Idaho’s Tamarack Resort Massively Expands Snowmaking Ahead of 2026-27 Ski Season
Tamarack Resort in Idaho is making a seven-figure investment in snowmaking ahead of the 2026-27 winter season, adding automated snowguns and expanding its mobile snowmaking fleet.
The project is designed to improve early-season coverage and give the resort more flexibility when temperatures are cold enough to make snow. The expansion will add snowmaking capabilities to more than 20 percent of Tamarack’s existing terrain.
New Snowmaking Coming to Key Tamarack Runs
The project includes permanent TechnoAlpin TT10 tower-mounted fan guns on Waltz and the full length of Serenity. Tamarack is also adding TR10 mobile fan guns that can be moved to different parts of the mountain as needed.
Waltz serves as Tamarack’s primary beginner trail and was widened last season to provide more room for skiers and snowboarders learning and progressing. Serenity offers top-to-bottom skiing and riding from the upper mountain, making consistent coverage along the trail particularly important.
With permanent snowmaking installed on those two runs, Tamarack can also move its mobile equipment to other priority areas. Discovery, Showtime and the resort’s terrain parks are among the areas that can benefit from the expanded mobile fleet.
Automated Snowmaking Targets Short Cold Windows
One of the primary goals of the investment is to help Tamarack take better advantage of brief periods of favorable temperatures. The resort typically experiences around 200 hours of snowmaking temperatures before Thanksgiving. However, mobile snowguns require crews to transport, position and connect the equipment before snowmaking can begin.
That process can limit the usefulness of short two to four hour cold spells. The automated TT10 guns can begin operating when conditions allow, giving Tamarack the ability to use shorter snowmaking windows that previously may have been difficult to capture.
Tamarack President Scott Turlington said the resort has historically had access to water and cold nights but lacked the ability to use those resources across as much of the mountain as needed.
Infrastructure Expansion Supports New Snowguns
The project includes more than the installation of additional snowguns. Tamarack is adding approximately 1,515 feet of ductile iron water pipeline, 1,600 feet of buried electrical cable, six hydrants and 12 reinforced pits.
TechnoAlpin technicians are supporting the installation and commissioning process.
The new infrastructure will complement Tamarack’s natural snowfall while giving mountain operations additional tools to prepare terrain during favorable weather. The resort is located approximately 90 miles north of Boise and offers 2,800 vertical feet across 2,000 mountain acres.
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