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Skiing by day and sleeping in a network of remote yurts by night is the ideal way to experience the wilds of Idaho.

Rugged Idaho, which few people could pinpoint on a map, is renowned for its potatoes. But the mountainous Gem State – nicknamed for its mineral resources – also possesses a wealth of relatively unknown skiing possibilities.

The state's premier downhill resort is Sun Valley, near the old mining town of Ketchum, developed by the Union Pacific Railroad before the second world war.

Ernest Hemingway finished For Whom the Bell Tolls in room 206 of the Sun Valley Lodge in the autumn of 1939, and today Bald Mountain, the main ski area, is combed over with immaculately groomed pistes, while the resort's clientele is gilded and urban.

Delta Air Lines flies from London to Sun Valley, Idaho via Hartsfield-Jackson and Salt Lake City from around £350 return.