Cold comfort: checking-in off-piste at a Swiss Igloo village
Iglu-Dorf (igloo village) is high up in the Swiss Alps, 2,700 metres above sea level. Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelEntering the village you are greeted by meandering patterns carved into a corridor of snow and illuminated by candles. Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelFrom outside your igloo you can lie back and watch the sun going down over the Matterhorn.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick Steel
Matterhorn’s shadowy peak looms out of the darkness.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelClouds obscure the Matterhorn.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelChampagne on ice bar.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelDinner by candlelight in the dining room.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelSledging without sledges: getting back down the piste.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelThe "romantic" igloo comes with a double sleeping bag and a heart carved into the wall.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick SteelWarming up in the bedroom with the help of sleeping bags on top of sheep skins.Photograph: Patrick Steel/Patrick Steel
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