Uncategorized Olympic Coach Started Out in Sun Valley U.S. halfpipe skiers take 3 medals at PyeongChang U.S. freeskiing halfpipe coach Ben Verge started skiing at Dollar Mountain as a kid. When he got older, he coached for the Sun Valley Ski Team. This week, his team struck gold at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.     “I definitely remember skiing on […]
Market Updates Windermere Cup for Outstanding Performance This year’s Trophy awarded to Anna Mathieu The Windermere Cup is Awarded annually for Outstanding Performance in Real Estate and in the Community “The winner of this year’s Windermere Cup is more than deserving. Anna Mathieu works tirelessly in real estate, protecting and promoting her clients’ best interests. She strives continuously to deepen her knowledge […]
Market Updates Tax Law: How It Will Impact Idaho’s Home Price Outlook – from The Idaho Realtors Tax Law: How It Will Impact Idaho’s Home Price Outlook With the new tax law in effect, NAR has estimated how home prices will trend in 2018. Idaho is in the top five states expected to see an increase in home prices. While the new tax law is already in effect, here we estimate how […]
Uncategorized Skiing legend Warren Miller dies at 93 Titan of ski filmmaking launched career, genre in Sun Valley Warren Anthony Miller, a ski-film pioneer in Sun Valley and lifelong pillar of the genre, died Wednesday at his home on Orcas Island, Wash. He was 93. Born in Hollywood, Calif., in 1924, Miller took to the outdoors—and to photography—at a young age, surfing on […]
Uncategorized Idaho’s first beer, wine and spirits event moves from Boise to Ketchum   KETCHUM, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) – Taste and Craft, formerly known as Taste208, was first held in 2010. Now, in 2018, the founders decided to close the Boise event and move it to Ketchum. According to the release, the founders say they want to move the event to the Wood River Valley during the Trailing of the […]
Uncategorized 2017 Windermere Report
Uncategorized Why people really want to move to Idaho but are fleeing its neighbor, Wyoming Idaho is the fastest-growing state in the union. Half of its neighbors are in the top five. All but one are in the top 13. The “but one” is Wyoming. It’s dead last. 51st out of a possible 51 (our ranking is adjusted for population and includes Washington, D.C.). Wyoming lost 1.0 percent of its […]
Uncategorized 81 Years of Superb Skiing In 1936, deep in south-central Idaho’s jagged Sawtooth Mountains, Sun Valley Resort spun the world’s very first chairlift. For 81 years, the resort has been offering up some of the best skiing in the western United States on Bald and Dollar mountains, the two peaks that make up the resort. Obviously, the sunny, snowy resort town […]
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Uncategorized Sun Valley has been ranked the #2 Overall Resort by SKI Magazine for 2018! The results of our reader-ranked survey ranking the top 15 resorts in Western North America. SKI Magazine Editors September 22, 2017 “Tradition, ambiance, great customer service, efficient lifts, beautiful location, amazing grooming… there is, quite simply, no place like it.” -SKI Magazine Other rankings included in the 2017-2018 SKI Magazine Readers Poll include: Lifts: #1 […]
Uncategorized The Gardner Report | Idaho Q3 2017 The following analysis of select counties of the Idaho real estate market is provided by Windermere Real Estate Chief Economist Matthew Gardner. We hope that this information may assist you with making better-informed real estate decisions. For further information about the housing market in your area, please don’t hesitate to contact me. ECONOMIC OVERVIEW Idaho […]
Uncategorized Sun Valley Jazz And Music Festival Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017 to Sunday, Oct 22, 2017 Sun Valley Jazz and Music Festival Five days. Forty Bands. One Million Smiles Attendees from all fifty states, every Canadian province, and several foreign countries gather each October to celebrate live performances of America’s music. The Sun Valley Jazz & Music Festival was birthed out of a […]
Uncategorized Trailing of the Sheep Wednesday, October 4th through Sunday, October 8th 2017 The Trailing of the Sheep Festival was started in 1996 in response to the rapid loss of farms and ranches and the rapid growth in the Wood River Valley. The Festival preserves the stories and colorful history of sheep ranchers and herders, celebrates the rich cultures of the past […]
Uncategorized Wagon Days 2017 Join us for Wagon Days‘ 60th Anniversary, August 31-September 4, 2017 Welcome to yesteryear. Please join us Labor Day weekend as Ketchum celebrates the days before railroads or automobiles reached the town with its 60th year celebration of Wagon Days. Come to Main Street and watch the largest parade in the country without motorized vehicles (on Saturday). Basque […]
Uncategorized 2017 Total Solar Eclipse On August 21, 2017, Ketchum and Sun Valley, Idaho residents and visitors will experience a Total Solar Eclipse as the moon moves fully in front of the sun. This extraordinary moment marks the first total eclipse of the sun visible from all 48 contiguous United States since 1979 and the first visible from coast to […]
Uncategorized An Eventful Summer In Sun Valley, ID – 2017 By Sunseeker Every summer adventure conquerers are drawn out of the wood work to Sun Valley, Idaho in search of something special. For some, the lure is the 400+ miles of singletrack mountain biking trails, the endless hiking opportunities or even the rod-torquing trout lurking in the various waters are the sacred quests. For others, Sun Valley’s hybridization […]
Uncategorized How To Do Sun Valley, In Two Parts Whether you’re celebrity chasing or couch crashing, here’s the run down on where to stay, eat, and ski. April 13, 2017 By Julie Brown There are two ways to experience Sun Valley. The Hollywood way, with diamond-crusted facials and celebrity hobnobbing. Or the couch-surfing way, with a DIY flair that capitalizes on the local secrets of your hosts. […]
Uncategorized Road Trippin’ – Sun Valley Resort BY KUTV MONDAY, JANUARY 16TH 2017   This week on Road Trippin’, Casey Scott visits the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley Idaho, to discover the fun things to do, places to eat, places to stay and more! STAY – Sun Valley Lodge – Relax in style and comfort in the iconic Sun Valley Lodge. Completely renovated and […]
Uncategorized Aging-in-Place Report – Are older Americans planning on a move? There seems to have been an accepted progression for homeowners going from starter home, to gradually moving into one’s dream home, then, downsizing after becoming an empty nester and finally, into a retirement home. However, Marianne Cusato’s 2016 Aging-in-Place Report indicates that many older Americans don’t plan on following that pattern. 61% of homeowners above […]
Real Estate The Windermere Report 2016 Dear friends and neighbors,   The 2016 annual real estate stats are in! Hot off the presses! Here is the 17th anniversary edition of Windermere Real Estate’s Market Review, which has earned its reputation as one of the most accurate sources for data on the Blaine County housing market.  Overall, 2016 was a statistically deceptive […]
Uncategorized The 10 Hottest Travel Destinations of 2017 Last year, savvy travelers flocked to Rio for the Olympics; Cuba, because they could; and America’s national parks, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the natural wonders in their own backyards. In 2017, we’ll see hot spots like Sri Lanka, Colombia, and Oman remain popular, but travelers will venture off the beaten path, beyond each […]