This luxurious log cabin is situated in the Idaho mountains. Covered with snow during a clear Winters day, it looks pristine and inviting with its interesting rock fireplace construction.The log cabin and the log house terminology are often used by the lay person interchangeably, meaning many people confuse the term as being the same thing, but the reality is they generally describe different houses. A log house is typically a house constructed of ‘non milled’ logs and is often (although not always) of considerably more robust construction. A log cabin is a term more often used to describe a much smaller house of somewhat impermanent construction, and also usually less finished or less sophisticated from an architectural perspective than a proper log house.
The log house or log cabin is constructed from long trunks of timber usually pine or spruce. Particularly popular in the Scandinavian countries like Finland and Sweden where there is generally a higher availability of straight tall tree trunks. a log cabin’s uniqueness is in its simplistic construction, often able to be erected in days and usually without the need for nails. Their strength and stability is derived from the stacking of log on top of log and the interlocking ends and corners.
In this gallery, we show a selection of holiday homes and log cabins all covered in the snow. They all provide a sense of relaxation, which can obviously be heightened by relaxing and ‘chilling’ (excuse the pun) by a hot roaring fire on a cool winter’s evening. If you have an interest isn developing or building your own cabin in the wilderness, check out this book
Hill top mountain getaway surrounded by snow and and snow covered trees and roof
Cutely decorated shingle cladded holiday house with snow and ice covering.
A mountain stone walled holiday home set amongst a forest and undisturbed snow
Small house cabin in the forest in winter time covered and surrounded with snow
Traditional old log cabin covered with snow, snowdrifts on a sunny winter day
Wooden house and a car in covered in snow from the snow drifts.
Snowflakes falling on a cozy winter cabin inviting you to spend your Christmas holiday inside
Holiday mountain house covered with snow in Swiss Alps
Red wooden house in winter forest covered and surrounded with snow
Cabin on a snowy mountain landscape with a forest behind and traces of a snowfall on the roof and ground
Winter cottage surrounded by snow and with snow remnants on the roof.
Traditional log cabin covered and surrounded with snow in a holiday resort.
Remote log cabins in untouched snow
Romantic snow covered log cabin between the trees in a holiday resort