6 exquisite homes for skiers
Featuring a Scandinavian-style retreat in Southern California and a Utah abode with a designated ski room
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Steamboat Springs, Colo.
In Strawberry Park Valley, this 15-acre ranch is about 15 minutes from the 182-trail Steamboat Resort. The 1995 four-bedroom log home’s updated kitchen faces a living room that has a floor-to-ceiling rock fireplace and exposed log walls and connects to a first-floor primary suite.
Outside are a kitchen, firepit, mature tree groves, ponds, a stream, meadows, and a heated driveway and sidewalks. $6,295,000. Nick Metzler, The Group Real Estate/Luxury Portfolio International, (970) 846-8811
Big Sky, Mont.
Built in 2025, this modern lodge condo in the One&Only Moonlight Basin resort includes access via shared gondola to Big Sky Resort and its more than 300 ski runs. The five-bedroom has a wall of windows framing mountain peaks and a sleek kitchen with a walk-in pantry.
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The walk-out lower level opens to a hot tub, patio, and firepit surrounded by evergreens. Community amenities include a pool, a spa, and dining. $9,100,000. Kevin Germain, The Big Sky Real Estate Co., (406) 580-6986
Big Bear Lake, Calif.
House of Bear, a 2024 Scandinavian-style three-bedroom, is about five minutes from Big Bear Mountain Ski Resort. Offered as a residence with a vacation rental business, this furnished home features a lofted great room with 30-foot ceilings and high-end finishes that include raw travertine, plaster walls, and calacatta viola marble.
Amenities outside include a hot tub, deck, and firepit; Los Angeles is two to three hours southeast. $1,050,000. Ashley Martin, The Beverly Hills Estates, (310) 957-1056
Shrewsbury, Vt.
Surrounded by state forest in the Green Mountains, this 124-acre estate is roughly equidistant from Killington Resort and Okemo Mountain Resort.
Built in 1988, the seven-bedroom farmhouse has a vaulted post-and-beam great room with a stone fireplace and a formal dining room, plus a billiards area, media room, gym, and sauna.
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The property includes a three-car garage, a play structure, yards, woods, stone walls, a pond, and an outdoor fireplace. $1,650,000. Mendi Michael and Chloe Johnson, Engel & Völkers Okemo, (802) 342-8410
Park City, Utah
This mountain contemporary has a ski room with boot dryers and a waxing station; Park City Mountain Resort, which hosted events during the 2002 Winter Olympics, is about five minutes away.
The five-bedroom features a stacked stone fireplace, a waterfall island, and a theater, as well as a gym, steam room, and sauna with a Himalayan salt wall. A roof deck with a hot tub offers mountain views. $7,999,000. Patrick Van Horn, Engel & Völkers Park City, (920) 912-7277
Rumford, Maine
Located in a clearing on more than 5 acres, this 2022 Scandinavian-modern home is about 15 minutes from the Sunday River Ski Resort. The three-bedroom home has a great room with wood-clad vaulted ceilings, knotty wide-plank floors, a loft, wainscoting, a butcher-block eat-in island, a farmhouse sink, and a pantry closet.
A deck overlooks meadows, mountains, and woods. Shops and dining downtown are a short drive. $550,000. Ryan Fitzgerald, Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty, (207) 317-2354
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