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Sun Valley Resort, Sun Valley, ID

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Sun Valley Resort

Ski Bald Mountain's 3,400 vertical feet in winter, then golf, hike, bike and ride horses in summer.

1 Sun Valley Rd · Sun Valley, ID

About Sun Valley Resort

Sun Valley Lodge opened on December 21, 1936, at the resort Union Pacific chairman W. Averell Harriman built, and the world's first chairlifts went up on Proctor and Dollar mountains that fall. Skiing is on Bald Mountain, with a 3,400-foot vertical drop, and the gentler Dollar Mountain. In summer you can golf on three courses, hike, bike and ride horses, and winter adds an outdoor ice rink and horse-drawn sleigh rides.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Sun Valley Resort, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    Wood River Museum of History and Culture

    No admission fee

    A Ketchum museum run by The Community Library that presents exhibits on central Idaho's regional history.

    1.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Sturtevants

    $25–$50

    Family-owned bike and ski shop in Ketchum renting mountain bikes, e-bikes, and gravel bikes for exploring the Sun Valley area.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.1 mi awayMore like this

  • Shopping
    Local Gem

    Boulder Mountain Clayworks

    No admission fee

    Nonprofit ceramics studio and gallery in Ketchum offering pottery classes and workshops for all ages.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    1.1 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Ryan's Mountain Rentals

    $50+

    Family-run UTV and RZR rental outfitter near Sun Valley for backcountry trail rides.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    17 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Redfish Lake

    Under $25

    Swim, paddle and boat on an alpine lake under the Sawtooth peaks, or ride the hiker shuttle to the far trailhead.

    42 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing

    Land of the Yankee Fork State Park

    Check prices

    A history-focused Idaho state park that interprets frontier gold mining through an interpretive center, nearby ghost towns, and a historic gold dredge.

    54 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing