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Uncategorized Skyrocketing Home Prices Mark Biggest Gain in 40 Years By Julie Miller Aug 4, 2021 Home prices notched their biggest annual growth since 1979 in June, during an extra-hot summer for real estate, fueled by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, sale prices shot up 17.2% in June compared with a year ago, according to a recent report from real estate data provider CoreLogic. They rose 2.3% from […]
Uncategorized News Release From the Wood River Land Trust by Anna & Michelle – Luxury In Sun Valley Team Wild spaces, happy places, and a place to call home are all essential to protecting our way of life here in the Wood River Valley. The balance of conservation and development is a tricky one, but is an area the Wood River Land Trust is […]
Uncategorized Plenty of Available Jobs, but Workers Can’t Afford Housing Businesses in the town, near the Sun Valley ski resort, can’t fill openings as applicants are unable find a place to live; mayor proposed letting workers pitch tents in a park. KETCHUM, Idaho—Ethan McKee-Bakos has had no trouble finding work since he moved to this upscale mountain town last February, earning $60,000 a year from […]
Uncategorized Everesting at Bald Mountain With all the talk of a tent city springing up in Ketchum, the canvas tents that popped up in the Upper River Run parking lot and an empty lot at the base of Bald Mountain Monday might have given passersby a start. Are city fathers renting out tents to workers this summer? Is it just […]
Uncategorized Q1 2021 Idaho Gardner Report
Uncategorized The Oldest Resort In America Is Right Here In Idaho And It’s Amazing! There are a lot of fantastic resorts scattered across the country, each with their own beautiful locations, lavish amenities, and – of course – incredible skiing. But few people know that America’s first ski destination resort is right here in Idaho – and it has quite the history buried beneath its picturesque surface. Fortunately, even […]
Uncategorized Happy New Year From Sun Valley! This New Year’s Eve, enjoy a simple celebration at home. With big parties out of the question (really, please don’t) it’s time to celebrate the end of 2020 the way we’ve marked most major occasions this year: at home. That doesn’t mean you have to pack it in and put yourself to bed before midnight, […]
Uncategorized For Broadway, the show is on Sun Valley to begin operation of new lift this weekend! Skiers and snowboarders will be able to ride a new chairlift and get a glimpse of new terrain on Saturday, when Sun Valley Resort begins the first phase of opening a long-awaited expansion in the Cold Springs area of Bald Mountain. Sun Valley will welcome […]
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Uncategorized Sun Valley Resort Preps for Winter Traditional Thanksgiving opening scheduled for 85th season As snow looms in the near-term weather forecast, Sun Valley and other Idaho ski areas are steadily preparing for the 2020-21 winter season. Sun Valley is scheduled to kick off its 85th winter ski and snowboard season on Bald Mountain on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. Dollar Mountain—the resort’s smaller, sister […]
Uncategorized Big City Exodus: Where Is Everyone Moving To? Back in March, major cities like New York City and San Francisco saw an outflux of residents leaving the pandemic-riddled mega metropolises for more cozy and quiet places offered by smaller cities and the suburbs. Some temporarily moved in with families while others left and claimed they will never turn back. Regardless of where they […]
Uncategorized Rediscovering America: Sun Valley, Idaho As the United States begins to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic and travel starts to open up in many areas, many people are considering how they can safely take a trip at the end of the summer. Despite international travel restrictions being lifted, Americans are not exactly being welcomed with open arms in a number […]
Uncategorized Valley Real Estate Market Booms in Pandemic Ketchum, Sun Valley skyrocket after slow start to 2020! Home sales are up in the Wood River Valley as city dwellers looking to relocate to a more sparsely populated place flock to the Sun Valley area, local real estate agents say. The number of home sales pending in Blaine County in the first three weeks […]
Uncategorized Bald Mountain Expansion 20/21 Season
Uncategorized Sun Valley, Idaho: The Best Things To Do When You Aren’t Skiing Sun Valley, known for its spectacular ski resorts, has so much more to offer than downhill. If your ambition is to be one with nature and experience the active Wild West backcountry life, then a visit to Sun Valley needs to be on your travel agenda. In addition to skiing, backcountry fun is what put […]
Uncategorized Sun Valley Music Festival Winter Series Thursday, February 27th – Saturday, February 29th  A reimagined classical music experience Experience a transformed performance space in the Argyros, into an intimate setting for classical music complete with: Eclectic musical selections Unconventional seating Unique staging Atmospheric lighting An ever-shifting soundscape Evening-length programming, including: Three acts, each around 30 minutes Two 20-minute intermissions An in-theater […]
Uncategorized Inside America’s Coolest Ski Town While Sun Valley doesn’t quite have the international fame of Aspen, Vail, or Jackson Hole–it should. Those in the know consistently rank Sun Valley as one of the top ski resorts in the country. Sure, it can’t compete with the acreage of Park City or the luxury of Beaver Creek or the epic expert slopes […]
Uncategorized Opening Day 2019 / Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Package | November 26 – December 1, 2019 Make Sun Valley a part of your Thanksgiving tradition. Join us for the opening day of the season, then enjoy a spectacular buffet with all of the traditional favorites, along with innovative twists on classic holiday dishes at the Sun Valley Inn. Lodging rates at the […]
Uncategorized 6-year-old boy is the youngest ever to climb all of Idaho’s 12,000-foot peaks Our very own Rachel Wolfe and her boys…6-year-old boy is the youngest ever to climb all of Idaho’s 12,000-foot peaks KETCHUM, Idaho (CBS 2) — Cody Lloyd of Ketchum is just 6 years old. And he’s already setting records in Idaho’s mountains.The 6-year-old, along with his older brother, Thijs, (who’s a whopping 8 years old by […]
Uncategorized 2019/2020 Winter Flight Schedule
Uncategorized Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival FRI, AUG 9TH – MON, AUG 12TH This summer we celebrate the 51st edition of the Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival. Join us in beautiful Atkinson Park in downtown Ketchum as we welcome 130 professional artists and craftspeople to the Wood River Valley. This festival is a juried, outdoor, fine arts and crafts show that […]