A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—
Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal
Maine, the Alps—where the building itself
may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned
shed until the realtor called it a
rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $
2 million.