Tamarack Resort To Reopen Wildwood Trail System

DONNELLY, Idaho - Sept. 8, 2015 - PRLog -- DONNELLY, ID (September 8, 2015) – The good news keeps coming from Tamarack Resort with today’s announcement that it is reopening its Wildwood trail system for skiers and riders as “hike-to” terrain.  This series of trails in the most northern section of the resort’s boundary includes 100 acres of long-time skier favorite slopes. Guests will now have the ability to ski the trails with a short hike in and out of the trail system.

The Wildwood area originally closed in 2009 due to the removal of a lift in that section of the mountain. In October 2014, Tamarack came under the guidance of Replay Resorts, a resort operator who specializes in reinvigorating destination resort properties.  The Replay Resorts’ team recognized the potential of the area, and is reopening the trails to the public.

Guests will access this trail system by skiing to the top of a trail called Enigma, then taking a 5-minute hike to the top of Wildwood.  From there, guests can ski approximately halfway down the trails before being directed back to the resort’s main trail system with a short hike.  Guests can then ski back to the established lift network via the Waltz ski trail.

“The Wildwood trails have been mostly untouched by skiers and riders for nearly six years.  Reopening this terrain to guests willing to take the short hike and ‘earn their turns’ is a great way to create a new ski experience that is unique to Tamarack,” says Brad Larsen, General Manager of Tamarack Resort.

This addition builds Tamarack as a resort leader in the increasingly popular alpine touring segment of downhill skiing, where skiers use flexible equipment to hike and access non-lift-serviced terrain, then lock in their heels and ski down. The new Wildwood trail expansion augments existing out-of-bounds terrain at the south side of the resort, where skiers hike a short distance and are able to cover untracked powder with the ability to reconnect with lifts at the bottom of the hill.  Unlike the out-of-bounds area, the new Wildwood terrain is within Tamarack’s permitted resort boundary and will be monitored by Tamarack’s professional ski patrol.  The new terrain does not have snowmaking and will open when natural snow conditions allow.

This is the latest in a series of multi-million-dollar capital improvements that have occurred at Tamarack Resort since new ownership and management began operating the resort last year.

To view a new video that presents the new Wildwood expansion visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0yzpXsngdk



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Tamarack Resort is a four season resort located in Donnelly, Idaho.  Tamarack Resort is the Treasure Valley’s closest mountain resort with snowmaking, which makes the snow conditions more reliable, even when Mother Nature doesn’t deliver.  During the summer, the resort is the home to mountain biking, hiking, rafting and watersports on Lake Cascade.