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Sun Valley Resort, Sun Valley, ID

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Sun Valley Resort

Sun Valley Resort is an outdoor activity in Sun Valley, ID, part of the Sun Valley guide. Cost: free.

1 Sun Valley Rd · Sun Valley, ID

Why you should go…

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.

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    Sturtevants

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    Boulder Mountain Clayworks

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  • Sport & Outdoor
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    Ryan's Mountain Rentals

    $50+

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

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