North Idaho

With snow-capped mountain peaks, golden-sand beaches, and sparkling mountain lakes, Northern Idaho is big on contrasts. Bonner County encompasses around the second largest lake in the west, Lake Pend Oreille. With depths of more than 1,200 feet and over 111 miles of shoreline, Pend Oreille's beauty and purity are sustained by the mountain-fed waters of the Pack and Clark Fork Rivers. The mountain-to-lake opportunities are endless with year-round boating and mountain adventure. Our mountain-to-lake community grows more precious everyday, as natural settings around the world are becoming harder to find. Our lake carries an amazing number of catchable species including the reknown Kamloops, whitefish and kokanee, mackinaw, cutthrout and brown trown. Thursdays you can watch the sailing regatta take speed to open water or just sit and watch the alpenglow dance off the waters edge.

North Idaho is the Pacific Northwest's best kept secret in second home real estate and vacations. Spectacular Northern Idaho has it all... three incredible lakes... the Inland Northwest's Premier ski resort, Schweitzer Mountain Resort, with over 2900 acres of skiable terrain and 2400 vertical feet of natural fluffy snow... thousands of un-charted public, accessible forest land leading to hundereds of miles of summer hiking and biking, or winter snowmobiling... all this and only an easy drive from Spokane International Airport.

If you would like to learn more about the area follow the links below:

~ Sandpoint
~ Bonners Ferry
~ Maps of the Area
~ Area Events Calendar
~ Education
~ Recreation