Visit Sun Valley Idaho & the Sawtooth Mountains

Sun Valley, Idaho, is in the heart of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area with the incredibly beautiful Sawtooth Mountains as the main backdrop. It offers over seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of stunning countryside with activities to satisfy young and old throughout the year.  What more could be asked for than a neverending supply of things to do, something Sun Valley can easily achieve.

When it comes to activities and fun, it is hard to beat Sun Valley in Idaho. It sits near the famous Sawtooth Mountains, offering some forty peaks of skiing, hiking, mountaineering, backpack, white water rafting climbing, fishing, golfing, skateboarding, tobogganing, , cycling, horse riding, skating, snowshoeing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, telemark, snowmobiling and mountain biking adventures.

In fact, Sun Valley began its life in 1936 as the United States' first official ski resort. Since then its reputation has developed quickly into an all around winter and summer holiday destination. Its deep powdery snows are perfect for winter sports, having hosted not only Olympic champions, but even the rich and famous. It provides the ultimate experience and once in a lifetime opportunity to connect to local towns through older forms of transport such as sleigh and dog sled rides.

Sun Valley combines the newness of North America with European elegance and class. Throughout the months, almost all activities are just a short jaunt away from the inner village and pristine backcountry wilderness. In fact, its paradise is a great place to bring children, where classy old school village atmospheres combine with the harshness of the Rocky Mountains.

Other activities include golf, with optional private/group lessons. Golfers are treated to a nine hole course with tournaments, a club house and an equipment rental shop. For others, the adventure includes tennis, live bands, opera performances, nightly movies, a resort symphony, five and ten pin bowling, a kids' exclusive daycare and activity club, a state of the art fitness center, an Olympic sized pool, saunas, hot tubs, Jacuzzis, steam rooms, salon and day spa pleasures, winter ice skating and figure skating shows, ice skating, ice skating lessons, hockey games and even an exclusive gun club. However, if all this is too much, the peaceful balconies and patios of the restaurants, cafes, bars and lodges are an activity in themselves.