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With that inmind, the two chose the steeper slope on the lot
surrounded by trees. Long-time local, Arv Peligram felled a few
trees and they put in the concrete footings, posts and frame
requisite to get title and finish the cabin, the outhouse, and
even a sauna. Decades later, Peter’s cabin sits high on posts
amongst the trees, melding in perfectly with its surroundings,
and with a limited impact on the nature around it
-
truly a
hidden gem.
On a trip to Sun Valley, Idaho years later in 1978, Peter was in
a bar at après boasting that he had “a log cabin inWhistler.”
Awoman nearby retorted that she also had “a log cabin in
Washington,” and it was a matchmade in ski-bum heaven.
Peter and Paula followed their hearts, and three kids and
36 years of marriage later, they are still frequentingWhistler,
driving up from Squamish to ski as often as they can.
Old cabins require maintenance, and although Peter, now 75, is
still active and a ripping skier, he has had some health issues
and needed to sell his piece of Whistler woodland paradise. “I
wanted tomake sure my wife was set
…
I had a second heart
surgery coming up and the risk was quite high.”
Selling a rustic, 400-square-foot cabin in the woods with no
plumbing or electricity proved tricky, partly because of the flat
Whistler market at the time, but also because Peter wanted
to find the right buyer. “We were more interested in someone
who was going to appreciate it like we did,” he says, “than
someone who was gonna bulldoze and build some big shit on
it
…
it was very difficult to sell. We love it.”
(LEFTTORIGHT)
Peter keeps thehome firesburning. COURTESYOFPAULAMCLAUGHLIN.
If it ain’t broke... ACEMCKAYSMITH.Another ski bumA-frame springs to life. COURTESY
OFPAULAMCLAUGHLIN. Aperfect forest hideaway for thisdayandage. TODD LAWSON
