Boulder Mountains · Idaho · 7,311 ft
Galena LodgeSaved1994by the valley
Fifty kilometres of corduroy from the porch, 27 of snowshoe trail through the lodgepoles, soup by the fire and four yurts on the ridge.
Since 1994, owned by the valley
A calm place, 23 miles up the road from Ketchum
We strive to provide an experience that transports our guests from hectic, day-to-day life, to a calm place founded in quality living and the outdoors. Trails start at the porch; the soup is ready when you get back.
- 50 kmgroomed Nordic trail, skate & classic
- 27 kmof marked snowshoe trail
- 40 miof free summer singletrack
- 7,311′at the front door, under 11,000′ peaks
- 4yurts on the ridge, sleeping 4–8
Winter at Galena · Dec – early April
Four ways inDo one or stack all four into a day — rentals, passes, lessons and lunch are all under one log roof.
Ski & snowshoeSkate and classic rentals, BCRD passes and lessons from first-timer to race pace.
Sleep in a yurtSki in with a pull sled, light the stove, and the ridge is yours.
Dinner by the fireFour courses at long shared tables — Full Moon, holiday and wine nights.
Lunch & soupOpen daily: espresso and pastries from 9, lunch 11–3:30, a full bar.
Overnight
Four yurts on the ridgeGalena is a day lodge — its only beds are up there. Ski or snowshoe in with a pull sled, light the stove, melt snow for tea.
- 1 Senate View
- 2 Star’s Perch
- 3 Honeymoon
- 4 Miner’s
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The kitchen
Back in time for soupEspresso and pastries from 9, lunch 11–3:30 every day, a full bar, and long-table dinners by the fire all winter.
- Lunch, dailyBison burgers, Banh Mi, Gladiator bowls, a mug of soup with house sourdough — $10–23.
- Full Moon dinnersFour courses at 6:30, then a moonlit lap on skis. This winter’s dates are already full — the waitlist is open.
- Thursday BBQ & musicSmoked tri-tip and Idaho ruby trout on the lawn all summer. $35, kids $20.
Help Save Galena
A silver town of 800 in 1879, a ghost town by the 1890s, Pearl Barber’s store for 35 years — and in the early ’90s, a cold, empty lodge people talked of tearing down. Then the valley raised $500,000 in a few months and bought it back.
125 years of Galena
Plan the drive
23 miles north of KetchumUp Highway 75 toward the Sawtooths, past the SNRA headquarters and up the Big Wood River — the lodge sits at the bend below Galena Summit.
- Lodge & rentals
- Daily 9–5
- Lunch
- 11–3:30
- Espresso, pastries, full bar
- 9–5
- Sunday brunch (summer)
- 9–3:30