Sun Valley Resort Kicks Off Spring A Favorite Time In The Valley

Sun Valley Resort announces the kickoff of its bustling spring season introducing the Dollar Holler, a rail jam competition followed by a high-energy Big Air Exhibition on March 4, 2023. Athletes 12-years-old and up are invited to compete in the Rail Jam showing off their tricks to a full crowd of party goers. The Big Air Exhibition will feature the valley’s best tricksters invited to the event to throw down for the crowd with expectations of loud cheers and big energy.

Festivities kick off at 2:30pm at Dollar Mountain with live music by DJN8 to start the afternoon followed by the party-beat masters Canadian DJ duo SkiiTour. The Rail Jam competition will take place from 3-4pm and the Big Air demo will keep the festivities going from 4:30-5pm. SkiiTour will wrap the night with a dance party made especially for a proper mountain town like Sun Valley. Event spectators can park at the Pavillion Lot and take the shuttle or take the Mountain Rides bus from town.

Rail Jam registration is required in advance and is open now online. Competition categories include ages 12-17 boys, 12 -17 girls, 18+ men, 18+ women, pro open men and pro open women. Great prizes from event sponsors will be awarded to first, second, and third place in each category

Sun Valley Resort will be hosting several other local happenings to celebrate the spring season. Highlight events include:

• Apres Live Music at Warm Springs and River Run: Wind down from the ski day with live music on the patio outside at Warm Springs Lodge or inside at River Run Lodge. Check the event calendar for the schedule.

• Papoose Club KinderCup races - March 5: Celebrating 66 years, this race has been a mainstay of the Wood River community since 1957 and is open to all children who have not raced in a sanctioned race previously.

• I nternational Women's Week Celebration - March 8-12 (press release to follow): Join us in celebrat-

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ing International Women’s Day all week long at Sun Valley with a special events calendar rooted in inclusivity and women in the outdoors.

• Dollar Days Pond Skim - March 26: With spring skiing comes the annual pond skim on closing day at Dollar Mountain. Costumes are encouraged and good times are inevitable.

• US Alpine National Championships - April 2-5: Sun Valley Resort will host the 2023 Toyota US Alpine Championship presented by Stifel. The best downhill ski racers in the country will converge at Sun Valley to compete in slalom, giant slalom and super-G events. The competition will take place on the Warm Springs side of Bald Mountain with music and events scheduled

Quarter Junior Horizontal (5.78” x 3.875”) .....$225

Quarter Junior Vertical (3.8” x 7.875”) ...........$185

Quarter (5.78” x 7.875”) ..................................$325

Half Page (9.75” x 7.875”) ..............................$575

Full Page (9.75” x 16”) ...................................$925 throughout the Championships making this a notto-be-missed event for spectators and competitors alike.

• Baldy Bash - April 8: The annual Baldy Bash is a local favorite end-of-season party with free live music, a barbeque and amazing costumes! This year, party-goers will bid farewell to the Challenger and Greyhawk lifts in anticipation of next season where the Resort will welcome two new Doppelmayr chairs at Warm Springs.

• R iver Run closing weekend - April 15-16. Weather and snow conditions dependent, the River Run area of Bald Mountain will be the last to close for the season.