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Sun Valley
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resort city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Location
- Sun Valley / Ketchum , Idaho , U.S.
- Mountain
- Bald Mountain and Dollar Mountain
- Nearest major city
- Ketchum (adjacent)
- Status
- Operating
- Opened
- December 21, 1936 ( 1936-12-21 )
- Owner
- Privately owned by the R. Earl Holding family (Grand America Hotels & Resorts)
- Multi resort pass
- Ikon Pass (destination) / Mountain Collective
- Vertical
- 3,400 ft (1,036 m)
- Top elevation
- 9,150 ft (2,790 m)
- Base elevation
- 5,750 ft (1,750 m)
- Skiable area
- 2,829 acres (11.4 km )
- Trails
- 121 , – 36% easiest , – 42% more difficult , – 20% most difficult , – 2% expert only
- Lift system
- 17 lifts: 1 gondola , 2 six-packs , 8 quads, 3 triples, 1 double, 2 surface lifts
- Lift capacity
- 29,717 per hour
- Snowfall
- 164 in (420 cm) (avg. annual)
- Snowmaking
- 645 acres (2.6 km ) snowmaking area; 78% of groomable terrain backed by snowmaking
- Website
- sunvalley.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sun Valley
- Population
- 1783
- Area
- 25.631656
- Elevation
- 1812
- Official website
- www.sunvalley.govoffice.com
- Image
- Baldmountainid.jpg
- Households
- 580
- Dialing code
- 208
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- Commons category
- Sun Valley, Idaho
- postal code
- 83354
- inception
- 1936-12-21
- P8168
- Kamov
- water as percent of area
- 0.1216
- per capita income
- 52234
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Sun Valley is a resort town and alpine ski resort in the western United States, in Blaine County, Idaho, adjacent to the city of Ketchum in the Wood River valley. The population was 1,783 at the 2020 census. The elevation of Sun Valley (at the Lodge) is 5,920 feet (1,805 m) above sea level.
Among skiers, the term "Sun Valley" refers to the alpine ski area, which consists of Bald Mountain, the main ski mountain adjacent to Ketchum. Dollar Mountain, which is adjacent to Sun Valley, is suited for novice and lower intermediate skiers. Bald Mountain, or "Baldy", best suited for intermediate to advanced and expert skiers, has a summit of 9,150 feet (2,790 m) and a vertical drop of 3,400 feet (1,035 m). The treeless "Dollar" at 6,638 feet (2,023 m) has a moderate vertical drop of 628 feet (191 m).