The mountains surrounding Sun Valley have been blessed with a thick blanket of white while the valleys below are teeming with fall colors. It's a magical time of year and the magic has just gotten a little sweeter.  Sugar Bowl and Sun Valley have teemed up with each other to offer free skiing with each other's season passes at one another's resorts.  Now skiers from Sugar Bowl with qualifying season passes can ski at Sun Valley for free with booked lodging at the Sun Valley Resort.  Likewise Sun Valley skiers with either a full season pass or a Sun Pass …

Ouside Magazine ripped through the best bike festivals in the United States and found that Ride Sun Valley is right there with the best, many of whom have been at it for years.  In only its 3rd year, Ride Sun Valley has come a long way and being the company of stalwarts like Downieville and Crankworx certainly feels pretty good! Check out the rest of the story at OutsideMag.com

One way to get a spectacular view of Sun Valley and the surrounding mountains is to hike or ride the lifts to the top of Baldy. But an even better way, as we found out, is to run off the top of the mountain with another person strapped to your back as a big beautiful glider rises over your head and takes you soaring out over the valley. Click here for the rest of the story on our blog, Searching for Sun Valley.

Sun Valley was recently named to the top 20 ski resorts in North America by Outside Magazine.  To learn more read THIS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sun Valley Gets First Idaho “Epic Ride Center” Designation From International Mountain Bike Association   SANTA FE—Oct. 15, 2012 — The Sun Valley area has received a rare recognition from the International Mountain Bike Association, confirming what Sun Valley riders have known for years: that the Wood River Valley has some of the best, most diverse mountain biking opportunities in the country. The Wood River Bike Coalition accepted the “Epic Ride Center” designation from IMBA, an award given to very few areas annually, after a competitive review process by the organization. The Epic Ride Center program, according …

Earlier this summer the large brains at Bike Mag had become swollen with all of the interwebs and Instatweets blocking their sine waves from producing line raves.  So they unplugged and came for a session.  Riding what they called "the best damned singletrack I have ever seen" this merry bunch of editors, photographers, and industry wonks made themselves right at home here in the glory of a Sun Valley July and teed off.  They drank all of the beer, roosered all of the corners, and rabble-roused while they caroused leaving nary a stone unturned.  Here is the tale, at least …

Sun Valley Visitor Center Building Wins Major International Architectural Award­­­­­ _______________ Architect Susan Desko's Design Featured in Traveling Exhibition   Ketchum, ID, September 21, 2012 — The Sun Valley Marketing Alliance (SVMA) announced today that the Sun Valley Visitor Center, which was transformed last fall by Ketchum architect Susan Desko from a decaying, vacant bank building into a community gathering place, is a recipient of the highly prestigious American Architecture Awards for 2012.  The Awards are international in scope, and honor new and cutting-edge design.  They are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European …

Recently Jimmy Kimmel came out of the closet on Vanity Fair on his fly fishing habit.  His favorite place to fuel up while on a fishing adventure came as no surprise to anyone who knows Tim and Becky Cron at the Stanley Bakery! http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/where-i-go/2012/07/jimmy-kimmel-guide-to-fly-fishing

Men's Health has been on a hiking rampage scouring the United States for the best hikes in the country.  Not suprisingly the land of a million hikes was named in the top 10 with the Iron Creek Trail out of Stanley Idaho making the cut: http://www.menshealth.com/best-life/best-hikes  

Outside Magazine came to town and wrote their fall style piece using a collection of some of the young movers and shakers making it happen in Sun Valley. Enjoy!

Are you seeking solace from your hectic work schedule and want to “Skip Town”?  Well, now you can – right from your computer!  Visit stoneskippingrobot.com where you'll find yourself a pristine mountain lake where you can use technology to skip a stone across water. You control the trajectory and power of your stone toss from your keyboard.  You can then post a video of your “skip” on Facebook and Twitter as well as compare results on the leaderboard, inviting your friends to try and beat your toss. While virtually escaping to Sun Valley, you can also enter to win an all-expenses-paid …