FAST FACTS
THE GEM STATE
19
1936
With more than 29,000 vertical feet of terrain on
Sun Valley became the first destination ski town
over 21,000 acres, Idaho’s spectacular scenery is
to operate a chairlift in the United States. The
only outmatched by its 19 Ski Areas, epic steeps and
chairlift debuted in 1936, and Sun Valley, Idaho,
legendary backcountry.
has remained a popular vacation location since. 2
3,500
39
Sun Valley Resort’s uphill lift capacity on Bald
39 living Olympians call Sun Valley home.3
1
Mountain is a staggering 21,580 skiers per hour, but averages only 3,500 skiers per day. Result: no lift lines with highest per person uphill lift capacity of any resort anywhere.3
(https://skiidaho.us/) 1 (https://visitidaho.org/winter-in-idaho/) 2 (https://visitsunvalley.com/about-sun-valley/sun-valley-fun-facts/) 3
