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High Altitude Style House in Saint-Sauveur, Québec
Real Estate Development in Saint-Sauveur, Canada – design by Jane Hope
Jul 1, 2018
High Altitude Style House
Design: Jane Hope
Location: Saint-Sauveur, Canada
High Altitude Style House – A 1960s ski house gets a facelift and the whole family smiles.

When you wind your way up Mont Suisse in Saint Sauveur des Monts, you keep your eyes on the road. The switchbacks and hairpin turns hold your attention until you arrive at the very top. But once there, it?s something else that makes you hold your breath.

The vista below peeks through the trees, and through the glass portico of a house perched at the edge of the valley. It draws you in. And once inside, the view spreads out like a billowing blanket of green in summer, and a fairy tale of twinkling white in winter. Gazing out at the view, you begin to make connections.
The silver roof and spire of the cathedral in the village below, are echoed in the standing steel roof and siding of one wing of the house.

The historic auberges that dot the landscape are inspiration for the cedar-shingled roof and siding of the other wing.

The windows too, all square, arranged in an even row, or stacked like hay bales, speak of the heritage of barns where livestock once huddled for the winter.

These days, the valley is given over to ski hills on all sides. The village bustles with festi...