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The loudest house party inWhistler
history took place in one, the first chapel
was housed in one, and local ski legend
Rob Boyd grew up in another. Whistler’s
A-frame houses are stoic veterans of
mountain living that grew from the glory
days of ski town living and have kept the
fires stoked ever since.
Quietly camouflaged in the forests north
of town or leisurely propped along the
shores of Alta Lake, these simple,
triangular wooden structures,
particularly the arched Gothic
variety, now serve as one of
the last remaining links
to the carefree era
and attitude fondly
remembered (and
marketed) as
authentic
mountain
culture.
Photography by Blake Jorgenson
Story by Feet Banks
