Later this month, the U.S. Snowboard team will head to Idaho, for a training camp at Soldier Mountain nearly 110 miles east of Boise. But this week, a few of those riders got a early start.

Mother Nature has turned back on the faucet in a big way as Tamarack Resort has received 44 inches in less then a week and the conditions are epic.

Natalie Behring/Getty Images The Idaho avalanche warning ... Some locations, such as Banner Summit and Soldier Mountain Summit, are expected to get 20 inches of new snow, increasing the likelihood ...