Golf in St. Charles

St. Charles is a small Bear Lake County community on the western shore of Bear Lake, the striking turquoise glacial lake straddling the Idaho-Utah border. Known as the 'Caribbean of the Rockies' for its improbable blue-green color caused by suspended calcium carbonate, Bear Lake draws summer visitors from across the Intermountain West for swimming, boating, and the beach scene unusual in landlocked Idaho. Bear Lake raspberries—a regional specialty thriving in the valley's unique microclimate—are harvested each August and celebrated in a festival that draws visitors from Salt Lake City and beyond, giving this small community a seasonal vitality disproportionate to its permanent population.