We spent 5 nights here from 12/25-12/30. We had some (major) weather and travel hiccups, but our stay at Tamarack was great! Totally made up for it! On 1st night after lugging our luggage up 59 snowy steps, I swore I would never stay at a place like this again - however the ease of the ski in/ski out was amazing! We actually loved the views, the beauty, & the ease of this location and would totally stay here again… HOWEVER 2 things: 1. The 59 steps are no joke! Please please take this into account before you rent this location. We were actually there with other family -they never came to our place because frankly they couldn’t handle the steps. Steps do get shoveled, but they were never clear just the top layer of fluffy snow was shoveled off once a day so by morning there was often several inches of new snow on the two or 3 inches of packed snow. My family is pretty agile, once we got all the luggage up & down the rest of it was not so bad. 2. The ski in/out at this place is amazing but only when this lift is open so be sure you are aware of the Buttercup lift hours. While we were there it was mostly open but typically it is only Sat/Sun. Also one of the days we were there we skied down at 10:15am - it had just closed for the day. They called us a ride however if there had been no operator there we would’ve just had to walk back uphill to the house then drive to the resort. That would definitely not be ideal. Overall totally recommend!
This particular unit had a great kitchen set up for a group of five(no table only 5 barstools). The kitchen had everything you could need including spices, we didn’t really need anything. We cooked in all but one meal -the kitchen was well appointed. Extra half bath great. The washer/dryer in the master suite. Beds were fine. The site claims an extra bed upstairs - only a queen.
The hot tub was the star! Somebody shoveled off the top every day and we used it! The view from the hot tub of the trees and the snow is incredible. My last issue is we had a really difficult time figuring out where to take the trash… So difficult that in the blizzard as we left we ended up not even finding it and used a dumpster at a gas station. OVERALL We definitely recommend!