page_title: Tamarack Ski Area (Troy, Idaho)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tamarack Ski Area (Troy, Idaho) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Tamarack Ski Area patch from the collection of Steven R. Shook.
context_page_description: Tamarack Ski Area is a former ski area in the western United States, located in north central Idaho, seven miles northwest of Troy in Latah County.
context_section_description: The ski area opened in January 1966, just below the summit of East Moscow Mountain on Tamarack Road, its slopes faced east and southeast. The area had various owners and, due to varying snowfall, was open intermittently for several decades. The land on which the ski area operated was owned by the city of Troy. Known as "Moscow Mountain Ski Area" during its first few months, it was renamed Tamarack in the fall of 1966.
  It operated two surface lifts: a T-bar and a rope tow, with a vertical drop of 600 feet (180 m). The lift-served summit was at an elevation of 4,400 ft (1,340 m) above sea level; a three-story A-frame structure served as the day lodge. Tamarack's target market was Moscow and Pullman, Washington, and primarily its respective students at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
  The elevation at the lookout atop East Moscow Mountain is 4,721 ft (1,439 m) and the absolute summit of the mountain to the west is 4,983 ft (1,519 m).
caption: Tamarack Ski Area patch from the collection of Steven R. Shook.
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