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Humidity is a key factor too.

Tamarack has a couple of transportation lifts that run from 9:00-2:00. One is a poma that goes over a bridge and ends very close to the beginner area. The other is a slow chairlift that has two green trails. One is an actual trail. The other is a narrow cat track that goes in between houses...

The mid-mountain lodge open for this season. It was a shell of a building for over a decade. The locals and early adopter homeowners are very happy to have it finally finished. A Mountain Ambassador told us that the nickname used to be the "Someday Lodge" because it was taking so long to...

Today was the first day of this trip with snow in the forecast. Only expecting a few inches. By the time I did a last run around 3:00, there was 5-6 inches of snow on the upper mountain. The last section near the base was very heavy snow. I had to walk the last flat section in front of the...

The past two days at Tamarack couldn't be more different. It was a sunny and warm spring day on Tuesday, March 11. Off-piste was soft enough on the lower mountain after lunch. Today was an empty Wednesday with snow coming down essentially all day. It was a good thing that Bill and I had a...

We noticed several backcountry gates at Brundage on the Lakeview side. They are deliberate openings in the ski boundary rope line with clear signs that the area outside the gate is backcountry. The idea is that someone can ride a frontside lift up, ski backcountry, and ride the Lakeview lift...

To Brundage? The mountain road after getting off Hwy55 is only 4 miles. Doesn't come close to LCC or Powder Mountain. Heading to Bogus on Friday starting in Boise. Expect that to be a harder drive in terms of mountain driving, with or without snow.

Third day using Indy is usually 25% discount. Tamarack chose to do 30%.

Got some new snow today at Tamarack. Will post more about how it was after a visit to the hot tub. :)

For reference, here are the early bird prices for 2025-26 season passes for Brundage. The price for Military, College, Adaptive is the same as for Senior 70+. Note that it's $19 for kids 10 and under and there is a teen rate. An online day ticket is $95 for ages 18-69 and $85 for 70+. People...

Found a brief history of Brundage on their website. Also bought the book that was published in 2012 in honor of the 50th anniversary. It's a researched book with pictures from archives, as well as background and short stories. The new base building was opened for the 2023-24 season. Makes it...

The vibe of Brundage is old school, local, and very friendly. There were mountain hosts in front of the new lodge happy to answer questions. We arrived about 9:30 on Sunday and there was plenty of good parking left. Of course, spring skiing conditions was a factor as to why few people showed...

Warm spring conditions continue this week in Idaho. Meaning highs in the high 30s, with plenty of sunshine. After checking out Brundage on Sunday with Bill, he and I went back on Monday together with the intermediate Ski Divas. Since the Lakeview area faces south, there was soft snow by 9:30...

When Stuart interviewed Stephen Kircher, CEO of Boyne Resorts, they talked about that 6-pack. It was a chicken-and-the egg situation. As Stephen thought, once there was a good lift over in that area there were many more people who went over there and would stay for a while. That took pressure...

I shared a lift ride at Tamarack on March 9 with a guy from . . . Greensboro, NC. His sister married someone from Boise. He and some ski buddies spent a week at Copper, followed by a long weekend at Tamarack.

My friends and I stopped by Soldier Mountain for a quick look at the base when driving from Sun Valley to Tamarack yesterday. Definitely would like to ski there some day. Have been following the story of the place for a while, before it joined Indy. Just happened to be driving on a day...

Got my first taste of Tamarack in Idaho today. I liked it. Perfect spring skiing. A bit firm in the morning but groomers were good from the start. Most of the mountain softened as the day progressed. Really couldn't call it crowded considering it's Saturday. Longest wait at the base lift...

Doing a ski safari in Idaho. Just spent two days skiing Dollar Mountain and Bald Mountain at Sun Valley. Using Indy to check out Tamarack and Brundage north of Boise in the next few days.

Was interesting to hear that he was a ski instructor. Also that he moved to NH.

How different is this from 2024-25 for Belle? Sales start March 5 and a new pass can be used this spring.