Dollar Mountain is all treeless and great for novices and beginners,
with plenty of practice slopes (as well as Sun Valley Ski School), and
the New Bowl providing a good straight trail.
The base of River Run on
Baldy is groomed for those beginners wishing to move on. But be warned,
what Sun Valley designate as easiest trails (36 percent of them) are
actually pretty challenging and more like blue. Again, the problem is
that if you go for Dollar and your friends and family are
intermediates-to-expert and head for Baldy, you won’t be seeing them at
lunch or at après ski. If you feel you’re ready for Baldy, try the
Upper College linked to the Lower College trail first.
