The Cabin That’s Almost A Mansion On Lost Chance Road In Jackson Hole

For a mere $11.5 million, resort-style life awaits in a cabin that’s almost a mansion, in a neighborhood that’s set up to feel like living in a resort full-time.

Most of the time when people talk about a cabin, they’re thinking of a small wooden structure with maybe two or three rooms at most, nestled away in some remote area as far from mankind as possible.

But in Jackson, that’s not really a cabin at all. The cabins in Jackson Hole are extra. They’re not mansions, but they’re bigger than the average single-family home, and they come with amenities one might more usually expect at a swanky resort.

Take the cabin at 6770 Last Chance Road in Teton Village, for sale right now for a mere $11.75 million. 

With a 720 credit rating and a $2.7 million downpayment, financial calculators put your monthly payments at just $54,000, for a 30-year loan.

The Last Chance home is not only a three-bedroom “cabin,” each of the bedrooms has its own private bathroom.  

The overall footprint of the home is 3,305 square feet and includes a den/television room. Not quite a mansion, perhaps, but a bit roomier than the 2,299 square feet that is the average for single-family homes. 

High-end appliances await in the kitchen — Subzero, Wolf, and Asko — for feasts in a dining room that easily fits a table to seat 10. 

Not to mention, there’s also a very nice outdoor hot tub out on the back patio, with mountain views all around, to soak in after dinner.

If you don’t feel like cooking, though, not to worry. The clubhouse is just a stone’s throw away. You can get a martini and a steak to order, and you won’t even need snowshoes to get there. 

That’s because the roads in the Shooting Star Ranch development have all been plowed for you. They’re ready for driving or walking any time, as you prefer. 

Old Lamps For New

The decor of the cabin, meanwhile, is hard to pin down. There’s a blend of aged, rustic elements, punctuated with luxurious, modern accents. 

A solid riverstone wall in the living room featuring a fireplace, for example, topped with cathedral ceilings of heavy aged timbers, frames a space that is ready for things like gold candelabras and sumptuous velvet furniture.

While European-style fixtures may not necessarily be a typical furnishing package in Jackson, particularly at the Shooting Star Ranch, the overall design of the cabin does fit a trend that might be best described as “Western contemporary,” although contemporary immediately starts to feel wrong, because of all the aged elements. 

Perhaps it is more like Western Aladdin, where something old becomes something new, and the result is this timeless space that feels like it has always been and always will be.  

“The interesting thing about the architecture is many years ago in Bozeman, actually Livingston, Montana and then Bozeman, this guy named Jonathan Foote started this company as an architect,” Evans explained. 

“And he would find old barns and old buildings and dismantle them for their materials and then implement them into his construction.”

The structures Foote built in this way became world-renowned for this mixture of reclaimed material blending seamlessly with modern amenities. 

Eventually two or three architects split off from Foote’s company and became JLF Architects, which Evans said built the Lost Chance Road cabin, as well as several others in the neighborhood. 

“It’s got that old-world look, which makes it seem as if it’s 150, 250 years old,” he said. “But when you walk in, it’s all modernized, and so it’s really a timeless look. It’s something that would work 100 years ago and will work 100 years from now. It’s really been quite popular in the Jackson market and quite popular all over the United States and the world.”

JLF is building this type of old-becomes-new architecture all over Jackson, Evans added.

“I remember one time they found an old barn up in northern Montana and it was all out of stone,” Evans said. “And they dismantled that barn, rock by rock, and labeled it, and then reproduced it in this person’s house and it was absolutely gorgeous. And that’s what they’re renowned for. That’s what they’re famous for.” 

Resort-Style Living

The other subtle thing the architecture does is to subtly wrap this cozy space in an elevated view.

Light pours in from huge picture frame windows, offering a panoramic view of a world that’s part-mountain, part-pine tree. It’s like a painting in every view, and from every possible angle, a painting that changes throughout the day and throughout the seasons. 

“You’re gonna see moose and elk and the occasional bear,” Evans said, adding that the price for the “cabin” is high because of the amenities that come with Shooting Star Ranch and because the world has discovered Jackson Hole. 

“Jackson just has it all,” he said. “That flare and ambience of resort living, and it’s created a lot of interest over the years. It’s become quite a Mecca for a lot of people wanting to get out of the city life and spend some time in the rural Wyoming that we have, even though this isn’t rural, it’s more of a resort place.”

A resort place that includes a golf course, water features, a clubhouse, a swimming pool, and a ski barn.

Meanwhile neighbors are like-minded folks, who have selected resort-style living, which makes the overall feel of the neighborhood breezy and friendly, a bit like a fraternity.  

“It’s just a high-end resort community,” Evans said. “And the skiing world loves this sort of thing, because they can spend some time there in the summer, but in the winter months, they can take a little shuttle right from their cabin, right from their home, to the tram dock and get on the ski lifts.” 

Those self-same shuttles will also pick them up and return them home at the end of the day. 

“It’s just a full-service community,” Evans said. “You’ve got your own restaurant and bar, and a massage for anyone who needs it. It’s just an all-inclusive resort.”