I came to work at the Lodge about twelve years ago and never left.” “I was a Rose Festival Princess from Franklin high school. “Last winter (2009), it was 35 below for 39 hours….Those without a wood stove or propane heat watched their toilets freeze and crack.” (“The Spirit of Stanley”)įormer Portland Rose Festival Princess – now a Stanley resident For example, “On any single day, the mountain town of Stanley, Idaho is most often the coldest place in the states outside of Alaska.” From 1995 to 2005, it was the coldest place in the US outside of Alaska for 398 days – more than any other location.Īs the young (25 years old), female Mayor, Hannah Stauts stated: There are on average 290 mornings in the year with frost (10 of them in July) and 60 nights that reach 0° centigrade. ( Wikipedia)Īccording to a website the statements are not puffery. Frosts can occur at any time of the year. I wanted to see how much of this was true and some basic research revealed it is no exaggeration. The fall and early winter months host hunters, cross-country skiers and snowmobilers – that is until the weather becomes “extreme”given what the year-round residents assert is the coldest location in the U.S. Outdoor enthusiasts in the spring and summer take advantage of hiking, kayaking climbing, cycling and boating. “Every resident over 70 remembers by lore or memory when the main street offered gambling, fighting and dancing every night of the week in three clubs within 200 stumbling feet of each other.” Stanley has a colorful history as described in a Winter – 2010 Sun Valley Guide article entitled, “The Spirit of Stanley:” Stanley, with a robust year-round population of 63 according to the 2010 US Census (down from 100 in 2000) is still a bustling community that describes itself as “A Playground for All Seasons.” Our two and one-half day stay at the Redfish Lake Lodge – six miles south of Stanley – was far too short.
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