The Quiet Fire and Relentless Climb
By By Jonathan Mentzer
  On a crisp October morning in Idaho’s Wood River Valley, John Steel Hagenbuch glides along a roller-ski loop near [...]
A Master of Rotary Wing Aviation
By By Mark Dee
  As a kid, Chris Templeton would sit outside his Venice Beach home and watch the planes line up on [...]
Making His Mark In Freeride Skiing
By By Jonathan Mentzer
  As the history of Sun Valley skiing stretches across generations, with powerful alpine racers, high-flying snowboarders, backcountry legends and [...]
Leadership Means ‘Getting Your Hands Dirty’ 
By By Mark Dee
Growing up, the closest thing Morgan Ballis had to a sport was running from the cops.   He isn’t proud of [...]
A Path To Purpose for this Problem Solver 
By By Lindsay Boeger
Jenna Vagias has always been a problem solver, bringing a collaborative and solution-oriented mindset to her years of work with [...]
Former Pediatrician Heeds the Call to Return to the Mountains 
By By Lindsay Boeger
When Dr. Katie Quayle and her husband, Forrest, moved to Hailey in 2018, they immediately realized it would be a [...]
Veterinarian siblings continue the family tradition
By Karen Bossick
Amber Acker-Sanborn and her sister Maggie Acker-Buck can’t recall a time when they weren’t hanging out in their dad’s Sun Valley Animal Center. [...]
Coming Full Circle
By Ben Bradley
As a recent addition to the local business landscape of the Wood River Valley, Defense Technology startup Forterra breaks the mold of the typical mountain town business that the Sun Valley area has attracted for generations. [...]
Kathleen and Brian Bean Ranching Mindfully
By Mark Dee
In 1999, Kathleen and Brian Bean drove east of Carey to the land that would become their legacy. The Bay Area couple—Brian, a retired Marine turned investment banker, and Kathleen, a development director for The Nature Conservancy’s California operation—set out for a new start, a place to put their visions of conservation to concrete work. [...]
Tending a Family Legacy
By LORI WILLIAMS
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. [...]