Sun Valley Resort

Sun Valley Resort is the most historically significant ski destination in the United States, the property that invented the chairlift in 1936 and built the template for the American ski resort experience in a valley that Ernest Hemingway made his home and his final resting place. The resort's combination of Bald Mountain skiing, a year-round outdoor programming calendar that rivals any mountain destination in the West, the Sun Valley Lodge's iconic mid-century character, and the cultural heritage of a town that has attracted writers, artists, and celebrities for nearly a century gives it a depth of identity and experience that purely modern ski resorts cannot replicate. For planners whose groups want an American ski and mountain resort destination with genuine historical significance, exceptional skiing on Bald Mountain, and the character of a town that rewards exploration beyond the mountain itself, Sun Valley delivers one of the most complete and distinctive mountain resort experiences in the country. Similar properties worth benchmarking include Stein Eriksen Lodge in Utah and Hotel Jerome in Aspen.

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