Winter 2023-2024

Contributors include Laurie Sammis, Carolyn French, Van Gordon Sauter (Excerpted from "The Sun Valley Story," Mandala Media, 2011), John Thomas, Jake Moe, Ben Bradley, Hayden Seder, Kate Hull, Dick Dorworth, Bill Nurge, M.A. Exercise Physiology, Karen Bossick, Jonathan Mentzer, Sarah Linville, John W. Lundin, Winter Warchol

table of contents

Profile

Banks Gilberti

Giving Everything for the Joy of Skiing

By Laurie Sammis

Profile

Picabo Street

An American Skiing Pioneer

By Carolyn French

Profile

Bill Janss

The skier, the mountain man, the planner ... and Sun Valley Resort's second owner

By Van Gordon Sauter (Excerpted from "The Sun Valley Story," Mandala Media, 2011)

Profile

Rick Kapala

Steward of Sun Valley's Cross-Country Legacy

By John Thomas

Feature

50 Years of Loving Baldy

A reflection on the changes and challenges of Bald Mountain

By Jake Moe

Feature

Tip to Tail

Tuning is what you've been missing

By Ben Bradley

Arts

The Beginning

Tina Barney's new book showcases early career in Sun Valley

By Hayden Seder

Community

Bogner

An innovative giant in slope fashion anchored in Sun Valley

By Kate Hull

Community

Room to Grow with the Snow

Sun Valley ski inventions over the ages

By Dick Dorworth

Health

Training for Triumph

50 Years of Dry Land Ski Training: The Old, The New, The Lessons Learned

By Bill Nurge, M.A. Exercise Physiology

Adventure

Gliding Through Diamonds

Sun Valley's Nordic skiing emerges from rough stone to gem

By Karen Bossick

Adventure

The Sun Valley Effect

The top ski mountains in Idaho (not named Sun Valley)

By Jonathan Mentzer

Feature

Breaking Barriers on Bald Mountain

Female Ski Patrollers in Sun Valley

By Sarah Linville

Feature

Ruud Mountain

Sun Valley's forgotten era of ski jumping

By John W. Lundin

Arts

The Pen and the Sword

Hand-crafted weapons that compliment more than compete

By Winter Warchol