

Snowboarding Profile

Terrain park and lessons available for snowboarding. Halfpipe.

Important Dates

  • Projected Days Open: 151
  • Days Open Last Year: 152
  • Years Open: 72
  • Average Snowfall: 559 cm
 

Terrain Type

Beginner Runs: Beginner Runs 36% Intermediate Runs: Intermediate Runs 42% Advanced Runs: Advanced Runs 22% Expert Runs: Expert Runs 0%
 

Lifts

  • Total # Of Lifts: Total # Of Lifts 21
  • Gondolas & Trams: Gondolas & Trams N/A
 
  • High Speed Sixes: High Speed Sixes N/A
  • High Speed Quads: High Speed Quads 9
 
  • Quad Chairs: Quad Chairs N/A
  • Triple Chairs: Triple Chairs 5
 
  • Double Chairs: Double Chairs 3
  • Surface Lifts: Surface Lifts 4
 

Elevation

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  • Top: 2789 m
  • Vertical Drop: 1036 m
  • Bottom: 1753 m
 
  • Longest Run: 1.9 km
  • Skiable Terrain: 831 hectares
  • Snow Making: 261 hectares
 
 

Sun Valley Contact Information

Sun Valley

P.O. Box 10

Sun Valley, ID 83353   Driving Directions

Phone: (800) 786-8259

ski@sunvalley.com

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