Romance

Snowed In

By Ari Weaver

A January storm shuts the ridge while you're halfway up the Ötztal, and the only shelter is the Gruber Hut at 2,600 metres. Florian Gruber, the guide who runs it, doesn't want you there. His aunt Resi has already poured you a schnapps. Five other guests are stuck with you for at least three days: a couple ending their marriage, a Dutch student who flirts with everyone, an old British climber, and a woman carrying her father's ashes to the summit.

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