This summer, Zack Giffin’s 112-square-foot “ski chalet” is parked on his parents’ property on Lummi Island, Wash.CreditMichael Dyrland

Zack Giffin is an extreme, or “free,” skier and tiny-house booster, having made his home for the last three years in a 112-square-foot mobile “ski chalet.” This year, Mr. Giffin, 34, is a host of a new series, “Tiny House Nation,” beginning Wednesday on FYI, an A & E Networks channel that used to be known as Bio. When we caught up with him by phone last week, he was on the road for the show, which chronicles those who live the tiny-house life. The chalet, he said, was sitting on a trailer “in a lovely field in Lummi Island, Washington State, on my parents’ property, which is where it lives when we are not around.” (He shares it with his girlfriend, Molly Baker, 30, who is also a skier and was away working for a ski sponsor in Austria.) The couple have used their tiny house as an assist to their lifestyle, to help them get close to the mountains, mostly in the Northwest. (This interview has been condensed and edited.).

Q. Is your tiny house your only abode?

A. Yes, because of our jobs and our schedules, the tiny house is perfect. We’re not locked into the rent or the mortgage scenario....Continue Reading

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