The horse explodes into the arena at top speed, kicking up dirt as it races toward the first of three barrels placed in a triangular pattern in the center of the arena. As it blasts toward the first barrel, the rider needs to know when to slow down just enough to make a tight, hairpin circle around the barrel without knocking it down. The team then gears up to a full gallop to perform the same gutsy moves around the next two barrels. After the final turn, they race against the clock toward the exit. The entire run is over in mere seconds. [...]

Pat had grown up racing on the Sun Valley Ski Team, raced in Jr. and US Nationals, Nor-Ams, and a year for the University of Colorado Boulder before attending Boise State University. Following this, he began his long coaching career with SVSEF in 1983. Pat also coached the Men’s US Alpine Tech Ski Team, the Albertville Olympic Men’s Alpine team and the World Championship Men’s Alpine team. In 1993, Adele finished college, and the two got married. [...]

In 2013, she applied to patrol at Alyeska, where Mike Welch, whom she knew from Alta, was working as a patrolman and helicopter ski guide. They both went to work for Chugach Powder Guides and soon fell in love. Janet was a member of the 1944 Olympic Ski Team and was ready to race for the USA. Unfortunately, for all the athletes, the games in Cortina d’Ampezzo were canceled because of WWII. She was a true pioneer for women in winter sports. [...]

Dr. Tony Buoncristiani grew up in the Bay Area of California. His mother was and still is a nurse, and his sister also became a nurse. As a child and young adult, he was athletic, goal-oriented, competitive and driven. He attended UC Davis pre-med and medical school at USC through a Navy scholarship (HPSP, or Health Professionals Scholarship Program). He then went to Pensacola Flight Surgeon School and interned at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. [...]

The course for the races that Sun Valley Company has been feverishly working on for over a year will be historical in nature. Baldy will provide the steepest downhill on the World Cup circuit. In all the downhill courses in the World, racecourses have flat areas to provide a ‘wax race’ dynamic. However, on Baldy there are absolutely no flat sections. As [...]

Like many early Suns alumni like Bobby Noyes, Chris Benson and Glenn Hunter, Burke has unselfishly served as a player, coach, organizer, fund-raiser and booster. He said, “We’ve had our ups and downs over 50 years. But the community embraced us from the start. The players and Suns culture kept things going.” [...]

At about 3,400 square feet, the four-bedroom home is a comfortable size for the family and their gear: moderately sized but easily accommodating congregational spaces. The kitchen is the hub with a marble waterfall island that comfortably seats six. It opens into the main dining and living space which soars even beyond its 25-foot ceilings to the mountain cathedral, Baldy, framed by a wall of windows. “I didn’t anticipate how incredible that would be. We call it the snow globe in winter. It’s a spectacular space and place to be,” says the mother. [...]

Though Terry is busier than ever, he doesn’t have much time for photography... or fishing! He’s often on his feet for up to 12 hours a day. He founded Silver Creek Outfitters, a Sun Valley institution and one of the finest flyfishing guiding services in the country. He’s been doing that for half a century and over 30 years in SC’s current location—on the east side of Main Street at 5th Street—a place to shop and talk shop. It’s a destination for the right flies for the river, the right dress for the Sun Valley Pavilion, the right gun for elk season and the right Stetson for the Cowboy ball. Terry has ensured that Silver Creek offers everything one could need for their Sun Valley Lifestyle—all year round and under one roof. But it was a slow process— “not a revolution, but an evolution,” as he said. [...]

Koth appreciated the relaxed mountain culture, noting the town’s refinement, educated environment, good restaurants, and vibrant art scene. Although he has recently discovered the talents of Ballet Sun Valley, the finer things are not what has kept physical therapist John Koth MPT, MS, ATC, in the Wood River Valley. Koth reminisces that his first ever mountain bike ride was following a sadistic friend straight up Proctor Mountain. He enjoys running and hiking with his golden retrievers, skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing. [...]

Her path to this prestigious station began with a college degree in music and a stint in secretarial school, learning how to type. According to Dr. Moats, she was attending Wellesley College as a music major and didn’t have a clear idea of a future career. So, she enrolled in secretarial school to learn typing and shorthand and soon thereafter was hired in a neuropsychology laboratory to type reports. After about eight weeks, the clinic supervisor gave her a white coat and said he would train her as a lab technician. She began giving neuropsychological tests to adults and children, and her interest in teaching students with learning disabilities was soon sparked. [...]