The notebook of Sun Valley et Ketchum
Walk toward a clearer light.
Rockies Historic Station, art and hiking in Wood River Valley.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 7 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Mountain · City · Nature
Good accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Sun Valley et Ketchum
Rockies Historic Station, art and hiking in Wood River Valley.
The discovery of Sun Valley and Ketchum revolves around Bald Mountain, Sun Valley Lodge and Sawtooth Botanical Garden. The stay thus alternates between mountain reliefs, urban life and natural spaces, which gives a concrete picture of the destination beyond its only best known site.
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For a stay of 3 to 7 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: conditions to be checked according to the season. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. The main sites are generally easy to access.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Bald Mountain
- Sun Valley Lodge
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden
Before you choose
- Car often useful
- Conditions to be checked by season
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
Nature and panorama
Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain above Ketchum, is the emblematic relief of Sun Valley, worked by ski slopes and ski lifts. In winter, its long slopes attract regular skiers; in summer, trails and views of the Smoky Mountains reveal a drier, open and brighter mountain.
Nature and panorama
Sun Valley Lodge
Sun Valley Lodge The resort's historic elegance, with its neat facades, mountain interiors and memory linked to American skiing, gives the tone of the place, even without sleeping. Sun Valley : a resort born to mix snow, worldliness, cinema and the open air.
Culture and heritage
Sawtooth Botanical Garden
The Sawtooth Botanical Garden adapts the idea of a garden to the altitude of Ketchum, with alpine plants, ornamental spaces, greenhouse and more water-responsible areas. The Garden of Infinite Compassion, with basin, rocks and Tibetan prayer wheel, brings a meditative dimension without losing the link with the surrounding mountains.
Culture and heritage
Ernest Hemingway Memorial
I'm not sure what I'm doing.Ernest Hemingway Memorial is located in the landscape of Sun Valley The monument remains simple, almost discreet, and touches mainly by its surroundings: water, trees, mountains and a few words that resonate better in silence than in a museum room.
Practical tips
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