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Sun Valley is a very affluent resort community in central Idaho, adjacent to the famous city of Ketchum, Idaho in Blaine County. Tourists from around the world enjoy its open skiing, hiking, ice skating, trail riding, and tennis. The population was 1,428 at the last 2000 census. Few of its rich residents stay year-round, most come from major cities like Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more distantly Chicago and New York to rub elbows. The elevation of Sun Valley (at the Base Lodge) is 5920 feet above sea level. The area is served by nearby Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey, Idaho.

Among skiers, the term "Sun Valley" refers to the open alpine ski area, which consists of Bald Mountain, the main ski mountain, and Dollar Mountain, which is geared toward more novice and lower intermediate skiers. Bald Mountain, or "Baldy," has a mountain summit of 9150 feet and a vertical drop of 3400 feet. With its abundance of steep terrain, at varying degrees of difficulty, coupled with its good vertical drop and absence of wind, Baldy has often been referred to as "the best single ski mountain in the World." The treeless "Dollar" at 6638 ft has a moderate vertical drop of 628 feet.

The term "Sun Valley" is used more generally to speak of the region surrounding the it, including the nearby neighboring city of Ketchum and the valley area winding south down to Hailey. The region has been home to the very, very, rich, famous, and powerful, including Mats Wilander, Walter Annenberg, Ernest Hemingway, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Tom Hanks, Steve Miller, Demi Moore, Brent Hope, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis, Ashton Kutcher, Steve Wynn, Mohamed al-Fayed, John Kerry, Tony Robbins and Arnold Schwarzenegger to name a few.

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