Sun Valley

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

Cross country, touring, helicopter service, mountaineering, movie theatre, sledding, sleigh riding, snowboarding, and NASTAR course available on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Ice fishing, ice skating (indoor/outdoor rinks) indoor tennis, and snowmobiling nearby.

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: 220"

Terrain Type

Beginner Runs: 36%

Intermediate Runs: 42%

Advanced Runs: 22%

Expert Runs: 0%

Lifts

Total Number Of Lifts: 21

Gondolas & Trams: N/A

High Speed Sixes: N/A

High Speed Quads: 9

Quad Chairs: N/A

Triple Chairs: 5

Double Chairs: 3

Surface Lifts: 4

Elevation

Top: 9150 ft.

Bottom: 5750 ft.

Vertical Drop: 3400 ft.

Longest Run: 1.2 miles

Skiable Terrain: 2054 acres

Snow Making: 645 acres