Great room at Saorsa Ranch with cedar timber trusses and limewash walls

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Saorsa Ranch

Evergreen, CONew construction

Saorsa Ranch, formerly Bristlecone Ranch, is a 20,000 square foot off-grid mountain estate at 9,200 feet in Evergreen, Colorado. Built by Gilk for a fellow NFL player and close friend, it was designed as a deeply personal retreat. The name Saorsa means “freedom” in Scottish Gaelic.

The home is fully self-sustaining, powered by a solar field, battery bank, propane system and private well. It blends rustic, modern and industrial elements across six bedrooms, six full baths and two half baths, split between a main residence and a three-bedroom in-law suite.

Standout spaces include a great room with cedar timber trusses and limewash walls, a four-seasons room with skylights, a wood-burning fireplace and a built-in grill, and a full gym with a sauna and cold plunge. There is a three-tiered movie theatre, a chef’s kitchen with double islands, a scullery, a hidden appliance pantry and a coffee bar, and a primary suite with a steam shower, concrete freestanding tub and illuminated countertops. The house also has a children’s study, his and her offices, an elevator, a see-through fireplace and a three-bay garage.

Throughout, reclaimed materials, exposed steel, hand-placed tile and careful architectural detail make it not only a place to live, but a story to live in.

The house from above: the roofline against the pines and the meadow below Chef’s kitchen with double islands under timber trusses Great room seating around the stone fireplace, looking out to the trees Four-seasons room with stone fireplace and mountain view Four-seasons room under the skylights, with the fireplace and the snow outside Primary bedroom with wood ceiling Freestanding tub in the dark-tiled primary bath Primary closet with glass-front wardrobes and a centre island Blue-panelled office with a wood desk Children’s study with a window seat and built-in shelving Built-in desks in the children’s study Three-tier movie theatre Full gym with a wood ceiling and mountain views

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