Cascade Climate & Landscape

Climate & Landscape

If it’s year-round recreation you love, Cascade’s high sub-alpine terrain (elevation 4800 feet) is ideal. During summer, the nearby Frank Church Wilderness provides ample opportunities for hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, and horseback riding—and with an area of 2.3 million acres, it is one of the few places in the lower 48 states where the chances are high you’ll have trails all to yourself! Several bass fishing tournaments are held each year at Lake Cascade; then, in winter, the Lake offers some of Idaho’s best ice fishing, the region becomes a snowmobiler’s Mecca with 800 miles of groomed trails, and the newly developed Tamarack Resort showcases some of the country’s finest skiing.