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Bald Mountain with early-season snow on its ski runs, seen above autumn trees near Sun Valley, Idaho
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Sun Valley

Mountain

How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.

Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.

Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix

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Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert

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Snow and weather

The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base. Live: each figure gives its source and time.

Webcams

Sun Valley shows its webcams on its own site.

Its cameras play only on its own page.

Watch on sunvalley.com

Trail map

2025–26 season · artist not stated

Getting there

Friedman Memorial (SUN) 21 min · Boise (BOI) 2 h 48 min

Photos

Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.

  • Rickmouser45 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Chloé François from Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America · CC BY 2.0
  • Sully Shave · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Tyler Bell · CC BY 2.0
  • Sam Beebe · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rickmouser45 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • More photoson Google Images
More photos· Google Images

Passes, rankings and every number

Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.

Passes

Ikon (7 days), Mountain Collective (2 days)Ikon (7 days), Mountain Collective (2 days)

Rankings

16 — #10 lift vert.16 — #10 lift vert., #11 fly-in drive, #12 beginner runs in the U.S.

Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.

All numbers

all 25all 25, in one list

Sources

66 observations from 7 publishers