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Show Late November ment, and above a front ground. facilitates door The easier ten feet high door access and/or reduced snow shoveling for the winter months (I wasn’t kidding about the snow up to the. eaves). Lest you worry about pole vaulting into the house during the sum- 4 mer months, it is worth noting that = the back door is at ground level. It is an older structure but its in great shape. Still, if it is just a little too rustic for your tastes you could | easily get a permit to remodel as long as the structure doesn’t move beyond its current structural “envelope”. : The water system is private -| and sufficiently “Alta” to satis- ieee- wnt Seeenereenguneerncen naan acimmnete them or not, these have been the who want cabin in the woods;. something that offers a little privacy, a little room to stretch out, the sense that for small moments in time that you are the only person for miles around (although I don’t personally find this an attractive thought when the temperature plummets, up mine sands shaft the wind howls, the snow drifts up to the eaves, and your words seem to be sucked up in the silence). Such properties are hard to find in Little Cottonwood ‘Canyon, but they do crop up occasionally. As luck would have it for the above disposed, just such a property is currently available. Of course this is the Alta/Snowbird neighborhood, so it isn’t really cheap. On the other hand, given the fact that, when you do emerge from your cabin hungry and disoriented as a result of your existentialist musings, there are a couple of restaurants nearby, a couple of ski lifts nearby (overhead, in fact) and a major metropolitan area within thirty minutes, $295,000, it isn’t really expensive either. This Albion Basin cabin is located' about a twenty minute snow cat drive from the Alta maintenance buildings at the top of the canyon road. If you happen to be skiing at Alta, access is quick and easy via the Supreme lift. The cabin sits on .39 acres which is densely populated with trees so there is plenty of privacy in spite of the property’s location in the middle of some of the Alta’s best skiing. In fact, the cabin is so well hidden that it takes a couple of trips up the chair and a patient eye to pick out its chocolate brown exterior with light blue trim. In the summer the property enjoys drive to access but a little less privacy because of its location just north of campsite 18 in the Albion Basin campground. This 1350 square foot property has two bedrooms and a single bathroom, a | relatively new kitchen, a wood burning stove for auxiliary heating, plenty of stor_ age in an unfinished three quarters base- which contains of gallons of cold, nience and, it must of the established said, conve- condominium is not a small sum of money, but it is sig- nificantly less than all but a handful of properties of any description in the canyon, and at least $200,000 less than further information on this or the other “Cabins-,.. for...sale . In... Alta’ -call Cottonwood Canyons Realty at 521-6040 ext. 4120. --By Alexander Miller, E-mail: CCR @ xmission.com--OR-Alexander.Miller@juno.com POWDER BEACH sh thou- clear, be developments in the canyon. $295,000.00 clean mountain water. The system is shared by two nearby cabins. The Cabin is hitched up to electrical service and PiOne service, however you can’t get pizza delivery. Propane tanks provide cooking fuel as well as Residential Sales * Vacation Rentals PARK CITY 645-9444 SALT LAKE 944-9444 SNOWBIRD 742-9444 fuel for the hybrid heating system which yet Ned." a little O neighbors dle of the best skiing in the world. For combines electric, wood fire and propane. Thé.cabing 1s on: a sewer holding tank.. There is something charming as. well as something vaguely “Montana Militia” about this resolutely redundant self sufficiency. There are actually three subdivisions and a surprising number of homes in Alta’s Albion Basin, most of © which date back to the 60’s. A majority of the homes were built at least twenty years ago before the tightening in the language and practice Utah’s SNOWBIRD s completely furnished, F one bedroom, two bath condo in THE LODGE. Shi Slope, Tram and Canyon Views from the balcony! Lockout capability makes it great for owner use and rentals. Filled with too many amenities to list. This is a First Class property Park City Deer Valley Wolf Mountain _ Salt Lake Valley Snowbird/Alta at a World Class resort. A special opportunity. $239,000. Brighton/Solitude | TOLL FREE (888) 944-9555 _ water laws. Unless a property owner can show water rights, or has an inde- pendent water supply which has been determined legal under a grandfather clause. There is presently very little chance of getting water rights, and therefore, a building permit. Under the current scenario it is very unlikely that any new house will be built in these subdivisions even though there has been some talk lately from property owners about trying to acquire water rights through the Town of Alta. For its part, the town of Alta, depending on who you talk to, can’t or won't grant them. In addition to limited access to water, it remains a fact that 95% of, thea land in. Little Cottonwood Canyon belongs to the National Forest Service and therefore can not be developed, at least by mortals of lesser stature than ans say.....Earl Holding. All of these factors should conspire to keep. private homes in the 7 WHAT'S INA NAME.......................?? Little Cottonwood Canyon’s only on site real estate office now has a new name - cottonwood canyons realty. Formerly snowbird realty. With over 20 years experience in the Snowbird/Alta Resort Areas, we are now serving Big Cottonwood Canyon. Looking for a place in Solitude Resort’s new Village? We can help. Our name has changed but our commitment to service or our knowledge of the canyons - and our selection just got better! ie | cottonwood canyons realty Sugarplum Powder Ridge Blackjack Hellgate Snowbird Village Condominiums eS “PO Box 920071 Snowbird UT 84092 e-mail ccr@xmission.com 800-453-7122 c 801-742-2222 ext. 4120 _ Homes| Building Lots ‘Shared Ownership ‘Page 11 Canyons Realty ~ 801-742-2807 FAX Pt —t*~s tts in the. Snowbird Center - 2nd floor a Over the years the real estate market Little Cottonwood Canyon has come to be identified with Snowbird’s elegant though, some would say, not particularly warm and fuzzy, condominium lodges, and a small selection of beautiful but expensive condominiums clustered on the Alta by-pass road. Like Thoreau’s Canyon without the hot breath of nearby — fy those who, unlike would-be remodelers, think that you can’t | be too rustic. It consists of a blocked The Place only properties available. But for some people, these just don’t do the trick . There are scores of latter day’ Albion Basin area a rarity. As for the particular cabin, itis currently one of only three available properties in the canyon that claim the appellation of “cabin in the mountains” and it is the most convincing of the three in that role. This property is worth a look if you want the benefits of Little Cottonwood | © 1996 Cottonwood Canyons Realty itl lace To et AWay Hom I Al the only other private homes in the area. . Additionally, it is the only property which can claim a mine shaft, a chair lift , three heating options and a six person snow cat for the owners usage. Regardless of what happens in the future with regards to property development high in the upper reaches of Alta, the owner of this new cabin will be one of only a few hundred people in this entire world of 5.5 billion people who will be able to claim ownership rights in the mid- |