Ice House Restoration
The historic Valley Creek Ranger Station complex located on State Highway 75 includes the Stanley Museum and several other old buildings that served the U.S. Forest Service beginning in the 1930s. This complex is owned by the U.S. Forest Service and operated by SIHA under permit from the U.S. Forest Service. One of the modest log buildings behind the Museum (formerly the Ranger's residence) was a structure designed to provide cold storage before electricity was available in the Sawtooth Valley.
Ice House Restoration Almost Complete
With the help of the Forest Service, donations from members and friends, grants from the Sawtooth Society and Idaho Heritage Trust, and the expertise of Sawtooth Valley Builders, exterior restoration is almost complete.
Getting Started on the Ice House
SIHA began a program in 2008 to restore this “ice house” as an historical interpretive exhibit.
