Sun Valley, Idaho, has been a favorite destination for travelers and celebrities since the 1930s and often has been featured in the media. 

"I love seeing people's reactions when they visit Sun Valley for the first time," local Langely McNeal, a nationally ranked ski-cross racer, told Men's Journal. "It's like they've been let in on some great secret. More people are coming, and the whole place is buzzing - just leave the big-city attitude at home."

We've gathered a selection of recent articles about Sun Valley to help you learn more about this great destination and make plans for your trip to Sun Valley! 

"36 Hours in Sun Valley, Idaho"
The New York Times

"Nostalgia can feel like the dominant mode at the Sun Valley Resort near Ketchum, Idaho, which was founded by W. Averell Harriman in 1936 to bring passengers to the West on the Union Pacific Railroad. Just check out the photographs in the hallways at the Sun Valley Lodge - isn't that Gary Cooper, Janet Leigh, Lucille Ball? All were high-glam-quotient visitors to this resort during its Hollywood glory days. (These days, it's a favorite of perhaps less-photogenic tech moguls and their pals.)" Read more ...  

"Three Perfect Days: Sun Valley, Idaho"

Hemispheres Magazine

"The first modern skier to spend three perfect days in Sun Valley, Idaho, was Austrian Count Felix Schaffgotsch. In 1936, diplomatically destined Averell Harriman, the president of Union Pacific Railroad, commissioned Schaffgotsch to search for what could become the American West's version of the popular Swiss winter sports center St. Moritz. Schaffgotsch hoped to discover a meteorological Rubik's Cube: a perfect mix of freezing but not frigid temperatures and deep but not impassable or unskiable snow. He was looking for a place where indigo skies framed each day and powerful storms ruled the night. And he wanted it all surrounded by towering mountains. Last, this perfectly powdery place should have an authentic Western town."  Read more ...