Sun Valley, Idaho is practically synonymous with skiing and winter snow sports—and for good reason. Interest in skiing surged in the decades after the first Winter Olympics in 1924. Sun Valley Resort opened in 1936 with the goal of becoming America’s premier ski resort—debuting the world’s first chairlift, adapted from a system used to haul bananas onto ships in Panama.
56 current and former Olympians hail from Sun Valley, and each Olympic medalist from the Valley is awarded their own run on Bald Mountain (the tradition goes back to 1948, when Gretchen Fraser became the first American woman to medal in skiing, during the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz).
But while the Valley is best-known as a premiere destination for winter sports like downhill skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing, it also offers visitors a huge range of outdoor adventures year-round. It is called Sun Valley for a reason: the area gets over 250 days of sunshine a year, and boasts long days of daylight—reaching more than 15 hours of daylight in summer months—making it easy to maximize outdoor adventure during the warmer months.
Whether you visit the Valley in winter for snow sports, ice skating, or horse-drawn sleigh rides, in spring for wildflower hikes and mountain biking, summertime for swimming, golfing, or paddleboarding, or fly fishing and leaf-peeping in fall, one of the best places to call home during your stay is the historic Sun Valley Resort.
The premiere lodging in the sprawling complex is Sun Valley Lodge, the heart of the resort. Like Sun Valley Inn, it’s centrally located in the charming Sun Valley Village along with its Opera House and Ice Rink, plus restaurants, shopping, and lots of other facilities and amenities. Other lodging options like cottages, townhomes, and condos fan out from there, along with the Pavilion, tennis center, an Olympic sized pool, and several hiking trails ideal for taking in views of Dollar and Bald Mountains.
Read on to learn why Sun Valley Resort has been a top travel destination for nearly ninety years, attracting legendary stars from Marilyn Moroe, Louis Armstrong, and Clark Gable to Clint Eastwood and Ernest Hemingway (who wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls while staying in the Lodge’s suite 206).
Location
Sun Valley is both the name of the town, and the resort, in southern Idaho. But Sun Valley is also used to refer to the entire area, which encompasses neighboring communities including Ketchum and Elkhorn.
Number of Guest Units
480: including 108 guest rooms/suites at the Lodge, 97 at the Inn, plus condos, apartments, and townhouses
Highlights
Lodging
The sprawling resort offers guests a wide spectrum of lodging options. The premiere option is the upscale
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