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Slack: The best season of all?

04/26/12

Slack: The best season of all?

Slack is here and locals can now take a deep breath, or a vacation.

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Giving Us Wings

04/13/12

Giving Us Wings

In honor of the the end of the ski season, everything that gives us strength and makes us happy, we thought a little bit about all the things in our lives that give us wings.

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Cheers to the Chairlift

03/08/12

Cheers to the Chairlift

I'm pretty sure that all life’s answers can be found on the chairlift. Maybe there's something in the mountain air. Maybe it's the view. Perhaps the solitude, the silence or the lifted disconnection from solid ground. Even if it is just for a brief 11 minutes. I have cried on chairlifts. Strangers have corrected me on what I thought was the capital city of Turkey. I have been inspired and perplexed on chairlifts. I have made decisions, big ones, on chairlifts. People have fallen in love on chairlifts or even found reasons to break up. Friendships are made. Goals are set. Problems are solved. Apologies are given. Questions are asked.          Where else in our lives can we experience such a vast array of emotions,...

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24 Hours of Sun Valley

02/16/12

24 Hours of Sun Valley

Sandpoint-based non-profit, 24 Hours for Hank is putting on Sun Valley's very first 24 Hour Race on Dollar Mountain in March. Proceeds go to Cystinosis research.

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Tom Wallisch Fantasy Rail Jam

01/18/12

Tom Wallisch Fantasy Rail Jam

Photographer Tal Roberts captured all the action from Saturday's Tom Wallisch Fantasy Rail Jam on Dollar Mountain.

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Loudmouth Golf Snow Pants

01/05/12

Loudmouth Golf Snow Pants

A fan of just about anything loud, I have a bright green and pink ski jacket (one that gets remarks about both watermelons and Christmas), TWO purple ski jackets, one bright blue and tan jacket, vintage pink, purple and neon green ski poles, and currently, green fingernails. So when I first saw the new Loudmouth Golf snow pants, I knew they were for me.

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New Year Resolutions

12/29/11

New Year Resolutions

The New Year is upon us and with rumors of the apocalypse coming, the little bit of dooms-day believer in us is afraid that this might be the last ski season… EVER. So in light of that, and because real New Year’s Resolutions never really seem to stick, we are instead making 10 Ski Resolutions for 2012.

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More Than Just a Party: Powder Magazine and 40 Years of Ski Culture

12/15/11

More Than Just a Party: Powder Magazine and 40 Years of Ski Culture

Powder Magazine celebrated their 40th Anniversary this weekend in Sun Valley. What ensued was fun, silly, scandalous and an honor for our community.

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Thanksgiving In Sun Valley: Missing Baldy's Opening Day

12/01/11

Thanksgiving In Sun Valley: Missing Baldy's Opening Day

In some families, Opening Day is as much of a holiday as Thanksgiving. So just what happens when you miss both in Sun Valley?

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The Original Ski Town and a Few Reasons We Call it Home

11/17/11

The Original Ski Town and a Few Reasons We Call it Home

With America's "Original Ski Town" showing up all over the place, Sun Valley-lovers can help but feel a little pride in our little town.

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About This Blog

 

 

Born and raised in a Wood River Valley family that spent more time on skis than practically anything else, Katie Matteson grew up on the slopes. A Community School graduate, Katie spent time studying at New York University, then a few years volunteering in Asia and Africa before returning to the states to do an internship at Skiing Magazine in Colorado.

Katie has now returned home with the goal of getting 100 days on Baldy, and to write about it, and just about anything else that has do with living life Slope Style.
 
 

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