After several years of starts and stops, Hailey will finally have an improved place to swim and play this summer. The Blaine County Recreation… Read more
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area is currently developing a land-based outfitter and guide management plan to streamline the processing of… Read more
The long-awaited reopening of the Blane County Recreation District’s Aquatics Center will take place on May 29. Read more
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The Blaine County Recreation Districts’ newest playground opened recently and is drawing numerous cyclists of all ages. The Quigley Trails Par… Read more
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Sun Valley Resort wrapped up its 2020-21 winter season on Sunday, with colorfully clad skiers and snowboarders hitting the slopes of Bald Moun… Read more
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The Sawtooth National Forest received $1.1 million last week from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to help fund five… Read more
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For many people with disabilities, sometimes the challenge is merely being included—in sports, in activities, in social gatherings. To cross t… Read more
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 313 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total to 180… Read more
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COVID-19 quashed the typical fanfare—and pond skim—of Dollar Days, but the family mountain quietly wrapped its season under bluebird skies on … Read more
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 343 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total to 178… Read more
A public workshop to gather community input on the city of Hailey’s proposed municipal campground initially scheduled for this week has been d… Read more
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 454 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide Wednesday, raising the total to… Read more
With an increasing number of people hiking, snowshoeing and skiing up Bald Mountain during the ski area’s off hours, Sun Valley Resort and the… Read more
Exactly one year after Idaho’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, the state case count on Saturday, March 13, totaled 175,236. The Idaho Depart… Read more
The Blaine County Recreation District is offering free spring Nordic skiing and snowshoeing for the rest of the 2020/2021 winter season, begin… Read more
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The Bureau of Land Management released long-anticipated recreation plans for about 137,000 acres of public lands in Blaine County last week, o… Read more
The city of Bellevue, Wood River Land Trust and Friends of the Howard Preserve will partner this month on a renovation project that aims to en… Read more
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 374 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total to 171… Read more
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As the 2020-21 ski season enters the spring skiing phase, Sun Valley Resort has kicked off sales of passes for the 2021-22 winter season, with… Read more
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A Montana man died in an avalanche near Smiley Creek Friday afternoon, according to the Sawtooth Avalanche Center and Blaine County Coroner Ru… Read more
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The National Forest Foundation on Tuesday announced a new five-year partnership with the Sawtooth National Forest that will direct around $1.6… Read more
There will be no charge for skiing or snowshoeing on the Blaine County Recreation District’s winter trails system on Saturday, Feb. 20. A free… Read more
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 323 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total to 166… Read more
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In a long-awaited move, Sun Valley Resort on Wednesday opened its Sunrise expansion, a vast, new section of expert terrain on the southern sid… Read more
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COVID-19 and quarantine thinned the ranks of the Sun Valley Ski Patrol last month, pulling 13 people—about a fifth of the roster—off the mount… Read more
Already under new ownership for the 2020-21 season, Soldier Mountain is now on a new pass.
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Today, the Sun Valley Resort opened its Sunrise expansion, a vast, new section of expert terrain on the southern side of Bald Mountain.
The Sun Valley Resort shut down Bald Mountain early on Friday, as the first major storm of the season left conditions too dangerous to continue.
The weekend death of a Hailey resident on Bald Mountain will be ruled an accident after an autopsy found that Gregory Plowman died of asphyxiation following a likely snow immersion Friday morning, Twin Falls County Coroner Gene Turley confirmed on Monday.
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A plan to develop housing on part of the 78-acre Warm Springs Ranch in Ketchum—and to protect a vast swath of the property as a park—has been submitted to the city and is beginning on its path through the approval process.
A split Hailey City Council moved closer to building a campground out Croy Canyon on Monday night, with Mayor Martha Burke casting the tie-breaking vote needed for her to submit a grant application to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation seeking $731,340 to help fund the 33-site proposal.
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On Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a backcountry avalanche warning after Tuesday’s Pacific storm system added between 7 and 12 inches of snowfall in the Sawtooths and western Smoky Mountains. Though the warning expired Thursday morning, it proved prescient: The Sawtooth Avalan…
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The Hailey City Council on Monday approved Mayor Martha Burke’s signature on a $500,000 grant application to the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for what could become the city’s first established campground.
A man in his 50s died on Sunday, Dec. 20, after sustaining fatal injuries on Baldy’s Cut Off ski run, Blaine County Coroner Russ Mikel confirmed Thursday.
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Following two weekend slides, the Sawtooth Avalanche Center and National Weather Service on Monday issued a backcountry avalanche warning for the Wood River Valley and Stanley, in effect until Wednesday morning.
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For the city of Sun Valley and Sun Valley Resort, 2020 brought some glimpses of the future.
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game held a virtual open house last Monday to introduce its proposed moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunting regulations for the 2021-22 season in the Magic Valley region.
Unexpected Christmas-weekend snow is contributing to "considerable" avalanche risk in the backcountry around the Wood River and Sawtooth valleys, the Sawtooth Avalanche Center reported Sunday morning.
Guests occupied 29 percent fewer hotel rooms in the Sun Valley destination last month compared to November 2019, according to data from travel organization Visit Sun Valley, while the average daily room rate those guests paid in November rose nearly 20 percent.
The Sawtooth Avalanche Center on Monday issued an avalanche warning for the Banner Summit Area and Sawtooth and Western Smoky Mountain Zones located west and northwest of Sun Valley.
Soldier Mountain near Fairfield, about 60 miles from Ketchum, opened on Dec. 19 and is now open daily for the holiday season from Dec. 22 through Jan. 3.
Stanley photographer Gary Gadwa captured this ermine peeping out of the snow last week in the Sawtooth Valley’s Fourth of July Creek drainage. Also known as “stoats,” ermines sport sandy brown fur in the summer and adopt all-white coats in the winter as a camouflage aid. These predatory weas…
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Two more Blaine County residents have died of COVID-19-related illness, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The local death toll is now 12, including five this month.
For many years, backcountry skiers and snowmobilers, as well as Nordic skiers, have used unofficial parking areas and turnouts on state Highway 75, from the Sawtooth National Recreation Area Visitors Center to the Sawtooth Valley, in order to access the surrounding terrain.
Blaine County will not be allowed to make any physical changes to Lee’s Gulch Road before a decision is made by the court on whether to uphold the county’s determination that the road is public, a judge ruled on Wednesday, though the property owners who claim the road is private must continu…
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Four inches of fresh snow overnight Wednesday was enough for Sun Valley to open the bowls on Baldy Thursday morning. The resort dropped the ropes on Lookout, Mayday, Lefty and Kaitlin’s Bowls—all black diamonds—as well as Sigi’s Bowl, a blue, and Broadway Face, the easiest of the top. In all…
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 1,582 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total since March to 119,610. Of those, officials continue to monitor an estimated 72,648 active cases.
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Sun Valley Resort officials previewed the public launch of the resort’s new Broadway chairlift on Bald Mountain on Thursday morning, with a small-scale ribbon-cutting at the lift’s base in the ski area’s Cold Springs canyon.
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Rotarun—the “little mountain with a big heart” near Hailey—is primed for the coming winter and will open to the public for its 80th season on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m.
The Silver Creek Preserve visitors center cabin is set to get a major upgrade following approvals from Blaine County in November.
Ketchum’s Director of Recreation John Kearney was hard at work Tuesday morning building up a layer of ice to form a rink in Atkinson Park. Five city employees plus some volunteers helped out on what was at that point the fifth day of spraying. After running the Zamboni across the foot-thick …
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 2,298 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 today, registering a new record single-day increase for the second day in a row. Today's surge brings the total to 116,203, of which health officials continue to monitor an estimated 70,289…
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Skiers and snowboarders will be able to ride a new chairlift and get a glimpse of new terrain on Saturday, when Sun Valley Resort begins the first phase of opening a long-awaited expansion in the Cold Springs area of Bald Mountain.
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