You have to visit the zip-line at Tamarack resort. Great guides, great views and a great experience.
We have a nearby cabin and have purchased family season passes for the past couple of years and we LOVE the mountain here! My 14, 12, & 8 y/o boys love coming here because the staff is friendly, the area is uncrowned and roomy for beginner skiers. The mountain is roomy for all levels of skiers! I really appreciate the level of support the existing owners and community provide to give this place a pulse! Our family will continue to support too. The dining facilities at the bottom of the lifts and the little yurt at the top of one of the chairs is great. After the lifts close, we all shuttle into the seven devils pub for the apre ski get togethers. The rental facility is great too!I would recommend any aspect of this resort to visitors and explain to them that they must have some understanding of the history surrounding the facility so as to set their expectations at the right level. It is a defunct, unfinished, quality resort with a passionate association and community behind it doing what they can, as best as they can, and as smartly as they can to get it back on its feet one step at a time. These people are in it for the long haul. It will take time.
We have never felt more welcome than at Tamarack Resort. The staff seems to be delighted to have us there. Skiers and snowboarders are welcome. The staff have Great attitudes! Very helpful. The food is very good, but be prepared to pay a pretty penny. It is not cheap.
We stayed for three nights in July and had a nice stay. It is a smaller resort with, I believe, 57 rooms. The location, views and scenery around the resort at tops. The hotel gym, pool and whirpool areas are also outstanding. The rooms are adequate, with nicely appointed decor, adquate beds and a spacous bathrooms. About half the rooms have balconies which I suggest getting in the summer months.The resort is a ski focused resort, so the service is limited in the Summer. (The front desk was only staff 8 hrs during our initial days). There was also limited food service - basically lunch and dinner but no breakfast. Donnally is 10 minutes away and McCall is 20 minutes away. McCall is a fun, touristy lake town with plenty of dining options.We rented bikes one day and enjoyed some off road biking through their "moderate" mountain trails. The "expert" trails exist for the serious bikers.
This is a beautiful resort that has many amenities. Keep in mind that the resort is in the midst of a bankruptcy reorganization so some of the facilities are not complete. With that in mind, everything you need is available here. We had New Year's dinner at the Seven Devils restaurant and the service was excellent, even with a packed house. The torch parade and the fireworks display was awesome. The ski school is affordable and my kids liked their instructor. Morel's at the main lodge is also another great place to eat that offers a great view of the golf course. The Discovery lift is great for beginners and the people working the lift are very patient. The one thing that I wish the resort had more of are green runs for my kids to explore.
The slopes are wonderful, but it is depressing going up, since the bankruptcy, there are skeleton buildings everywhere.
Beautiful surroundings. Gorgeous homes.So much potential. It was deserted. Many buildings were unfinished.
Great long runs and easy to find untracked snow. Only downside is they are only open Thursday-Sunday. But at the same time you have Monday-Wednesday for the powder to stack up! So much fun.
Of all the Western Idaho resorts, Tamarack opened first, and had the best snow. While Bogus was a literal rock garden in places towards the end, I didn't hit one rock the entire season at Tam. 2800 ft of vertical, and rarely a crowd. Because there are no waiting in lines, 3 hrs of skiing at Tam is like 9 hrs of skiing any place else.
Tamarack Resort is always an awesome experience! despite the lack of snow in recent years, the ticket value, the smiling staff, the excellent food options (especially this year), and the terrain parks/lifts/grooming are all fantastic! for all the problems they have encountered over the years they have put so much effort into creating a warm, welcoming, and professional atmosphere one is hard pressed to remember the past! the access to the side country is ideal for people without sleds and is some of the best side/back country you will find in idaho! the list goes on and on...hoping everything gets resolved for them!