The Rock Fire in Valley County burned close to three thousand acres this summer and came dangerously close to Tamarack Resort .

Here’s your first look at how the fire provided the resort a silver lining.

“Someone texted me from Highway 55 area and was like 'Bro! Your mountain is on fire.” President of Tamarack Resort, Scott Turlington said from that point on— it was all hands-on deck. "I’ve never seen agencies, especially federal agencies, mobilize that quickly. It was incredible."

"There’s 450 homes a mile away from this [fire]. [There's] a massive village, 100,000 feet of commercial space, you've got seven lifts, you've got all this infrastructure— there's a lot at stake.”

See what the burned terrain at Tamarack Resort looks like after the fire First Look at the Rock Fire Damag

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