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James Bourret Fine Art Photography

Landscape and fine art photography by James Bourret is available at the gallery, 650 N. Main St., Ketchum, 720-4652, and at:

http://jamesbourret.photoshelter.com/

sunvalleyrunning.com presents another soon to be classic trail race for the Sun Valley area. Scheduled for October 30, this course will offer classic trail running, a couple ups, a couple downs, and some good flat to really spin the legs. A little twist to the run will be the costume element. costumes are encouragerd and the best will be awarded.

On line registration will open Septmeber 1, entry fee will be $20. Details can be found at www.sunvalleyrunning.com

The Sawtooth Light and Magic Show, Sunday, August 8, 2010 at the Finger of Fate.  A thunderstorm over the Hell Roaring valley provided the clouds needed to reflect the light back onto the Finger and this unnamed lake at about 9pm.

James Bourret Fine Art Photography

Landscape and fine art photography by James Bourret is available at the gallery, 650 N. Main St., Ketchum, 720-4652, and at http://jamesbourret.photoshelter.com/

James Byrd of Boise did the first full descent at high flows of the North Fork of the Payette River. View some great pics of the North Fork kayakers at Mike Leeds' Photography. This freight train of whitewater was once considered unrunnable.

Between Smiths Ferry and Banks, the North Fork has more Class IV-V (expert only) rapids in 15 miles than the Colorado has in its 277 miles through the Grand Canyon.

WildWater North Fork Payette Teaser from Anson Fogel on Vimeo.

"I think that has to be considered one of the hardest pieces of whitewater ever done," said Doug Ammons of Missoula, Mont., an international expeditionary kayaker who's logged many first descents of difficult rivers.

"I believe I'm the only person ever to have paddled it at levels from 6,000 to 7,000 cfs," Ammons said. "It almost never gets that high, and it is so intimidating when it does that people just stand on the side and gape at it."

Click to continue to read a full account of Byrd's wild ride.

James Bourret Fine Art Photography

Landscape and fine art photography by James Bourret is available at the gallery, 650 N. Main St., Ketchum, 720-4652, and at

http://jamesbourret.photoshelter.com/

Goat Lake, off the Alpine Way trail, is a short but challenging hike from the Iron Creek Trailhead near Stanley. The challenge begins after leaving the Alpine Way trail on an un-mapped path leading above Goat Falls into the first of several high basins. The trail has several gravelly, exposed sections across open granite sections. Once above the falls, cross the creek and continue on it's left side the last few hundred feet to the lake, avoiding the fairly treacherous talus field.

The lake is deep and cold, but has rocks perfect a cliff jump to cool down quickly.

This photograph is a two shot stitch, made with a Mamiya 645 medium format digital, converted to black and white using Nik Silver Effects Pro.

Landscape and fine art photography by James Bourret is available at the gallery, 650 N. Main St., Ketchum, 720-4652, and at:

http://jamesbourret.photoshelter.com/

James Bourret Fine Art Photography

The Expedition Inspiration Fund For Breast Cancer Research is pleased to announce two Sawtooth Adventures - the Elephant’s Perch Climb and the first Redfish (Fishhook Creek) Take-A-Hike on August 13 & 14, 2010. 

 This year’s climb (non-technical route) of the Elephant's Perch a 2,400 vertical gain and 5 mile round trip from the Canyon Camp. This group will leave on Friday and will be led by Sawtooth Mountain Guides. Space is limited on this overnight adventure so register soon. Cost per climber is $250 - with an additional fundraising goal of $2,500.  Only an hour drive from Sun Valley, this climb offers a wonderful hiking adventure in a very remote, isolated mountain setting.  Everyone is invited to join Expedition Inspiration’s Team of breast cancer survivors and supporters, who not only climb mountains, but move them!  Our Elephant’s Perch Team will enjoy a Celebration Dinner at the world famous Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch.

 The Sawtooth Adventure Take-A-Hike - this group will leave... (more)

James Bourret Fine Art Photography

Landscape and fine art prints in a variety of sizes  by James Bourret are available at the gallery, 650 N. Main St., Ketchum, 720-4652, and at

http://jamesbourret.photoshelter.com/

The final course familiarization run will be Tuesday June 22 at 5:30pm, meet at Carols Dollar Lodge parking lot. This outing is not a training run, it is intended to show the course prior to race day. Depending on the group ability the run can take up to 1.5 hrs.

Race day is June 26, start time is 8am, start/finish location is The Community School "quad". Register now at www.active.com and save, $20 now or $25 on race day. For complete race details, go to www.sunvalleyrunning.com.

First light on the Sawtooth peaks on a cold late spring morning.

James Bourret Fine Art Photography has prints available of this and many other beautiful mountain and desert scenes as well as outdoor sport and fine art print series.

Prints are available in sizes ranging from 8 x 11 to  24 x 36 inches.

Landscape and fine art photography by James Bourret is available at the gallery, 650 N. Main St., Ketchum, 720-4652, and online at:

http://jamesbourret.photoshelter.com/

No need to hang up the skis for the season. Bring them over to Maui for a spin.

After four years of putting on an unusual yet memorable and fun filled series of events which make a point not to take competition too seriously, the Sheeptown Rally is once again bringing their unique brand of competition and camaraderie to the citizens of the valley.  Held June 24-26th in concert with the Rhythm and Ride Festival scheduled for the weekend, all Sheeptown events are free of charge and geared for the entire family.

 The Sheeptown Rally is highighted by the Sheeptown Drag Races on Thursday evening June 24.  This event pits riders head to head in a bracket elimination drag race contest “dragging” logs in a 40 yard sprint.  Any bike will work with no special gear necessary.  A fantastic spectator event, the Sheeptown Drags are definitely worth marking on your calendars.  Drag Races this year will be held on River Street between Spruce and Silver Streets.  The evening begins at 5pm at the Powerhouse located on Main Street between Spruce and Silver with a BBQ, bocci... (more)

Get your BAH on Thursday June 17th from 5-7 pm at the tropically updated BCRD Aquatic Center.  Network poolside, in the pool, or under the gazebos or thatched palapas and enjoy delicious food and refreshing drinks from KB’s Burritos. If you haven’t been to the Aquatic Center in a while, come on over- you’re going to be amazed.  1020 Fox Acres Road in Hailey, adjacent to the Community Campus.

For more information about the June Hailey Business After Hours, please call Cameron Randolph at 788-2144.  

Want to learn the ups and downs of the new Dollar Mountain 10K  Trail Run course?

Race Director Brad Mitchell will host “no-drop” trail runs on the course, scheduled for June 8, 15, and 22. Please meet at Carols Dollar Lodge parking at 5:30 pm. For more information contact Brad at info@sunvalleyrunning.com or 720-3759. Race details can be found at www.sunvalleyrunning.com

The 2010 Ketchum Coed Soccer Season kicks off on June 16th!  Registration is now open, and applications will be accepted until May 31st.  

The season runs until August 18th, with all games on Wednesday nights at either 5:30 or 7:00pm.  Males & Females, ages 18 and older, are welcome.  The league is non-contact and open to all skill levels. 

Sign-up forms are available at Sturtevant's in Ketchum and Hailey, or online at www.ketchumcoed.com.  The $49 registration fee includes team jersey, field and ref fees, and end-of-year party. 

There is only a week left, so sign up today!

Elkhorn Golf Club cordially invites the Wood River Valley to participate in our inaugural season of "League Night". This nine-hole event will be held the first and third Monday of every month beginning June 7th. The non-member cost is $45 per event which includes carts, prizes and food with a cash bar following the round. There is a one time $20 fee to join this league with these proceeds going toward the season ending Championship held in October. You must play in at least two of the regular season events to qualify for the Championship. Please be reminded, proper golf attire is mandatory (i.e. Collared shirts and no denim) and drink specials will be offered each week (i.e. No outside alcohol may be brought to property). Come join us for an awesome time. For any additional information, contact the Elkhorn golf shop at (208) 622-3309.

HSBCAMPS, the leader in bringing youth basketball players face-to-face with the pros, is proud to announce Baden Sports, Inc., BodyBuilding.com and Swire Coca-Cola^® as sponsors of the 2010 youth basketball summer camp program. Each sponsor is generously donating products to improve the camp experience for the more than 1,400 youth participants and basketball coaches.

Baden, a designer and producer of the highest quality athletic balls in sports, is the official basketball sponsor of HSBCAMPS, providing fully branded blue and white basketballs for each participant to take home following camp.

BodyBuilding.com, an online retailer and resource for all things bodybuilding and fitness related and committed to helping individuals reach their health, fitness and appearance goals through motivation, information and supplementation, has generously donated water bottles and towels for the basketball players.

For the third year in a row, Swire Coca-Cola^®, a leading provider of products and services to over 60,000 retail customers... (more)

Several hundred high school players and families from the Northwest expected to attend; event added to holiday weekend schedule  and complement the Sun Valley Wellness Festival

 Thanks to the joint efforts of two local former USA volleyball coaches and a local sports marketing event producer, the first annual Sun Valley Volleyball Classic will be held over Memorial Day weekend, May 29-31, at the Sun Valley Resort.  Event organizers Jeff Brendel, VP of Business Development for Intelligent Athlete, and former USA volleyball coaches, Mountain Rides Marketing Coordinator Erikka Gulbranson, and Thunder Spring Rental Coordinator Ashley Dean, have put together a tournament program that they expect will attract up to 100 teams from around the Pacific Northwest, meaning over 1000 players and their families could be coming to Sun Valley for the holiday weekend.

 “This is a terrific new piece of business for our community during the spring season, and we are excited to help make it successful&... (more)

As a family owned and operated business White Cloud Rafting Adventures understands the struggles of vacationing on a family budget. With that in mind our #1 goal is to provide a gateway through which adventures, outdoorsmen, nature lovers and espacially families can experience rafting the Salmon River. We realize that many families would love to go rafting this summer, however its just not in the budget this year. For those of you out there who might be feeling the squeeze of the current economic times, we would like to extend a limited time 50% discount on kid prices. Just mention the blog when you make your reservation.  So take a kid rafting or take your family rafting and come play in Stanley area. Please feel free to call us for advice or suggestions on other family orantated activites in the Stanley area.  If you would like to book a trip please call 1-800-571-7238. 

The Pashigat Express 

November 7 – 21, 2009 

By Wally Limburg

Wally Limburg and Ted Fouts long time Ketchum residents, have been running white water rivers for 20 years.  We started out running rivers  in Idaho, then have branched out running rivers all over the world.  The story below is our latest adventure which took place in NE India running the Siang River which has only been open to foreigners for about 5  years and very few people have ever run the upper gorge of the Siang.

After two years of planning and enduring a thirty four-hour marathon flight, with a short stop in London, I finally arrived in Delhi, India for the beginning of a rafting expedition on the Siang River.  After touring around Delhi for several days, I meet the rest of our expedition team for a kick off dinner. 

The next morning the team boarded the plane to take us from Delhi to Dibrugarh, which is is situated on the banks of the River Brahmaputra in Upper Assam, India.   We met up with Roland... (more)