ant wrote:
Dave Stallard wrote:
David Spencer wrote:

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Thanks for the writeup, David! I'll definitely check out your
suggestions and recommendations. I just booked a trip on Saturday
through their Central Reservations for the week after next. The
easiest booking I've ever done.

Be sure to have a wander around the big main hotel in Ketchum. I can never
remember its name. Sun Valley Hotel? It's old, and graceful, wood with
persian rugs, and amazing photos of all the famous people who've been there,
right back into the olden days. It's really something.

I think you mean the Sun Valley Lodge? The original Harriman ski lodge
out near Dollar Hill, not in town nor near Baldy where the real skiing
is, these days. Most (all?) of those old pictures showing 30s movie
stars skiing are on Dollar, what we would call a bunny hill these days.
But they do look like they were having fun, don't they?

Worth a visit, particularly if you're an aficionado of early skiing.


And, there's an excellent 2nd hand shop near there, it might even be a
thrift-type shop, but the stuff in there and the prices are great. Lots of
nifty ski stuff.