Mountaintop Patrol Shacks II: Reader Submissions

Humble buildings in spectacular settings

A few weeks ago, I published a photo essay documenting select mountaintop patrol shacks I encountered during the 2020-21 ski season. I invited readers to submit their favorites, and I received dozens of responses. Here are a few of the best:

Crested Butte, Colorado - Kelly Pawlak, President and CEO of the National Ski Areas Association

Grand Targhee, Wyoming - Twitter user @TyranPatterson

Squaw Valley, California - Greg Patton. Love the skier punching the fall line off the edge.

Loup Loup Ski Bowl, Washington - Erik Blazing

Arizona Snowbowl - Indy Pass Founder Doug Fish. You trying to tell us something here, Doug?

Cuchara Mountain Resort, a lost (but maybe not for long) ski area in Colorado - Tracey McCormick

Arapahoe Basin, Colorado, circa 2000 - Kevin Houle

Bromley, Vermont - Lea Latham

Ragged Mountain, New Hampshire - pauric via email

Mt. Norquay - Skier 72 via email

Cataloochee Ski Area - North Carolina - Kelly Pawlak

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to submit a photo. A few I couldn’t include for copyright reasons, and a few were selfie-style and didn’t really show the building. I’ll give it another run next year. One day maybe we’ll have enough to collectively put together a Shackblog version of Lift Blog.