Anne LaBastille wrote about buying a lakeside plot in the Adirondack Mountains area. I have read the first book "Woodswoman." I think she wrote 3 books in this series.
She wanted to escape the dangers of city life and a bad breakup and she built her log cabin herself.
Had to move it when the council said it couldn't be where she chose.
This was before snow skis and tech to navigate winter conditions and her story also goes on to describe the changes when these came in to use.
If they were there in winter, they stayed there which made any medical emergencies arising of great consequence. Good neighbours who were mostly dim lights across the water were important.
She also had companion dogs which were part of her decision to leave the city. Muggers were shooting their victim's dogs to get their way, which made her trying to save her beloved dog as well by leaving touching.
I enjoyed her journey, but she was a scientist funding her life by working as an ecology consultant so she wasn't growing things and generating her food sources like most homesteaders. Some fishing if I recall and a lyrically beautiful looking up at the night sky out when camping/exploring on the day of the moon landing which I found profound.
She describes her days and preparation for winter.
The crushing fear when unplanned accidents threw her at the mercy of whatever came upon her next.
The sense of freedom and amazement at the utter beauty all around her remains memorable.
We don't have snow and winters like this in Australia so I found that aspect engrossing.
Edited to add............. not fiction per se, but a scientist making home base in a snowbound cabin and making it work.
Thank you for the recommendations. Some interesting looking reads there.
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