"In 1936, the Union Pacific Railroad changed the sport of skiing forever, when, in Sun Valley, Idaho, it fired up the world's first chairlift. In the 90 years since then, Sun Valley has remained a lauded and legendary place to ski, playing host to celebrities and celebrated skiers alike, including Gretchen Fraser, the first American to win an Olympic Medal in Downhill Skiing, and Warren Miller, who needs no introduction."
"Sun Valley sits in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, next to the town of Ketchum. From the center of the "doughnut hole" that silver miners picked out for the site of the town in the late 1880s, Bald Mountain, or Baldy, climbs more than 3,000 feet above the valley floor, providing expansive, and occasionally exhausting, skiing opportunities. In the midst of The Winter That Never Came, aka this year, Sun Valley has managed to open almost all of its terrain"
"We were staying in the Sun Valley Inn, located in the Sun Valley Village, which is not at the base of the lifts, but located just on the other side of Ketchum. I was thrilled to find that there is a free bus line running between the Sun Valley Village, Ketchum, and the two base areas on Baldy. The bus also runs to the base area of Sun Valley's other mountain, Dollar Mountain, which was the site of the original ski area."
Sun Valley, Idaho, pioneered the world's first chairlift in 1936 and has since become a celebrated ski destination. The resort sits in the Sawtooth Mountains alongside Ketchum, with Bald Mountain rising over 3,000 feet above the valley for expansive and occasionally exhausting skiing. During a warm winter, most terrain opened through high upper-elevation slopes and an extensive lower-mountain snowmaking system. Sun Valley Village hosts the Sun Valley Inn and a free bus line connecting the village, Ketchum, and both Baldy base areas as well as Dollar Mountain. Roundhouse Gondola and the Christmas Chairlift provide panoramic views of the Sawtooths and town below.
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