One mountain.
Two very different ways
to call it home.

Suncadia is the broader resort community — open, active, and welcoming to everyone. Tumble Creek is the private enclave within it — guard-gated, members-only, and built around one of the Pacific Northwest's most celebrated private golf courses. We live in Tumble Creek. We've worked in both. Here's the difference.

SUncadia

Tumble Creek

  • 6,400

    Combined Acres

  • 3

    Resort Golf Courses (Suncadia)

  • Tumble Creek

    Private Golf Course by Tom Doak

  • ~80 miles east

    Distance From Seattle

SUNCADIA

Cle Elum, Washington · Open resort community

Suncadia is where the Pacific Northwest comes to exhale. Three golf courses, 40+ miles of trails, Swiftwater Cellars, the lodge, year-round activities, and a pace of life that somehow feels both active and restorative.

It draws families, outdoor lovers, and second-home buyers from Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, and beyond — many of whom come once and immediately start wondering how to own a piece of it.

  • Prospector, Rope Rider, and Tumble Creek's public tee times

    yellow and white golf call with gold club and hat
yellow and white golf call with gold club and hat
wooden cellar with wine
Nelson Farm Pool at Suncadia
suncadia trails with green trees
inside mountain home bedroom
yellow and white golf call with gold club and hat

TUMBLE CREEK

Within Suncadia · Private, gated community

Tumble Creek is Suncadia's private side — a distinct community with its own gate, its own culture, and its own standard of what mountain living can feel like. The setting is the same Cascade beauty, but the experience is different: quieter, more curated, more personal.

 

At its heart is the Tom Doak-designed Tumble Creek Golf Course — a world-class private layout routinely ranked among the best modern courses in America. This isn't a resort course with tee times for guests. It's a private club for members, and it sets the tone for the whole community.

  • Among the top-ranked modern courses in the country

    green vast golf course with mountains
green vast golf course with mountains
private property sign in ground
Swim and Fitness Center Indoor Pool at Suncadia
blue lakehouse in winter with snow on roof
Suncadia Social at Suncadia
green vast golf course with mountains

WHY THIS MATTERS

Most agents can describe these communities. We can tell you what it's actually like to live in them.

 

We've been coming to Suncadia for over 15 years, and we've lived in Tumble Creek full-time long enough to have opinions on every neighborhood, every seasonal shift, and every quirk of owning property on both sides of the gate. Whether you're drawn to the resort lifestyle of Suncadia or the privacy and prestige of Tumble Creek, we can walk you through the real-world differences — not from a brochure, from our driveway.