Anyone own ski hill property
 

We are in the process of buying a cabin on a ski hill. It is ski in / ski out.

Anyone else done this? What are the pros / cons?

I did some repair work on a cabin in Suger Bowl in the Sierra Nevada. A real pain in the butt. All my tools had to be brought in by a snow cat. I had to call ahead to arrange for him to come back at the end of the day. He showed up before I was finished and took off with some of my tools. I had to trek through the snow with heavy tools and then track my tools down that were still in the snow cat. Needless to say I refused to ever work there again.

My cabin at Lake Cle Elum is "snowmobile" in/out 3 or 4 months of the years......Fun the 1st 5 years. Then not so much........Going to dinner in town, a few drinks, in a warm, cozy car AND THEN..........Yank on the rope start and ride up the hill in freezing temps......Buzz Kill.

Also, too much of a zoo at holiday time.........Area gets over run by big groups acting stupid like I did when I was their age.....

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Pros include being being there to hike it pre season ..
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.. or being the only guy on the hill when they open early season.
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Cons are lugging your groceries from the garage (sorry, nothing I do turns these two photos upright) ..
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.. especially for the wife.
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We now live 20 minutes drive from the slopes, with an attached garage ;^)
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Only way to go...

Drive in/out and ski in/out...

We have a small place on a small plot in the mountains, not on a ski hill but on the edge of a 1000 yr old village near a ski hill

We originally wanted something a bit more remote but when you factor in access, maintenance and amenities living in a small village , skiing, neat the big outdoors, lakes, hospital, vets and shopping seemed like a much better proposition

When we lived closer about 4.5 hrs away we used it once a month, now living a 2 hr flight or 2 day drive away flight away we use it 2 or 3 times a year

Our neighbour's look after it for us and we don't rent it out so going back we feel at home as soon as we open the front door