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Sun Valley
Ketchum
For a great summer Idaho vacation experience, visit Sun Valley and get travel value form lodging deals to vacation package discounts.
Sun Valley and Ketchum are not strangers to greatness. These sister towns have been beloved by visitors for a very long time, long before it played part in the 2002 Winter Olympics. The recent strings of celebrities to call this great mountain destination home are actually late on the scene. You see, Ketchum was the favored home and final resting place of Ernest Hemingway long before Clint Eastwood ever saw the place Eastwood was a boy of 9 when Hemingway first visited. Like most mountain and ski towns, Ketchum began as a silver mining town, and then became the 2nd largest sheep and lamb shipping station on earth. Finally came the fame of Sun Valley and the ski resorts... but the magic of this area has been long celebrated, as far back as its founding in the 1800's, the town being named after David Ketchum, a man whose independence captured the spirit of the Wild West – a spirit which still pervades the mountains there to this day.
Ketchum and Sun Valley has a large bed base of 6000. The area accommodations including lodging and places to stay from luxuriously appointed inclusive resorts to economy hotels. Vacation rental deals, hotel discounts, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, resorts, spas, private home rentals, vacation packages, vacation homes, RV parks, cabins, mountain retreats, and central reservations. For deals and discounts on everything from activities and tours to restaurants and dining discounts in Sun Valley click on categories of interest and start taking advantage of summer vacation deals. If dining out at restaurants is your thing then this is the place with more than 80 dining establishments await, from family style to the elegant Duchin Room - a member of Chaine des Rotisseurs, the oldest gourmet society in the world, founded in 1248.
What can you expect of Sun Valley and Ketchum? Well just to mention a few how about spectacular scenic vistas, year-round ice skating including world-class performances Saturday nights all summer long in the outdoor ice rink. Free summer symphony concerts. Arts & Crafts festivals, Sun Valley Film Festival, outdoor Twilight Series concerts under the stars, a wine auction ranked amongst the top 10 charity auction events in the nation.
Outdoor activities and family fun excursions - Golfing enthusiasts can enjoy top rounds of golf on the Bobby Jones-designed championship course. Try fishing the lakes and rivers for most species of trout. The Salmon River await fishermen both young and old, hiking countless trails leading to and through wildflowers, mountain bike rides and treks on over thirty miles of trails in this mountain biker’s paradise, alpine lakes... for hikers of all ages and abilities. Take a solo or in tandem Paragliding adventure - a unique way to see this scenic valley. Horseback trail rides will take you back into the country that the pioneers knew, a pristine beauty those who travel by car will never know. You can choose as little as a few hours, or several days. Be as prudent and close to nature as packing in, or arrive to gourmet catered meals and a stocked campsite. Hot air balloon rides or helicopter flight seeing depart from the airport. Really, it's a huge and open catalog of choices for spring, summer and even fall visitors to this mountain paradise! Rivers offer a whole new terrain, from whitewater rafting the exciting Upper Salmon River; can be enjoyed by the whole family, to kayaking which may require previous kayaking experience and training. Mountaineering and rock climbing in and on any of the five mountain ranges that makes up the area, world-class climbing in the Sawtooth Mountains is one of the finer places to gain new skills as well. Licensed guides make certain your time in that pursuit is both safe and exciting, and rental gear is available.
Sun Valley has over 30 miles of paved bike paths. Both bicycles and in-line skates are welcome. Helmets are highly advised for both activities. For mountain biking, there may be no better place in America. HUNDREDS of miles of trails are available, and experts are even allowed to take the ski lift to the top of Bald Mountain and bike back down! Golfing in this mountain paradise is a thing of breathtaking beauty and unequaled pleasure. There are a couple 18-hole resort courses and many 9-hole courses for second or short play. Lessons are available, of course.
With a great location, Sun Valley is situated just out of Ketchum Idaho, in the Wood River Valley in the interior of the central Idaho Rock Mountains. Surrounded by peaks like Bald Mountain that climb to 9,200 plus feet. The in the vicinity of the rugged Sawtooth Mountains known as the "American Alps". The southern tip of Sawtooth National Forest and the Challis National Forest engulf this magnificent resort region. Located just a two and a half hour drive, or about 160 miles east of the state’s capital Boise Idaho. For flying to Sun Valley, only 12 miles south in Hailey Idaho is the Friedman Memorial Airport, with daily services.
Between the rich heritage, awesome cultural opportunities and recreational options, there really is no better choice for a summer mountain vacation. Whether you're after the relaxing or an adrenalin rush, Sun Valley/Ketchum Idaho has all you could ever want and far more. Come see for yourself why this place has been both glitter and gold for well over a century. Book your Sun Valley vacation today and save on with mountain resort vacation deals and package discounts!
