Silly question: Is ice cave an important part of nature?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

But most things a druid would regard as sacred will be basically permanent on the timescale of his lifespan. An ice cave won't.

Where are you getting this emphasis on "permanent?" Something being permanent doesn't make it more natural -- if anything, permanence is a hallmark of unnatural things, whether through arcane magic or mechanical means.

A druid would view a sandbar -- which could last for a season or less -- as more sacred than he would a great wall erected by a long-forgotten empire to keep equally forgotten enemies out.

Your druid is more likely to view a region as what he's focused on, and his ice cave or sandbar or forest grove or whatever, merely as his base of operations within that region, and not the focus of his care itself.

 

[xigbar]

The Druid section in Frostburn would imply yes as well.

 

[kitcik]

The Dobsinska Ice Cave is a national nature monument of the Slovak Republic.

 

[PureGoldx58]

But most things a druid would regard as sacred will be basically permanent on the timescale of his lifespan. An ice cave won't.

Personally, since my druid is an elemental her lifespan is forever...sooo. She is more permanent than anything in nature.

 

[Dandu]

Ice caves can last quite a long time in a world with very cold places and magically cold places.