Winter is the perfect time to rally family and friends for a cabin getaway with days full of adventures in the unspoiled snow and nights spent nursing hot (spiked) cider around the fireplace. If you’re dreaming about your own rustic retreat in the wilderness, look no further for inspiration: These modern winter cabins demonstrate a deep respect for their snowy, wooded surrounds.

A Family Getaway With Individual Volumes and Alpine Views

A Minimalist Winter Chalet Stands Tall on Stilts

This Snug Guesthouse in Upstate New York Is Good Enough to Live In

A Cross-Shaped, Carbon-Neutral Cabin in Finland

An Enchanting Cabin of Wood, Glass, and Steel Entices Visitors to Rural Wisconsin

This Remote Shou Sugi Ban Cabin Gets You Up Close to Iceland’s Volcanoes and Hot Springs

A Tiny Timber Cabin Takes Root in a Russian Forest for $13.4K

Delo Design cofounders Arsenii Brodach and Anastasia Gulyaeva constructed this compact, modular cabin in a pine forest near St. Petersburg, Russia, for a couple with a young child who spend their weekends here while a larger country home is under construction." layout="" credit="Photo by Arsenii Brodach" photoUserId=""/>

A Family of Skiers Find Winter Bliss in a Cozy Cabin in Norway

To achieve a spacious feel in the open-plan living and dining area, Berg drew design inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright’s use of the “gallery,” a low-ceilinged entry corridor that leads to a vaulted room, which feels more open due to the architectural principle of compression and release. The cozy living room features a refurbished Børge Mogensen chair, a Recover sofa from Bolia, and a coffee table sourced from Jotex. Oiled white pine makes the vaulted space feel light and bright." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Alejandro Villanueva" photoUserId=""/>

This Minimalist Micro Cabin Is a Tranquil Retreat in Canada’s Wilds

You Can Only Reach This Canadian Micro Cabin by Foot, Skis, or Snowshoes

In 2020, L’Abri finished a second, slightly bigger shelter called the Grand-Pic in Canada’s Poisson Blanc Regional Park. Under the cabin’s elongated, pitched roof, the architects tucked 321 square feet of living space and a 267-square-foot screened porch to accommodate groups of four." layout="wide" credit="Photo by Yan Kaczynski" photoUserId=""/>

Inside Washington State’s Steel Cabin on Stilts

This 592-Square-Foot Cabin in Norway Functions Off-Grid

A Multigenerational Ski Retreat Inspired by Norse Mythology

A Cantilevered Home in the Canadian Mountains

Architects Stéphane Rasselet and David Dworkind of Canadian firm Naturehumaine delivered a strikingly simple concept for a behind-the-scenes movie guy who wanted a secluded place to recuperate from exhausting projects. The architects anchored two stacked, rectangular volumes into a steep mountainside. The geometric silhouette of the 1,740-square-foot cabin echoes the classic typology of the region’s gable roof barns. " layout="" credit="Photo by Adrien Williams" photoUserId="6133431172638289920"/>

An Energy-Efficient Winter Retreat in Washington State

A Split-Level Cabin in Norway Is a Cozy Family Hub

This Mirrored Cabin Playfully Brings a Forest Indoors

A Prefab Cabin in New Hampshire Is a Magnificent Mountain Retreat

Mountain House by Studio Razavi Architecture

Get Cozy in This Renovated A-Frame Cabin in the Woods

A Pinwheel-Shaped Cabin in Norway Is a Fresh Take on the Traditional Hytte

This Snow-White Cabin Disappears Into a Wintry Lakeside

A Nearly Invisible “Hytte” Rises From a High Plateau in Norway

This Cozy Cabin Stands Above the Forest Floor on a Single Leg

This Dramatic A-Frame Cabin Channels Canada’s Rich Maritime History

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