The summit of West Mountain receives an average of 300 inches (760 cm) of snowfall, and snowmaking is available on the lower runs.

Steep at the summit but rapidly smoothing out, the terrain for the ski area is rated at 17% novice, 45% intermediate, and 38% advanced.

The Tamarack Resort was first conceived as Valbois in the early 1980s,[1][2] but unsuccessfully struggled to overcome federal regulatory hurdles and fierce local opposition, and finally folded in 1995.

A court-appointed receiver, Douglas Wilson, closed the ski area in early March 2009, which was shuttered for the 2009–10 season.

[10] Tamarack had been planned to be a $1.5 billion destination resort with 62 ski runs, 7 chairlifts, two golf courses, and plentiful mountain biking trails by 2015–20.

Patrick H. Owen, a fourth district judge in Boise, appointed a receiver in October 2008 to oversee the operations of the resort, at the request of Credit Suisse, the major financer.

The receiver, the Douglas Wilson Co. of San Diego, determined in February 2009 that the operating losses were too great and closed Tamarack to the public with over a month remaining in the ski season.

Judge Michael McLaughlin denied their request on July 2; the quad chairlifts in question were the resort's two newest, Wildwood Express (detachable) at the northern boundary and Buttercup (fixed-grip) in the Whitewater residential area.

[15][16] On March 17, 2010, U.S. bankruptcy judge Terry Meyers ruled that the newly named trustee, Jeremy Gugino, could start the process of liquidating the resort's equipment and other assets into cash, to be divided among its creditors.

[17] The bankruptcy case was dismissed in early January 2011, and all litigation was returned to state court foreclosure proceedings.

[19] Prior to Tamarack most recent failure of a major North American ski resort had been by Stagecoach in 1974, located about 20 miles (32 km) south of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Stagecoach failed after its second ski season, and has slowly grown as a residential and vacation community, primarily due to the addition of a dam and reservoir in 1988.

Some Tamarack property owners are now part of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit with lender Credit Suisse led by bankrupt Yellowstone Club founder Timothy Blixseth and his son Beau Blixseth who claim Tamarack's bankruptcy was caused by a "loan to own" scheme between the bank and resort developers.

[22] The new ownership group hopes to get back to developing the resort after several years of stasis, with final build out of the long-stalled Village Plaza by 2019.

[25] President Jon Reveal said the Wildwood Express ski lift is a priority for them as they work on finishing the partially completed resort.

In October 2021, MMG Equity Partners took full ownership of Tamarack Resort from Imperium Companies and Blue River Family Offices.