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aSun Valley Essentials & Adventures
Sun Valley Essentials
75th Sun Valley Resort Winter Season Celebrations: Season Opens, Nov. 25. Dollar Mountain Terrain Park Rail Jam exhibition, Dec. 17. Silver & Gold Ice Show, Dec. 21. Featuring Olympic medalists Evan Lysacek, Sasha Cohen, Brian Boitano, and more. Torchlight parade on Dollar with fireworks follows. Sun Valley. 6 p.m. Details: 622.2135

Christmas at Sun Valley Resort: Start the festivities with a Christmas Concert (Dec. 23, Sun Valley Opera House, 7:30 p.m). Christmas Eve carolers at 5:30 p.m., followed by The Nutcracker On Ice, a world-class skating show at 5:45 p.m. The finale is a torchlight parade down the mountain, fireworks and a visit from Santa. Details: 622.2135

Galena Lodge Dinners: Winter dinners, Dec. 24-27, Dec. 29-31 & Feb. 12. Full Moon dinners, Dec. 19-21, Jan, 19-21, Feb. 17-19 & March 18-20. Wine dinner, Jan. 15 (transportation available). Valentine’s dinner, Feb. 14. Galena Lodge, Hwy 75, 24 miles north of Ketchum,
6:30 p.m. Details: 726.4010

ART: Sun Valley Gallery Association Gallery Walks, Nov. 26, Dec. 29, Feb. 11 & March 4. Walk-about town, peruse art, drink wine and meet artists. Ketchum. 5-8 p.m.

THEATER: Company of Fools presents Moonlight and Magnolias, Dec. 14-31. Snowflake, Jan. 21-23. Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Feb. 16-March 5. Liberty Theatre, Hailey. $28 ($20 seniors, $10 students). Details: 578.9122

OPERA: The Met Live in HD series, Live transmissions from the Metropolitan Opera. Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, March 19 & April 9. At Big Wood 4 Cinema, Hailey. 11 a.m. $22 adults, $15 18 and under.
Details: www.sunvalleyopera.com

Sun Valley Adventures
Classic off-Baldy winter activities
NORDIC & SNOWSHOEING: The Wood River Trail offers free Nordic skiing from Ketchum to Bellevue. The North Valley Trails, Galena Lodge, Quigley Nordic and Quigley Winter Park all offer trails for a fee (details: 578.2273). Free Snowshoe Walks are offered Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the winter, at Galena Lodge at 11 a.m. (details: 726.4010). The Sun Valley Nordic & Snowshoe Center offers 42 kilometers of Nordic trails starting at the Sun Valley Club, Sun Valley Resort (details: 622.2135).

TUBING & SKATING: The snow tubing park at Dollar Mountain is located by the Half-Dollar lift. Indoor and outdoor ice skating is available at Sun Valley Lodge, along with rentals and lessons. Free ice skating can be found at Atkinson Park in Ketchum and Hailey Ice at Roberta McKercher Park.

GONDOLA: Non-skiers can enjoy The Roundhouse for breakfast and lunch throughout the winter via the gondola from River Run Lodge.