EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Intermountain Community Bancorp
Sandpoint, Idaho

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-117265 and 333-121266) of Intermountain
Community Bancorp, of our report dated February 24, 2005, relating to the
consolidated financial statements, which appears in this Annual Report on Form
10-K.

/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

Spokane, Washington
March 24, 2005