Chad are you reading the newspaper here in the middle of winter?
Jon I'm reminiscing. That looks like a very old newspaper. This newspaper
right here is an original New York Times Travel Section Escapes from 2004
December 31 the day this resort opened. But this resort looks like it's
still under construction? It's got some things to go, but when it happened
it was huge national news. First ski resort to open in 25 years. And over the
years it's had a few ups and downs. But right now, we're on an up and I'm stoked.
You said your girls love this place. My oldest daughter loves this is her
favorite ski mountain. You know what I like to do is sometimes I come up for
ski weekends. McCall is a great area to visit for a couple days so I will
plan a ski weekend with my family and we'll hit Brundage for a few days and
then we'll change it up and mix it up with Tamarack and I think that's a great
part of Valley County and the McCall area. This is Donnelly but this is like ten
miles down the road from McCall and you can have variety that you have these two
great ski resorts in one spot. And they have a Lodge here so if you actually
want to stay here you can stay here and the Lodge is open. Donnelly's just
like we say eight miles up the road there's air B&B stuff there there's places to
stay there too. Here we are in the nice little town of Donnelly Idaho.
Donnelly has some great little things you can do before you head out to the resort. A nice
little coffee shop at the end of town. There's a cafe next to the coffee shop.
You've got the stinker station which is basically a grocery store. So if
you're coming into town you're headed up to Tamarack resort and you need supplies
stop in Donnelly, pay a little visit, get yourself a cup of joe. From the outside
view of these lovely domicile tent structures you would think that it might
be a little bit more like a tent dining experience but when you get
inside they are really nice. The food was great and they've got an outdoor burning
fireplace here, there is a Sports Shack to buy some things, if you forgot
something or want to get some Tamarack garb.
There is the Canoe Grill a little more of a family experience
and then there is the Seven Devils pub. All very nice inside and I should
mention a full bar. So we've checked out some of the amenities, now we're gonna
have some lunch. Now we're gonna go eat. And when we come back we're gonna
actually get into the skiing and show you the skiing so stick around we'll be
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Dude this snow... This snow is sick!
This snow is good. This is really good snow.
I love this. Yeah. This is the why we call it The Adventures of Jon and Chad
and not the vacations of Jon and Chad. We had zero
visibility back there, got dark clouds, we've got sun, we've got sick snow, we've
got groomed trails, we don't have groomed trails. Chad and I don't know what the
heck we're doing. We've got too much gear, heck it's an adventure! Oh my god I don't
even know where we are right now.
I fell a couple times so it might have got shaken up a little bit. It's all over my pants.
Day in day out in the city and sometimes you're like "Oh gosh it takes so much to go skiing,
I gotta load the kids and the gear" and I just have to remind myself about moments like this.
I'm getting a little va-clemped. You gotta get out there people you gotta do it.
Well folks, 2004 was the first resort to open in 25 years in the United States and
they're still building it as you can hear in the background, but it is an
amazing mountain. We skied a portion of the mountain today so much more we could
have skied, but the snow is awesome. Hell who cares about the construction
I had a blast. It was super fun doing our thing. Hey how long were the lift lines today?
Yeah super long, I had my pick of the chairs. Just ski bomb snow with no lift
lines and no one in your way. BAM nailed it, let's go home.
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