Golf in Challis

Challis is the remote county seat of Custer County, occupying the high Salmon River Valley at around 5,000 feet where the Salmon and Challis rivers converge beneath the Lost River Range. The Salmon-Challis National Forest surrounds the community on three sides, and the White Cloud Peaks anchor the distant horizon. Challis is as authentic a western backcountry town as Idaho offers: a hub for outfitters, hunters, ranchers, and the fly-fishing visitors who follow the Middle Fork of the Salmon—designated one of the original eight Wild and Scenic Rivers—deep into the Frank Church Wilderness. The golf course here is genuinely remote and serves a community that measures itself not by growth but by rugged authenticity.