Kids Camp Information

Hello Camp Parents,
Don and I will be out of town from May 15-30. Below is the camp availability at this time. We will take applications while we are gone but they will not get processed or confirmed until we return. Camp sign ups will be confirmed by the date the application is received.

Younger Kids Week June 17-21 10 spots remaining
Younger Kids week July 1-5 This Camp is Full
Kids Camp  June 24-28 9 spots remaining
Kids Camp July 8-12  This Camp is Full
Kids Camp July 15-19 14 spots remaining
Kids Camp July 22-26 14 spots remaining
Kids Camp July 29-August 2 12 spots remaining
Kids Camp August 5-9 10 spots remaining
Kids Camp August 12-16 11 spots remaining
Kids Camp August 19-23 14 spots remaining

Galena Lodge Closes for the Winter Season

Don't be fooled, the skiing is still amazing up North, though Galena Lodge is now closed for the winter season. We just received 7 inches of new snow on Sunday and the grooming is amazing! The are expected to groom for skiing on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Make sure to check out the grooming report at www.bcrd.org.

Thanks for a great season and we will reopen for the summer on June 15th!

Ride, Stride and Glide

Galena Lodge is open until Sunday, April 7th! Come up and ski or snowshoe. The trails are amazing and the skiing is fast. Don't forget your sunblock and hat!

Join us for our annual Ride, Stride and Glide Winter Triathlon on Sunday, April 7th.

Spring is here and so is the snow!

Galena Lodge has just had an amazing refresh of new snow just in time for the spring! In the last 2 days we have received over 7 inches of fresh snow! Come up and enjoy the powder. The grooming is fantastic and the scenery, as usual, will blow your mind!

Wine Dinner with Steve Thies

Join us for our last wine dinner of the season. Featuring some of Steve's favorite wines from around the world. The wine dinner is a 6:30pm seating and is only $75 not including tax or gratuity. There is also a shuttle available from town for only $10/person. Reserve your spot now!

Tastevin Hidden Gems Wine Dinner at Galena Lodge

A few passed appetizers

Crab Tostadas

Lava Lake lamb with tatziki

House Smoked trout with lemon and dill cream

Served with Shaya Verdejo

Soup

Smoked tomato with a garam masala cream

Served with La Valentina Slept Sangiovese

Salad

Spiced Duck breast with frisee and dried plum compote

Served with Tikal Partiota Malbec/Bonarda

Entrée

Coffee rubbed braised beef short rib over parsnip puree with

sautéed greens

Served with Revenant Cuvee Americaine and Paul Autard

Chateauneuf du Pape

Dessert

Chocolate ganache tart

The annual Spring Loppet is Sunday March 17, 2013

Full Moon Rising

The Moon is getting full and we all know what that means, Full Moon Dinner's at Galena Lodge! Join us on Feb 24 or 25 (Sorry the 23rd is already full) for our famous dinner. Enjoy an incredible dinner and then venture out under the full moon to enjoy a ski or snowshoe! Reservations are recommended for these dinners.

Don't forget to sign up for our Co-ed Skate Ski Clinic on Sunday, February 23 from 11am to 2:30pm. Only $60 and includes lunch. This clinic is designed for advanced beginners to intermediate skiers!

Upcoming Dinners at Galena

Valentine's Day Dinner at Galena Lodge on Thursday, February 14th! Join us for a romantic four course dinner. Cost is $50 per person not including alcohol, tax or gratuity. Space is very limited so reserve early!

Spanish Wine Dinner at Galena Lodge on Friday, February 15th with Steve Thies from Tastevin Wines. 5 course dinner paired with wine. $75 per person not including tax or gratuity. We are offering a shuttle from town for this dinner for only $10. Menu soon to come!

Welcome to the Sun Valley Nordic Festival!

Galena Lodge and the Sun Valley area are celebrating Nordic skiing with the annual Sun Valley Nordic Festival from January 26-February 3. Check out www.svnordicfestival.com for a complete list of events

Twilight Ski & Dinner at Galena Lodge on Tuesday, January 29th. Dinner starts at 5:30pm and will go until about 8pm. The menu is an a la carte menu and will feature local trout and lamb, house made lasagna, curry and more. Reservations are encouraged as we had a sell out crowd last year! There will be tiki torches lining the ski trail and we are hoping for a beautiful night of skiing and eating!

Galena Lodge will be serving up pulled pork sandwiches, chili, cookies, don bars and more down at the Downtown Jam on Thursday night January 31st across from the post office. Stop by and get a bite to eat, beer, warm cocktail or just say hello! Help us cheer on the sprint racers in this downtown race!

The Boulder Mountain Tour. If you are not planning on racing in the boulder mountain tour come up anytime that day after 11am and enjoy the perfectly groomed trails all to yourself. The racers will be headed down south as you enjoy an incredible day of skiing up at Galena!

See you up here!

Boulder Mountain Tour Clinics with Nicole DeYong

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Make sure to enjoy 2013 to the fullest. Here are some of our ideas for new year's resolutions:

Get out side more
Enjoy the fresh air
Take more pictures
Learn to ski or at least learn to ski better
Go snowshoeing
Eat more don bars
Stay in a yurt
Get a better time in the Boulder Mountain Tour
Ski a new trail (like Psycho)
Ski the Boulder Mountain Tour
Take a lesson from a former Olympian (Morgan or Nancy)
Take out a loaner dog
Help someone fall in love with skiing
Make a snowman
Go to the Galena Benefit
Go sledding
Relax more

Now that 2013 is here it is time to get ready for the Boulder Mountain Tour! Join Fischer athlete Nicole DeYong on Sundays in January at 11am for Get Ready for the Boulder Clinics. These clinics are about 1.5 hours and are only $40. Learn race techniques from Nicole and the Galena Lodge ski school and make sure that you are ready for the upcoming race! Give us a call or email to sign up.

9 inches of fresh snow!

A beautiful sunrise this morning and 9 inches of fresh snow on the ground. The skies are clear, the trails are groomed, the cookies are baked and the home made eggnog is ready. Come on up and enjoy Galena today!

As the holidays approach...

A pale moon, lingering in the trees, illuminates newly fallen snow while Galena Lodge’s hearth releases a comforting plume of smoke into the crisp night air.

 Whether striding through glades, gliding through meadows or ripping psychotic downhills, Galena Lodge offers something for every winter enthusiast. With the Lodge’s unrivaled six-foot snow base, all 55 kilometers of Nordic and snowshoe trails await. The only question is: what are you waiting for?

Here are some pictures from the last few days:

What a week it was!

Sometimes pictures say it all.

Demo Days and Winterstart Race

This weekend is full of fun events at Galena Lodge.

Saturday is Demo Days with both Backwoods and the Elephant's Perch bringing out all the newest and best gear for the upcoming winter season. Come up and try out Swix, Fischer, Rossignol, Salomon, Atomic, Madshus, and more! Try before you buy. There will also be short mini lessons as well as free skiing on the Galena trails for all demo days participants. 10am to 3pm. Come up and check it all out!

Winter Start Race is Sunday December 9th at 10am 
Race will be held out in Senate Meadows and will be either 2.5km for kids, 5km or 10km for everyone else. Cost is $10. Registration ends at 9:30am.

Come up this weekend and enjoy some incredible skiing!

Storm finally arrives!

We'll if we didn't think we had enough snow yesterday with over 18 inches of fresh snow, we do now. Check out the pictures from todays shoveling session. It is still dumping up here and we are expecting up to 16 more inches today. If you are tired of the rain come up and help shovel, drink beer, eat cookies, pack snowshoe trails and go for a ski.

18 inches and rising

18 inches by the end of the day today and right now at 9:30pm it is dumping again. We are serious, come up and help us shovel!

Galena has received 5 inches of new snow!

With 5inches of fresh snow overnight and it still snowing today, it looks like Mother Nature was not joking about this storm. NOAA is forecasting up to 4 more feet of snow up here by the end of the weekend. Come up and help us dig out, shovel snow, pack snowshoe trails and drink all the beer I ordered this week!

Over 50km of groomed Nordic Trails are Open!

Galena Lodge and the North Valley Trails have over 50 km of groomed trail for skiing and over 15km of snowshoe trails open! We just received 3 inches of new snow last night and the skiing is fantastic. Don't forget to come up to our Full Moon Dinner on Wednesday, November 28th!

Pictures from this mornings ski!

You wont believe how good the skiing is!

Just check out the pictures and you will see how good the skiing and snowshoeing conditions are up at Galena Lodge right now. Galena has over 30km of skiable trails and 15km of snowshoe trails ready!

Get in your car and head North! Oh and we just made some homemade pumpkin egg nog too.

WE GOT SNOW!

About 6 inches of snow total from last nights storm! Come up and ski! We're open.

Galena Lodge opens for the 2012-13 Winter Season on Saturday, November 17th

We'll Don and I have been out getting the snowshoe trails ready and even if Mother Nature decides not to cooperate any more than she has, we are still opening for the winter season on Saturday, November 17th. Come up and go for a hike, go sledding with the kids, enjoy a great lunch and beer, or sit by the fire and relax. Galena Lodge is still the best place around to getaway and enjoy some relaxing peace and quiet. We are looking forward to a great winter.

Make sure to check out all the Nordic clinics we have going on in the upcoming months. The Galena Lodge ski school is exploding with talent this year with the likes of Morgan Arritola, David Vanderpool, Abbie Harris, Nancy Fiddler, Nicole DeYong and hopefully even some guest appearances from John Reuter. Schedule your lessons and get you skiing where you have always wanted it to be.

Don't forget to make your Full Moon Dinner and Holiday Dinner reservations!

We look forward to seeing you up here this winter!

NEW! Lake Creek Masters Clinics with Nancy Fiddler!

Nordic Skiers, snowflakes are flying and it is time to improve your technique! Lake Creek Masters is an 8-week Co-ed course designed for intermediate to advanced skiers. The goal of these clinics is to learn to ski all types of terrain well, on both skate and classic skis. This clinic is a must for both racers and non racers that want to improve their skills under the guidance of a world renowned teacher and skier.

Details:

Beginning December 4th, 2012 and running through Mid February

at Lake Creek (8 weeks) and is co-ed!

Technique Training is Tuesdays from 9am to 11am at Lake Creek

Conditioning (including interval and speed training, strength, tempo and time trails) is Thursdays from 9am to 11am at Lake Creek

Cost is $320 for all 16 sessions and includes both Tuesday and Thursday classes or $200 for 8 sessions

For more information email Nancy Fiddler

or call Nancy at (760) 937-4891

Nancy Fiddler has joined the Nordic community of the Wood River Valley for this winter season. Nancy is PSIA and USSA certified, 14 time national champion, 2 time Olympian, and has 20 years experience coaching masters and juniors.

  

Thanks for a Great Season!

Thanks to everyone for another great season at Galena. We will re-open for the winter season on Saturday November 17th!

We are taking reservations for yurts and dinners throughout the winter so make sure to reserve early!

See you when the snow flies!
Erin, Don, The Galena Crew and the Loaner Dogs

Boulder Mountain Bike Tour and Closing Day is September 16th!!!

The Boulder Dash

The Boulder Dash Harriman Trail 10 Miler

The Shop to the Top was canceled but the Boulder Dash Harriman Trail 10 miler is coming up on September the 2nd!!! Stunning views of the Boulders, great meadows and shady wooded sections highlight the scenic 10 mile course. The entire course is on the improved gravel surface of the Harriman Trail (NO PAVEMENT).  You can pre-register at www.spondoro.com. The race will start at Baker Creek at 10 AM and finish in the meadow across the Highway from the Lodge. Lunch will be served for racers at the finish with a raffle and prizes for overall winners.

Western Style Adventures at Galena

Summer Dinners and Mountain Bike Adventures, that is what is happening these days at Galena Lodge

Wagon Ride and BBQ Dinners every Thursday night at Galena. Bring the family up for a beautiful wagon ride out around Galena Lodge, complete with a little cowboy poetry! Then head back to the lodge where you will enjoy a fantastic western bbq dinner featuring house smoked bbq'd chicken, pulled pork, Idaho beef burgers, hot dogs, corn on the cob, baked beans, potato salad and berry cobbler for dessert! Reservations are recommended.


Join us on Friday, August 31st for a Blue Moon Dinner.
This dinner is open to the public and will feature Idaho's finest produce. Reservations are limited so please call early to reserve your table. Dinner is at 6:30pm. Cost is $40 per person not including alcohol, tax or gratuity. Our next summer dinner will be on the blue moon on August 31st!

Looking for a new adventure in riding? 

Galena Lodge is now offering guided mountain bike tours and lessons. If you are just getting into mountain bike riding or feel like you need to work on some skills, why not take a lesson?

For people that ride already but are looking for a new adventure, come ride with us to some incredible backcountry locations! Call now to book a trip!

Greenhorn and Scott Bikes

We had a great time working with Scott Sports down in Greenhorn for their media camp. Fun trails good food and some Sweet new generation bikes from Scott for next year made for a fun day. Check out some of the press coming out of these rides and the whole Ride Sun Valley Bike festival at Vital MTB, Bike Magazine or Ride Sun Valley.  We're putting together a great weekend of riding on August 25th, staying in the yurts and riding some of the Valley's finest trails.  Check in with us about putting together your own guided mountain bike adventure.

It was a great day for a race!

Thanks to everyone who came to to ride, volunteer and watch the Galena Grinder/Whit Henry Memorial Race. It was a HUGE success. With over 240 riders from ages 6-70+. Make sure to come back next year! Also, thanks to all of our donors for some really fantastic prizes!

Time to go riding!

Summer has come early to the upper wood river valley and Galena is excited to say that almost all of the trails are open for hiking and biking (Titus is still a little snowy). Enjoy a gentle pedal through wildflower meadows, wind along the wood river and rest atop rip and tear enjoying the view of the Boulder Mountains. There is so much to do right from Galena!

Galena is now offering guided mountain bike tours on the Harriman trail and in the Ketchum and Hailey area. Book a 1/2 day to a multi day adventure this summer. Let us guide you to some new and hidden terrain or stay close and enjoy the trails right out of town! Book your trip today.

The Galena Grinder is less than 2 weeks away. Saturday, June 30th! Come up and race, volunteer or spectate one of the valley's favorite mountain bike races.