New site less visible from valley floor By Don Nelson The complicated process of moving a small cabin on Flagg Mountain to a less-visible site on the owners’ property was well underway this week, after more than a month of preparation. The cabin had been boarded up for relocation and a large crane was on […]
Hanging hut
Controversial Flagg Mountain cabin will apparently be moved
New location could resolve legal battle By Don Nelson The owners of a small cabin on Flagg Mountain near Mazama apparently have begun the process of moving the structure to a nearby site from which it won’t be visible from the valley floor, according to communications provided to the Methow Valley News this week. Moving […]
Judge rules Flagg Mountain cabin should be removed
By Don Nelson
Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Chris Culp ruled last Wednesday (Oct. 15) that the so-called “hanging hut” built on Flagg Mountain near Mazama violates property covenants meant to protect views from the valley floor, and that “removal of the hut from its current location …
Flagg Mountain cabin legal dispute awaits judge’s ruling
The trial over the legality of a small cabin built atop Flagg Mountain in Mazama concluded last week with oral closing arguments and a visit to the cabin site by Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Chris Culp, who is expected to make a ruling in October. Attorney David Bricklin, who is representing the plaintiffs in […]
Headed for court
A contingency of Mazama-area residents gathered Tuesday morning (Aug. 12), ready to travel to Okanogan to observe the first day of a trial over the legality of a small cabin built atop Flagg Mountain in 2012. The trial, expected to last about four days, will be heard by Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Chris Culp. […]
Judge dismisses defendants’ request in cabin suit
By DON NELSON Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Chris Culp has denied a request by defendants to dismiss two plaintiffs from the legal proceedings in a lawsuit over a small cabin built on Flagg Mountain. In a ruling dated July 12, Culp said there was no persuasive argument offered by the defendants to support disqualifying […]
