Sun Valley’s trails are neatly divided between two peaks opposite each other on either side of the towns below. Dollar Mountain is adjacent to Sun Valley for novice and lower intermediate skiers and Bald Mountain, the main ski mountain adjacent to Ketchum. Bald Mountain, or “Baldy,” is just over 9000 feet (about 2800m) with a vertical drop of 3400 feet (1035 m). Renowned for a consistent pitch all over, Baldy’s other hallmarks are uncrowded slopes, long wide open trails, and challenging off-piste terrain for intermediate to expert riders who have over 100 runs to choose from. No less than 4 deluxe day lodges are dotted across Baldy.
Dollar Mountain is covered in gentle, treeless terrain perfect for learning and improving. The slopes are also home to a feature unique to Sun Valley – the Smart-Piste™, Terrain-that-Teaches™ learning system – designed to speed your progress, along with adventure areas for kids and a variety of terrain parks ranging from standard to progressive. There’s a Family Cross Course and even skate-style parks.
Mountain Stats
Skiable Terrain | 2054 acres (831 hectares) |
Vertical | 1036 m (3400 ft) |
Top Elevation | 2789 m (9150 ft) |
Base Elevation | 1753 m (5750 ft) |
Average Snowfall | 560 cm (220 in/18 ft) |
Beginner Terrain | 36% |
Intermediate Terrain | 42% |
Advanced Terrain | 22% |
Trails | 75 |
Parks | 2 |
Snow Cross | 1 |
Winter lifts Total | 18 |
Gondolas Trams | 1 |
Chair Lifts | 14 |
Surface Lifts | 3 |
Lift Capacity | 29,717 |
Longest Run | 5 km (3 mi) |
Mountain Restaurants | 13 |
Snowmaking | 645 ac (261 hectares) |
Season Opens | November |
Season Closes | April |