Galena Lodge

Galena Lodge is among the coolest places in the Rockies. Food and booze options are great. People are fantastic. THANK YOU!!!

Stayed at the Honeymoon Yurt for a few days, loved being able to ditch the car for 3 days and just ride in and out of the yurt. We received awesome trail recommendations at the bike shop and the cheeseburger, grown up grilled cheese and beer bratwurst were delicious!! Particularly the fries! Will be back!

Incredible trails, friendly and helpful staff, and just an all-around awesome place to enjoy the beautiful snow!

My son and I rented mountain bikes and had a great day riding the trails. They were very helpful, and the bikes were great. We took a break for lunch and had a hamburger and fries that were very good. This was a great day with my son!

Galena Lodge was one of our favorite places in Idaho. We skied and mountain biked all the time. Don Bars are my favorite. Pretty much anything on the menu will knock your socks off. Make sure to check out a loaner dog. The yurts are amazing and well cared for. The trails are out of this world. Grooming is fantastic. We were married in Senate Meadows. The Galena staff did an amazing job, the food was great, and we couldn't have asked for anything better. If you are even remotely cross to here, stop by.

Great Snowshoeing trails and rentals too! We did Cowboy Cabin and Valley View trails. They were well groomed and had good amount of snow. Valley View trail has the best views among these two, and Cowboy Cabin trail is relatively flat. Trails on the south side had more dirt on them than snow.

Unforgettable experience! We stayed at the honeymoon yurt for one night and had the Thursday evening BBQ. We loved the food, the beer and the atmosphere. Using the landline to make a phone call was really cool (even though the person we tried to call didn't pick up). We also did horseback riding and rented bikes. The only downside was freezing at night and the bed was not very comfy. Other than that totally recommend it! p.s.:They also have coffee worth drinking.

Rented snowshoes and poles for a reasonable price but you must rent 12 hours in advance. Their snowshoes are very easy to put on and take off. I've rented snow shoes from other organizations and it took longer to put on and take off. The snowshoeing paths were narrow. I am a beginner but my friend I went with is advanced, and from back east, she said they are too narrow compared to back east. It was a gorgeous day of snowshoeing! We had a really good workout. We ended the afternoon with lunch in the lodge. I had a delicious Cuban sandwich, warm spirits and an almond flour chocolate chip cookie 😋. I hope to make this an annual New Year's Eve activity with family and friends!

Compared to the last ten years, soups have dropped in quality, service not up to past standards, and management appears non responsive to customer issues.

A Can't miss place in our backyard. Galena lodge is open for the winter 23/24 season as good as ever. Time to visit and enjoy the hikes/snowshoeing/cross country skiing and much more... The food is beyond incredible and full of taste, must get the big cookies. The staff are so friendly and hospitable. And the location, my God, the best spot to sit outside or inside and enjoy the mountains and the mountain air... Go enjoy!

We always make sure to make the drive out when we're in the area. The scenery can't be beat and the food is fantastic. We took the kids on the Lodge Loop with the storybook pages and it kept them motivated enough to complete the whole thing!

Definitely try the Don Bar after a nordic ski! The lodge is cozy! The employees are friendly!

Beautiful hiking trail/snow shoe trail. There are several trails that you can hike up to. In the winter, you can either do snow shoe or cross country skiing. We went up to yurts area. The view is spectacular on the way up. Shortly you'll be in the woods and in the shade. After the hike, we went to the lodge for lunch. Bowdie is the friendliest and sweetest dog you'd ever met. We order the kimchi tofu rice, curry bowl. Both are vegan and exceptional delicious! The lentil soup is really tasty as well. Their wonderful staff and services just leaves us such wonderful memories.

This place was so incredible! My boyfriend and I were planning on bike riding in Sun Valley but came across this place and decided to stop. The riding here is incredible, but the amenities at this place were amazing. There was a hose to wash bikes, super friendly staff, delicious breakfast and lunch. Definitely will be back again!!

Great location. Great brunch, veggie wrap and Benny on a biscuit were delicious. Sofaking IPA was great. Nice outdoor and indoor seating area. Good parking for bikes and cars. Will be back!

One of the best places I know for amateur cross-country skiing. Includes a very decent rental shop and a large network of trails. The food is solid but uninspiring (as expected at a ski hut). Note the 7000+ feet elevation and don't push hard if you are not acclimated yet.

Fabulous food with a spectacular outdoor seating area. Perfect place for a beer after enjoying one of their awesome trails. A great way to enjoy Sawtooth NRA.

I visited Galena for a long weekend in January 2016 because a good friend was working there for the winter. We took advantage of the snowshoes and ski rentals and explored some of their dog friendly trails. The snowshoe trail was my favorite, winding through the snowy mountain woods. Back in the lodge we sampled the fare: tasty soup and baked goods (don't miss the Don bars). The prices were what you should expect in the mountains. I didn't stay in the yurts but if my experience at the lodge is any indication, I expect a night or two in a Galena yurt would be an enjoyable mountain adventure! If you're in the Ketchum area for a sunny winter weekend it would be a mistake to skip Galena! Note: no cell service or public wireless at the lodge.

Imagine the creatures comforts of a luxury Sun Valley ski resort combined with the rugged grandeur of a Rocky Mountain Nordic ski trail system, where the snows are deep and the solitude is deafening; a place where microbeers and wine flow and the slopes are fresh, steep, and expansive; where kids can sled and adults can ski and everyone - including the family dog - feels like they are on familiar ground. Can't be done, you say? Am I asking for too much? Is this a mission impossible? Or is it ... Galena? Galena? The peak, the pass, the lodge. Take your pick. Any way you choose, you're above 7000 feet in the Boulder Mountains of Idaho's Sun Valley, globally famous for the downhills but also a gem-in-the-rough paradise for backcountry and cross-country ski adventures both great and small. My home territory is in Western Montana, where places like Lolo Pass and Chief Joseph Pass (which are, technically, in Idaho) offer excellent ski trails and immense amounts of Rocky Mountain powder from November through March. But they don't have Deschutes Beer on tap. Or carrot apple ginger soup and chile verde specials. Or locally roasted coffee from Ketchum, ID. Or immaculately groomed trails for classic and skate: meadows and ridges and steep slopes and creekside routes, alongside snowshoe trails and rental yurts and wine and full moon dinners. Galena Lodge, run by husband-and-wife duo, Erin and Don, provides the food, the drinks, and the overwhelming levels of comfort. The Blaine Country Recreation District (BCRD) maintains hundreds of km of trails in the area, making it a destination above and beyond the state of Idaho. So ... you can eat and drink well - California locavore well - while enjoying Idaho mountain scenery and endless fields of freshly-fallen snow? Even in early April? Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus. He lives in Galena, Idaho. (and he skis the Psycho trail daily). 1.Day pass for the 50 km of groomed trails: $15. 2. Lunch of soup, chile verde, cornbread, sourdough bread, a pint of local beer, and a cup of locally roasted coffee: $20. 3. Three hours of skiing along steep slopes and open meadows of soft packed spring snow: priceless. Note: no potatoes were harmed in the writing of this review.

Got out of the car and heard music! I love music during lunch time, and it was live! They had a Dog area to seat with a beautiful waterfall and the usual area.Huge patio area and a huge green field to play with the kids or some freesbe time! People where everywhere, but there was plenty of seating area! I got a Tuna Salad and my man got Smoked Turkey Sandwich-- ALL OF IT WAS FRESH. Our choice of drinks: MAC AND JAC Uhhhh love it! I can't find this beverage anywhere other than the NW area, so I was pleased to see the choices of beer had my own favorite! Customer service was nice, fast pace and go go go because the line was busy(about 10 employees working different stations).The teamwork I saw for moving the line was AWESOME. 1.espresso 2.hard A beverages 3.desserts 4.huge kitchen and accurate order (the lady in the back kept repeating the orders that were going out and making sure it was as the customer asked) 5. Inside nice and cool (plenty of seating areas) 6.kids section to keep them busy (toys) 7.window view all around (never missing out on the beautiful outside) 8.they bring the food to you after you order After our meal I had to check out there desserts because it was a huge selection: A slice of Cherry Almond Cake was amazing and we downed that like no tomorrow:) After we sat near the small waterfall in the dog area to avoid the sun.(they have huge umbrellas outside, but we wanted more shade) The ladies bathroom are totally private. Full doors and two bathrooms only. I really enjoyed coming here.Its casual, Its chill and it's a nice drive to view the great outdoors! Thanks for having Mac and Jac Galena Lodge!! And see you Thursday for the outdoor BBQ:)

Best food I may have ever had in my life. most items were made from scratch and lots of healthy, delicious, gluten-free options. I told owner I don't write yelp reviews though would for my first time Bc amazing!!

We attended their "Full Moon Dinner" this January. It was AMAZING! The staff is very friendly (we arrived very early and had a few drinks by the fire while we waited for dinner seating). Appetizer: Seared potato cake with spicy remoulade and crispy bacon over mixed greens with potato crisps Soup: Grilled tomato w/ caramelized fennel Entree choices: Roasted pork loin w/ blueberry BBQ sauce, roasted red potatoes and a carrot parsnip puree with crispy parsnip chips Or Grilled mahi-mahi w/ a roasted tomato and caper salsa, quinoa pilaf and a carrot parsnip puree and toasted pumpkin seeds Dessert: citrus cheese cake w/ whipped cream and raspberry sauce No full moon skiing since it was snowing, but we skied the trails around the lodge the next day. Idaho's back country is pristine!

Love it. Beautiful surroundings and views. Great place to take a drive and have lunch. Enjoyed a chicken salad at lunch ( see picture). Was tasty!

I was there for their recent full moon dinner. We had a wonderful four course dinner, followed by snowshoeing on a clear, cold Idaho evening, lit by a vibrant full moon. It was a fabulous experience. The lodge is a cozy place to be, with a room off to the side, with a large fireplace and comfy sofas. The food was well prepared and nicely portioned (there was a choice of entrées, and special diets could be accommodated if they are notified in advance). There is no cell service and no Wi-Fi. It was a welcome retreat from the buzz of every day life!

Easy is how I would describe working with Erin at Galena for our wedding. She knows her stuff and can make your big day way less stressful. She is incredibly accommodating and thorough with all of the details leading up to the event. She never tried to oversell anything or pressure us into something we weren't comfortable with. We could not have trusted Erin anymore with handling the amazing venue that is Galena. We also would highly recommend talking to her about the local Ginger Beer used for their Moscow Mules.

If you are looking for a little activity Galena lodge is a hidden little gem. I was surprised my the quality and portions of food. Everything was excellent and completely surpassed any expectations. Great in the summer or winter.

I heard about the hype of this place... the location is unique and it's perfect after completing a workout like snow-shoeing (like our case). The food is OK, so if you are coming to this place is mainly for the drinks (beer) and ambience... good place to hang-out with friends. The scenery around is just gorgeous, we love it !

Such a beautiful location! Great for skiing and snow shoeing. Lovely Lodge with friendly staff and good food. Perfect spot to drive up for lunch or to enjoy drinks, laughs, and fun at the end of the day. Really enjoyed the Full Moon dinner even though clouds thwarted our view of the super moon.

Gelena is a great place to go when visiting Sun Valley. We traveled up there to go skate/nordic skiing. It is beautiful, allows dogs (for a $5 fee), and is a great alternative to downhill skiing. You can rent boots, nordic skis and poles and the map is easy to read. There is a nice restaurant (try the elk burger!) after your work-out. And you'll need it! If you forget gloves or hats or even your coat, there is a gift shop, too.

Every time I'm in Sun Valley I like to break up the downhill experience with a day of nordic skiing at Galena Lodge about 20 miles north of Ketchum up Highway 75. With affordable rentals, an extensive network of trails (some dog friendly, fyi) and a cozy lodge, Galena's a thoroughly high quality, low key experience and a Sun Valley must. Pros -Trails - lots to choose from with a wide range of technical difficulty and length to suit skiers of all abilities. -Dog Friendly - -Good food and drinks at the lodge. -Power - when Ketchum went dark on the Christmas-day blackout, Galena fired up their generator and was cooking with gas. -Snow - at the north end of the Wood River Valley, Galena gets more snow than other nordic trail systems in the area. -Scenery - close to the high peaks of the Boulder and Smoky Mountain chains. -Affordable - even with gear rentals and trail fees, this is the least expensive good time to be had in Sun Valley. Cons -None that I can think of.

Galena Lodge is one of my most favorite places in the Ketchum/Sun Valley area. Their food is some of the best in the valley. The Don's bars are unmatched . You have to try one to know what I am talking about. Really, their entire menu is delicious...the hot chocolate, the veggie quesadilla, the foccacia Pizza. They really do it right. The people are friendly (Don & Erin are great), the atmosphere is awesome and there are not better views. Their NYE dinner is one of my favorite holiday traditions. I cannot say enough good things about it! The skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, mt. biking etc from the Lodge is also incredible.

A fantastic retreat in the winter with a host of x-country and snowshoe trails. Lessons and gear rentals are available at a reasonable rate. The kids love the small sledding hill next to the lodge. There are a few sleds there to use, but would recommend bringing a sled for the kids. At peak season, the sledding hill can get really crowded. The scenery is hard to beat. A winter wonderland. The food is great, and reasonably priced. Galena is wonderful in the summer as well. Lots of great trails into high mountain lakes, with most accessible for kids. It is high elevation though, so plan accordingly The lodge is dog friendly, and there are a host of dog friendly trails. Highly recommended.

We came to Galena Lodge to rent some bikes and ended up getting more than we anticipated! The man handling the bike shop was very enthusiastic, realistic and knowledgable on the trails. He recommended some great ones for us intermediate riders and we had a great time. Hungry after our rides, we stopped in the lodge to get lunch and drinks. The menu is sophisticated for a lodge and it even has a full bar! Everything ordered was awesome, southwest chicken salad, pork mojo, and the adult grilled cheese. Yummy stuff. Surprisingly the drinks were also amazing! A much better than average margarita and Bloody Mary. The place was perfect for an after ride lunch. Would definitely come back and recommend!!!!

Stopped for lunch here after a morning hike to Baker Lake. Bruce Innes was playing music on the deck on a beautiful, warm July day. The food was delicious (all homemade, using fresh, organic ingredients), the waitstaff was friendly, attentive and made us feel more like we were lunch guests at their home, rather than customers at a restaurant. They also have an extensive beer, wine and alcohol selection...perfect for lounging in the lawnside Adirondack chairs listening to music. I highly recommend...this is a gem of a mountain lodge!

Absolutely charming. Beautiful setting. Great trails. Super food and a wonderful group of people that run the lodge. Love, love, love sitting here and having lunch after a nice hike with hubby and pooch. Many good memories made at Galena Lodge - thank you!

Four of us visited Galena Lodge in Sept 2016 to do some mtn biking. The guy in the gear room was friendly, helpful and did not try to over-sell us anything. The mtn bike trails we rode ranged from some nice uphill ones to totally awesome flow! Probably the most fun flow trails I've ridden. We were told that there were plans to put in more trails up the mountains a bit to lengthen the rides and make more advanced technical riding possible. I would love to come back to Galena Lodge again! Please keep up the good work Galena Lodge!!

Wonderful experience for a cozy lunch. Friendly people and fresh food that is beyond the usual fare.

My family and I visited Galena Lodge a few days ago. We were staying at the Sun Valley Lodge but there was no snow. The concierge suggested that we go there to snow shoe. I called the day before and spoke with Julianne, who was super friendly and helpful. I told her hat there would be 2 adults and 1 child to snowshoe. She set us up with an hour long guided tour with Kyle. We took an uber up the mountain and the scenery was beautiful. Once we arrived we were warmly greeted by the staff and told to hang out in the comfy lodge for a bit. We had a little snack and then met Kyle in the ski office. He was very friendly and engaging with our 7 year old. We started the tour and he was extremely knowledgable and very patient with us. He gave us some information about the property and the wildlife. He was so nice that we decided to book a cross country skiing tour for that afternoon. We ate lunch in the lodge, which was very good, and then went out on our skiing lesson. During both lessons he was patient and he was able to modify the lessons to meet all of our levels. It's true that any age and any skill level can do the activities.

Staff was very helpful and friendly. Loved the old lodge building. Grooming was very good. They have a good lunch and drink menu. We had the adult grill cheese, which was delicious. We skied near the lodge then headed down the road and tried the trails between Galena and Ketchum. It was great grooming and beautiful. The cookies were huge, fresh and delicious.

Great place for a bike trip break. Food has vastly improved since we visited last year. They have substantially sized healthy lunches, kid friendly menu and strong coffee.

My wife and I ended up nordic skiing for six days at Galena last month when a friend had to cancel our planned alpine skiing at Bald Mountain. What a pleasant surprise! Although we still love our skiing on Mount Hood, Galena had the best snow and grooming we experienced this season and the cosy lodge, with a fully stocked ski shop and excellent restaurant really wowed us. We especially loved the special dinner and moonlight skiing (requires reservations). We're going back next year.

This place has great food and wonderful staff. The trails are super fun and the Don bars are amazing. I would definitely visit here again.

I attended a wedding rehearsal dinner here. The rustic lodge was perfect for the western-themed affair. The food was delicious (lamb burger was excellent), the drinks were strong and they even had horse drawn hay rides for the guests. The scenery was beautiful, the service was great and a good time was had by all. I would defiantly recommend for a special event.

Loved the food. 3 different soups each day- kale winter squash and cauliflower with tomato coule are the 2 I remember. Their homemade sourdough bread was amazing. The greens in the salad were so yummy and interesting different varieties. Radish greens on top of the fish were fresh and spicy. They smoke their own salmon and I didn't get to try it, but I heard it was amazing.

The food was very good. I had the french toast. It was very tasty and what you would expect from a small lodge. My daughter Viloletas ordered the euro platter and thought the cheese was too thick.

This place rocks. From world class xc ski trails to stellar food. Support this top notch business in the Wood River Valley.

I usually do not write reviews, but I feel I must write about the Galena Lodge. We recently held a catered event (my son's wedding) at the Galena Lodge. On the positive side, BEFORE I received the final bill, the food was excellent and the staff was easy to work with. When I received my final bill, I was charged for the dinner for the waitstaff!!! I've never heard of anything like this before!! At $40 per plate this is outrageous!! No where on the contract does it state that I would be responsible for feeding the staff!! I contacted several other places in the Sun Valley area and posed this question to their catering staff. All of them said that their places do not charge for that and they felt it was highway robbery for a place to charge for meals for the staff!! I also feel that the staff pilfered some of our wine. We were charged for way too many bottles than I know this group would drink....but then how do you prove that. I guess I could have asked to see the used bottles at the end of the night before I saw the bill. Anyway, my recommendation for all who read this who are looking to book this place as a venue....beware of what is going to bite you in the A** with the final bill.

This is a review of the food served. Burgers were OK but nothing special. I ordered an Elk burger and it arrived cold and rare. Took awhile to get the servers attention and she did offer to have it put back on the grill but nothing else. Elk is difficult to cook because if it gets cooked too long then the meat gets tough. So this takes some skill, which apparently the cook did not have because he/she miscalculated on the grossly raw end of the scale. Might be a great place to stay but I won't be coming back for food.

We are locals from Hailey, Idaho, and we decided recently to stay at a yurt owned by the galena lodge enterprise. We started the trip with a semi-panting-inducing snowshoe hike through the scenic mountains behind the lodge. Our two dogs were overcome with joy at the sight of all the snow to run around in. After a little more than thirty minutes we started seeing clusters at yurts and at the very back was ours. At last we had made it to the green "honeymoon yurt". Once we had arrived, we looked inside to discover all of our things were already there thanks to the kind employees who brought it up in snow machines. For the next few hours we unpacked, made snacks, and ate the dinner that was already made in the lodge's restaurant. As things started winding down, the sky began darkening, and our eye lids were growing heavy, everything was quiet. Around midnight I awoke to the sound of a large crash outside. The dogs jumped up and started barking. I woke up the rest of my family and we all quickly turned on our headlights in unison and pointed them out the window on our small door. A couple seconds elapsed and then we saw it. He was around ten feet tall and had white fur covering his entire body. He stopped for a second to give us a quick glance before running off into the surrounding forest. The next day we left, all the way down pondering if Bigfoot was watching

We had a flat tire coming back from hiking in the Sawtooth's and stopped in the Galena Lodge to see if they had an air pump. One of the employees let us borrow the compressor from the attached bike shop to fill up our almost-flat temporary spare. She was very nice even though it was a strange request and we didn't have time to stop and eat.