The new owners of McCall’s Whitetail Club and Resort today announced their intent to restore the resort back to its former character, symbolized by a name change.
Shore Lodge, as it will once again be known, was a gathering spot for locals and tourists between 1948 and 1989, until San Diego developer Doug Manchester purchased the property. At that point the resort became upscale and private, though in recent years hotel rooms have been open to the public.
“The name change is a symbolic change to reposition the hotel to what we think it’s better suited as, and that is a landmark McCall destination,” said Mike Hormaechea of Boise-based RMH Company, one of the new owners. “We hope it will evoke memories from before it changed to Whitetail and make it a very welcome, iconic McCall place to visit.”
The new incarnation of Shore Lodge has lower rates (beginning at $99 a night) to encourage greater accessibility. Owners expressed hope that the changing resort will help drive interest in McCall, bringing more business to hotels, shops, restaurants and ski areas, an optimism shared by area real estate agents.
The golf course will remain private, and the new owners are studying the possibility of renaming the golf course and resort real estate. The resort was purchased in late August by RMH Company, Alscott Real Estate of Boise and Sabala Whitetail LLC of the McCall area.
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