Two days prepaid plus 50% off on additional days at 12 ski resorts for about $400 depending when you buy it. We have used it a Aspen, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley and will be using it at Alta Snowbird, averaging about $50/day for us.
Back to Sun Valley. Excellent day a bit warmer, very few people and we found a couple lifts and a number of runs we had not tried yesterday. Comments today more on off-mountain themes. SV has a bit of an upscale feel with an older demographic. No terrain park at the main mountain Baldy, but one over at Dollar mountain so you do not see park rats. Also SV is the only place I have seen that has "wagons" for you to move your gear from the parking lot or shuttle drop off. Kind of reminds me of Beaver Creek "not exactly roughing it." Although no escalators here as it is flat at the bottom.
Food, Hotel etc comments. We have really enjoyed the Knob Hill Inn. This is a 3 story boutique hotel with a great restaurant on the edge of the downtown. Big pluses are the contemporary nice size rooms, very good restaurant/bar and excellent service. As for service, our skis and boots are taken care of by the staff, each morning they are ready for us and we take the shuttle to the ski area, about 7-10 minutes away. We did not have to wait at all and the drop off is much closer than if we had driven our own car. We used the in room fireplace and it was great. We also had a super dinner at the restaurant.
Last night we had dinner at Trail Creek Cabin which is run by the Sun Valley Lodge. You can access it by sleigh ride or drive. We drove but decided to stop at the Sun Valley Lodge for a cocktail and we are very glad we did. Sun Valley and the Sun Valley Lodge are iconic places in American skiing. The ski mountain is celebrating its 80th birthday this year. The lodge was totally renovated over the last year. The grounds are beautiful with a pond with swans, great outdoor lighting and a full size ice rink. Inside the main hallways are like a history museum. The photos, dating back to 1930 include presidents, movie stars and titans of industry. We sat at the bar and had a great conversation with other patrons and the bar tender.
Then we headed off to Trail Creek Cabin, a few miles further down the road. The log cabin is situated on the river and is 80+ years-old but has been renovated. In the dining room there was one of the largest wood burning fireplaces we have ever seen and it was well tended all night. The food was very good. We had brussels sprouts for an appetizer and the cabin salad salad. Kelley had root vegetable pie she liked and I had braised Boar Cheeks which I had never had and it was excellent. For lunch we went to the Seattle Ridge Lodge at the top of the Mountain. It is an upscale cafeteria and is very nice. We sat outside in the sun and it was delightful.
Video Jim and Kelley Skiing Selfie at Sun Valley
Video Jim and Kelley skiing Sun Valley
Video FAC Club Sun Valley
Out takes FAC Sun Valley very short
Sun Valley Lodge
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