Sun Valley Ski Barn!

Sun Valley Ski Barn!

Sun Valley Ski Barn!

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While the East Coast has been paralyzed by recent fast moving snowstorms resulting in large highway pileups, closed schools and missed work days, Sun Valley, Idaho’s residents received 30 inches in the same week and never missed a beat. As reported by Jim Figge of Sun Valley Associates, "We never get snowed in." When you receive over 300 inches of snow each winter, snow removal is a fine-tuned, swift operation allowing uninterrupted access to all resort activities, art events, shops and restaurants.

Opening in 1936 and founded by W. Averell Harriman, Chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad, it was the first ski resort in the United States. Harriman was an avid skier and thought the American public would enjoy the experience as he had for many years in Switzerland. It was also a way to increase the passenger service on his railroad. In order to get the resort off with a bang, Harriman invited some of the 1930’s top celebrities including Ernest Hemingway, who completed his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls in a local hotel, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe. Gary Cooper visited often and enjoyed going out with hunting buddies Hemingway and Harriman. Hemingway was an annual visitor for 33 years and finally bought a house in 1959 in the adjacent town of Ketchum. The word really got out about the resort when it became the set for the 1941 film, Sun Valley Serenade, starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Milton Berle and bandleader, Glenn Miller. Memorable winter scenes were filmed with several of the movie’s stars in bathing suits at the resort’s heated swimming pool with steam rising from the water and piles of snow in the background.

Less than a mile to the River Run Base of Bald Mountain, this three-acre compound is composed of a main cabin, caretaker's cabin, four guest cabins, a car barn and a large two-story barn devoted entirely to entertainment and recreation. The log buildings exude warmth with wood, stone and large roaring fires in the stone fireplaces in winter and lavish grounds, outdoor fireplace and terraces for entertaining outside in the summer. Grounds also include a picturesque stream and pond with water rights included in the sale.

Built in 1920 and totally renovated in 2004, there are 10,662 square feet of total living space with an overall six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. The entertainment barn has a second floor dance floor open to the living-game room area below. It also includes a pool table, dining room, stone fireplaces, kitchen, and period bathrooms. Add to that a wine room and nighttime lighting that turns the entire compound into a romantic experience. For more information.

Historic Sun Valley private ski compound with fabulous entertainment barn, priced at $10.5 million.

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