Sun Valley, 15 years (?) later

I can't exactly remember when we last visited Sun Valley. Perhaps some 12 to 15 years ago, but no less than that. We were kind of eager to see that place again and were a bit disappointed when we strolled through downtown Ketchum, the business hub of the Wood River Valley.

To us, the place looked frozen in time and, to paraphrase our ski town real estate agents, everything looked “somewhat dated...” with a large number of commercial space available for sale or for lease. True, Sun Valley is a long way away with a hard-to-reach airport when the weather isn't perfect and far less flights available (40% less airline seats in recent years).

In observing the venerable mountain town more closely there is this inescapable impression that this once, iconic resort, looks as if it already had one foot in the grave...