Long a magnet for winter sports enthusiasts, Breckenridge, Colorado, is a year-round destination with a historic Main Street, an annual film festival and an active second-home market.
Among the most sought-after residences are ski-in and ski-out houses such as this slope-side three-level along Peak 8, where the mountain first opened runs in 1961.
Staircases off the rotunda entry connect the main floor to the other levels. (SLIFER SMITH & FRAMPTON)
Set at the end of a road, the wood-and-stone mountain home was designed with oversized spaces for entertaining a crowd.
The rotunda entry contains a sweeping circular staircase with wrought-iron railings. An elevator also provides access to the three floors.
The vaulted ceiling great room contains the main living and dining areas. (SLIFER SMITH & FRAMPTON)
The main living area is the great room with a double-sided stone fireplace, vaulted wood-beam ceilings and a wall of glass that opens to a deck and looks out on a ski run and open space.
The windows in the adjacent dining room, which can easily accommodate a table for 10, look up at the Breckenridge Ski Resort.
Decks extend the living space outdoors. (SLIFER SMITH & FRAMPTON)
A barrel-vaulted ceiling delineates the living and dining areas of the open-plan space.
The kitchen has bar seating at the island as well as room for a breakfast table. It opens to an adjacent sitting room surrounded by windows.
Some of the seven bedrooms include fireplaces. (SLIFER SMITH & FRAMPTON)
The seven bedrooms contain such features as ensuite bathrooms, fireplaces and walls of windows.
A walk-in wine cellar, a raised bar with a tin hood and a billiards room with a fireplace and patio access are on the lower level. The tiered theater room has eight seats.
A bar and apres-ski lounging space are on the lower level. (SLIFER SMITH & FRAMPTON)
Including the boys’ and girls’ bunkrooms there’s enough space to sleep 25 or more within the more than 9,500 square feet of living space.
A coat, ski boot and snow board room off the rotunda entry has heated floors.
Jeff Moore of Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate is the listing agent for 457 Timber Trail, Breckenridge, Colorado. The asking price is $16.2 million.
Denver International Airport is about 95 miles east of Breckenridge.
