Complimentary Bald Mountain Tours are offered every Monday, Wednesday & Friday throughout the Winter Season. Tours meet at 9:30am in the Mountain View Room at River Run Lodge and are guided by one of the friendly members of our guest services team (yellow coats). They will guide you around Bald Mountain’s vast terrain and wow you with some amazing historical facts about Sun Valley. Tours are open for all ski levels.
Locals Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding Bald Mountain
Learning to ski or snowboard like a local is about so much more than committing a map of Baldy to memory or buying a full season’s pass. Like any other resort, there are many nuances to hitting the slopes in Sun Valley that are sure to make you stick out like a sore thumb if you don’t know or—god forbid—choose to ignore them. And though there are a plethora of professional skiers and snowboarders in Sun Valley, many of whom grew up here, we reached out to homegrown snowboarder Charles Gordon Knight, known by many aliases but most often referred to as C Gordon, C, and Gordo. A Sun Valley Resort ambassador and new D team snowboard coach for the Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF), Knight also works at the Boardbin, has been on the mountain for 28 seasons (since he was 2 years old), had three perfect seasons, and received six 100-day pins. And he’s not shy about explaining how to avoid being a jerry. Who is Bald Mountain For? C Gordon: “This mountain isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s steep, down the fall-line, and is chocked full of rippers. It’s the kind of mountain where you can put …
Riding the Lupine Flow Trail on Bald Mountain
The Sun Valley Resort spent some quality time sculpting out a delightful creation, the Lupine flow trail. This nearly pedal free traverse delivers momentum hungry banked turns, wheelie-friendly rollers and jaw-dropping views. Accessed via the upper Broadway trail, Lupine meanders effortlessly across the famed bowls where it eventually connects to the lower section of Saddle-Up. It'll be the best slump buster you could fathom.
Bald Mountain Summer Lift Access
Whether you’re enjoying lunch at The Roundhouse or the of hiking trails, you can’t beat the incredible panoramic views of some of Idaho’s highest peaks and the cool temperatures on top of Sun Valley’s Bald Mountain (9150 ft.) this summer. Download the summer trail guide here. Summer lift operations usually start he last week of June and run through Labor day weekend . Gondola rides on Bald Mountain for sightseeing, hiking and Lift assisted biking generally open the last week of June/first week of July and run through Labor Day weekend. Rides down are free. You can purchase your lift ticket in advance or at the River Run ticket window. For further information and ticket pricing, please call (208) 622.6136 or (888) 490.5950 or click here. For more information be sure to check the Summer Bald Mountain Trail Report at: https://www.sunvalley.com/summer-trails-report/
Baldy Bash
Join us for the annual Baldy Bash, celebrating the final weeks of an epic season on Bald Mountain on Saturday, April 13th featuring Americana artist Jesse Roper! Festivities will take place at the Warm Springs base area, with a street party featuring music from opener, Highline Drifters at 2:30pm, followed by headliner, Jesse Roper at 4pm. Bust out your favorite costumes, dancing shoes, and join the best party of the year!
Baldy Beacon Practice
Join the Friends and Sun Valley Ski Patrol at the Beacon Park on top of Bald Mountain for a day of practicing your rescue skills. Whether you’ve never touched a transceiver or are a seasoned veteran of the backcountry, come take a lap through the beacon park to be entered into a raffle. Don’t know how to use the equipment? We’ll be there to teach you! Don’t have the equipment? We’ll have ours there!
24 Hours with a Local: Sawtooth Mountain Guides’ Lindsay Mann Davis
Backcountry ski guide Lindsay Mann Davis didn’t move to the area until 2018, but skiing has always been in her life. Growing up on the east coast, she spent most of her youth exploring the White Mountains of New Hampshire and competitive ski racing, which took her to mountains around the world. Her passion for skiing took her to Dartmouth, where she helped her team win an NCAA title in 2007. After college, she spent time working as an alpine ski racing coach, mountain guide, and avalanche instructor. Before making the move to Idaho, Lindsay and her now-husband Leon were living in Jackson Hole. After he accepted a pilot job in the state, she got a job offer with the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation (SVSEF) to coach alpine and do avalanche education. She’s now a guide for Sawtooth Mountain Guides and also works at Andy Gilbert’s Press Print House and Keely’s Camp for Girls as operations manager. The flexibility of Lindsay’s employers has been instrumental in being able to spend time with her 1-year-old daughter, Matilda. Lindsay and her family live in a house in Hailey, and in her free time she loves to mountain bike, climb, backcountry ski, …
Baldy Hill Climb
2023 will be the 45th year of suffering at the infamous Baldy Hill Climb, hosted by SVSEF! Registration is now open and closes Thursday, September 28 at 11:59pm. No Race Day registration. 17 & Under = $30 18 & Over = $40 All participants receive an event t-shirt, a refuel at the summit aid station, and a ride back down to the base (details for 2023 to come). $100 bonus on the line for anyone in the Race division who topples a course record. 2023 Race will be run on River Run side of the mountain to Round House. Day of Bib Pick- up and Race Start are at the base of Bald Mountain, outside the River Run Lodge. Exact course update will be posted in early September. More information and to register visit: www.svsef.org/baldy-hill-climb/. Race Contacts Rick Kapala [email protected] 208 720-7981 Becky Woods [email protected] 207-577-9442 Kelley Yeates [email protected] 208-720-8998
Baldy Bash
Let’s celebrate the final weekend of Bald Mountain in full spring style! Join us at the base of Warm Springs for our annual “Baldy Bash” street party! Live music from, costumes, outdoor fun and and great spring skiing!
5 Best Ways to Mountain Bike Sun Valley
Known for flowy, laomy buff singletrack complemented with more rowdy, advanced terrain in the sub-alpine and alpine, riders can turn it up for weeks on end without ever repeating the same ride. In a place where every ride takes you somewhere magical, it’s as though you’ve arrived in mountain bike nirvana. It can be overwhelming at first so we have put together the 5 things that will help you best maximize your experience in Sun Valley. Bike Shops and Guide Services With so many trails of varying levels of difficulty it can be overwhelming on where to start. Whether your just getting into the sport or a seasoned professional looking for that brutal expedition there is a bike shop or guide that can get you headed in the right direction. Beyond decades of local knowledge and having all the best spots to go Guides are crucial in local stewardship and personifying etiquette. Whether your looking to dodge the crowds or expand your skills there is a guide in town that will make your short time here unforgettable. Blogs Lift Access Whether you’re enjoying lunch at the Roundhouse Lodge or the of hiking and biking trails, you can’t beat the incredible …