good news on the ski resort front:
Tamarack Resort (about 2.5 hours north of Boise), which has been in stasis for a number of years, finally got new owners this month, and they will restart construction on the main village with hopes of completing the project in the next couple of years.
current status of village (image from idahostateman.com):
one building completed to get an idea of the style of remaining structures:
trail map: