If they didn’t have such a long, cold, gray PNW skies winter, I would be there! I have visited Idaho 7 times since August 2022. The last time was in the beginning of December. It was Cold, snowing, and gloomy, barely saw the sun for over ten days (was in CDA and Moscow) and I was ready to get back to SoCA.
Oh yeah, CDA and Moscow are like the "Norcal" vs "SoCal" of weather. Having lived in both, I can attest to that. We're in the foothills of Ada County, (very similar to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada's 25 miles east of Sacramento), in a wonderful community about 20 minutes from downtown Boise. Completely different winter in this part of Idaho. We get snow, maybe a few inches at a time, followed by beautiful sun and blue skies. Typical snow fall accumulation is between December and March, but not anything near the accumulation of CDA.
I hear ya on the gloomy days of just clouds and no sun, it can get to you after a short while. Thankfully, that doesn't happen often here.
If you plan any additional trips up to Idaho, be sure to check out Stanley and the Sawtooth Mountain Range. Redfish Lake is a must when you visit Stanley. (Like a mini Truckee and Lake Tahoe.) Absolutely stunning! Plus, we have so many hot-springs up here, which are incredible. :)
Oh yes I went to a couple of hot springs last summer…one out in the boonies…Red River (don’t really recommend it, it’s funky and the rooms are funky and takes a long time to get out there)and in McCall, Burgdorf Hot Springs, which were wonderful! We heard about one, Gold Fork Hot Springs south of McCall, but they were requiring proof of vax and that the management was fairly discriminatory against people of color, who couldn’t speak English that well. So we passed.
Where you live does it get that ‘inversion’ deal that happens on.Boise in the winter?
I don’t know I’m just not a winter where it gets cold person. I spent two winters in Santa Fe, NM and though it is a sunny winter there, the months of cold and having to be all bundled up I did not care for. And no green…
We have wanted to visit the Burgdorf Hot Springs! On our bucket list. And McCall is simply beautiful. Sorry about your experience from the other one. That’s terrible.
Mostly, we get a milder winter. It can still get down in the low double digits over night & in the early morning, but it’s temporary (a week at best from our 3 years here.) Usually, its 30’s & 40’s in the Dec-early March timeframe. We’ve already had a week in the mid50’s, and will be getting back there in the next few days. All this said, my two favorite seasons are fall & winter, having grown up in Michigan and my husband’s are spring & summer, having grown up in California. We’ve found the hills & mountains, creeks & rivers, green hills in the summer, golden hills in the winter months to be a happy medium for both of us. Reminiscent of both states where we grew up. 😊🙌🏻
I highly recommend Burgdorf…rustic but very cool and the setting is gorgeous. It rained a bit when we were there…that was fun to be in the warm water in the rain. It’s a wood lined pool with a sand bottom! And they limit the amount of people…you have to ‘schedule’ your time there. McCall is beautiful and well as south in the small towns of Donnelly and Cascade.
So happy to be here!!
If they didn’t have such a long, cold, gray PNW skies winter, I would be there! I have visited Idaho 7 times since August 2022. The last time was in the beginning of December. It was Cold, snowing, and gloomy, barely saw the sun for over ten days (was in CDA and Moscow) and I was ready to get back to SoCA.
Oh yeah, CDA and Moscow are like the "Norcal" vs "SoCal" of weather. Having lived in both, I can attest to that. We're in the foothills of Ada County, (very similar to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada's 25 miles east of Sacramento), in a wonderful community about 20 minutes from downtown Boise. Completely different winter in this part of Idaho. We get snow, maybe a few inches at a time, followed by beautiful sun and blue skies. Typical snow fall accumulation is between December and March, but not anything near the accumulation of CDA.
I hear ya on the gloomy days of just clouds and no sun, it can get to you after a short while. Thankfully, that doesn't happen often here.
If you plan any additional trips up to Idaho, be sure to check out Stanley and the Sawtooth Mountain Range. Redfish Lake is a must when you visit Stanley. (Like a mini Truckee and Lake Tahoe.) Absolutely stunning! Plus, we have so many hot-springs up here, which are incredible. :)
Oh yes I went to a couple of hot springs last summer…one out in the boonies…Red River (don’t really recommend it, it’s funky and the rooms are funky and takes a long time to get out there)and in McCall, Burgdorf Hot Springs, which were wonderful! We heard about one, Gold Fork Hot Springs south of McCall, but they were requiring proof of vax and that the management was fairly discriminatory against people of color, who couldn’t speak English that well. So we passed.
Where you live does it get that ‘inversion’ deal that happens on.Boise in the winter?
I don’t know I’m just not a winter where it gets cold person. I spent two winters in Santa Fe, NM and though it is a sunny winter there, the months of cold and having to be all bundled up I did not care for. And no green…
But I Love Idaho in the summer.
We have wanted to visit the Burgdorf Hot Springs! On our bucket list. And McCall is simply beautiful. Sorry about your experience from the other one. That’s terrible.
Mostly, we get a milder winter. It can still get down in the low double digits over night & in the early morning, but it’s temporary (a week at best from our 3 years here.) Usually, its 30’s & 40’s in the Dec-early March timeframe. We’ve already had a week in the mid50’s, and will be getting back there in the next few days. All this said, my two favorite seasons are fall & winter, having grown up in Michigan and my husband’s are spring & summer, having grown up in California. We’ve found the hills & mountains, creeks & rivers, green hills in the summer, golden hills in the winter months to be a happy medium for both of us. Reminiscent of both states where we grew up. 😊🙌🏻
I highly recommend Burgdorf…rustic but very cool and the setting is gorgeous. It rained a bit when we were there…that was fun to be in the warm water in the rain. It’s a wood lined pool with a sand bottom! And they limit the amount of people…you have to ‘schedule’ your time there. McCall is beautiful and well as south in the small towns of Donnelly and Cascade.