Gold Medal Homes: 6 Perfect Places for Winter Olympic Dreamers
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If you’re one of the millions of folks enjoying the Winter Olympics, you’re likely entertaining a few Olympic fantasies of your own. Whether they involve your skating across the ice rink, skiing down a mountain, or snowboarding on the halfpipe, golden dreams have their moment in the sun (or snow) every four years.
For whichever category you fall into, we’ve found medalworthy homes. Some are located just a quick slalom from Olympic training venues, while others could be winter sports training venues in and of themselves. You could just walk out the door and slap a hockey puck or go cross-country skiing.
Let’s turn our eyes to the podium as we count down six medal contenders.
Price: $5,895,000
Medal qualifications: This five-bedroom chateau is ski-in, ski-out, because it’s located on the same Deer Valley slopes where the best skiers in the world competed during the 2002 Olympics. The updated luxury “cabin” offers mountain views, an open floor plan with vaulted and beamed ceilings, several stone fireplaces, and numerous decks. A whimsical train track suspended from the ceiling runs through a couple of the bedrooms.
And a buyer can prepare year-round for the Winter Games. The Utah Olympic Park is just a short drive away, where ski jumpers can practice even when there is no snow, landing in a splash pool or on a massive inflatable pad, and bobsledders can practice on a refrigerated track.
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Price: $8,300,000
Medal qualifications: This secluded 22-acre retreat near Boston has everything an aspiring hockey player or figure skater needs: a covered ice rink and a skate house with a locker room, bathroom, garage, and living room. There’s also an exercise room with a steam room and sauna.
This 13,629-square-foot, shingle-style mansion has seven bedrooms, seven baths, and three half-baths—it’s big enough for the whole team––and it sits on 39 wooded acres.
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Price: $16,500,000
Medal qualifications: For aspiring biathletes, this country estate 2.5 hours outside of Chicago features a certified Olympic clay and trap range. There’s also plenty of room to practice cross-country skiing, since it comes with 1,000 acres.
You can fly to national competitions using your very own FAA-approved, 2,600-foot-long grass runway. Or hunker down in the six-bedroom main residence with the remodeled chef’s kitchen, game room, wet bar, spa room with pool, and eight-car garage.
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Price: $3,850,000
Medal qualifications: This Adirondack estate is on the shores of Lake Placid, host city of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games. The luxurious house has a bunk room that sleeps six, as well as a master suite.
Warm yourself on cold winter nights at one of three stone fireplaces, relax in the vaulted great room with oak flooring, or enjoy a single malt and a stogie at the oak bar (when you’re not training, of course).
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Price: $1,695,000
Medal qualifications: Known as Ski Town USA, this city is home to the largest natural ski jumping complex in North America, plus freestyle mogul and aerial complexes. Nearby is this four-bedroom home, which is located in a wooded setting between downtown Steamboat Springs and the ski areas.
The home features a chef’s kitchen with granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, double ovens, and center island. Outdoor luxuries include a private bridge over a flowing creek, a wraparound deck with hot tub, and a treehouse.
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Price: $779,900
Medal qualifications: If you’re into speed skating, this is the place to be. Milwaukee’s Pettit National Ice Center is an official U.S. Olympic Training Center and only 20 minutes away from this mansion. The center has hosted the National Short and Long Track Speed Skating Championships, the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, and the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Time Trials, among other events.
This mansion features gleaming hardwood floors, tall ceilings, and wood archways. It also has an updated kitchen with a butler’s pantry and a game room in the basement.
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