VAPOR. Two cabins · a sauna · a frozen lake
A wooden hot tub steaming on a deck above a forested valley at sunset.

VAPOR.

Two cabins by a frozen lake.
Heat, cold, rest.

01Heat80°

Fifteen minutes in the heat.
Then the lake.

A ladle pouring water on the sauna stones, a bare foot on the bench behind.
Water on the stones

The sauna burns birch and takes an hour to heat. We light it at four, so it is ready when the light goes.

It is yours for the evening. Nobody else has the key.

A woman lying on the sauna bench wrapped in a towel, the door open to the daylight.
Lie down. There is no hurry.
A linen towel hanging on a hook inside the dark wood sauna.
Towels on the hook
02Cold2°

Then the lake.
Thirty seconds is enough.

A long pier disappearing into the fog over a frozen lake.
The pier at 7 a.m.Fog until ten, most days
Two people walking away along a snow-covered pier into white fog.
To the end of the pier, the two of you

Every morning we cut the ice open again by the end of the pier. Go in slowly, breathe out longer than you breathe in, and come out when your hands tell you.

InBreathe outOutBack to the heat

Two people walking hand in hand down a snowy lane between bare trees.
The walk back
Two gloveless hands holding each other between winter coats.
03Rest39°

Then the water,
as long as you like.

Two people shoulder to shoulder in a round wooden tub, looking out at the valley.
Each cabin has its own
ONE ROUND

15 minSauna, 80°

30 sLake, 2°

10 minTub, 39°

× 3Then dinner

A woman seen from behind in a wooden barrel tub among the trees, feet up on the rim, mountains ahead.
The tub at the tree cabin
A woman seen from behind sitting in a white bath.
Hot water all day
04Cabins21°

Two cabins.
The lake to yourselves.

A couple kissing in silhouette against a tall window.
I

The lake cabin

Tall windows on the ice, a bed for two and a stove that is lit when you arrive. The pier starts at your door.

From USD 720 a night, dinner included

A couple asleep forehead to forehead under a heavy blanket, a window behind the bed.
II

The tree cabin

Up the slope among the spruce. Smaller and warmer, with the bed under the window and its own tub on the deck.

From USD 640 a night, dinner included

Two pairs of feet tangled under a white sheet.
No alarm
Two hands around a mug of coffee over a linen blanket.
Coffee at the door at eight
Two white robes hanging side by side on the wall, a lamp lit beside them.
Two robes
A window fogged over, drops running down the glass.
The window, by morning

The sauna is lit at four.
The water is already warm.