Hotels carved out of snow and river ice each winter — and melted away each spring. Sleeping in one is a race against the thaw, which is exactly the appeal.
North America's only true ice hotel, rebuilt each winter at Village Vacances Valcartier and open roughly January to March.
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A hotel rebuilt every winter from snow and ice blocks cut from the frozen Torne River; it melts back into the river each spring.
A snow hotel near the Russian border that stays open 365 days a year, kept frozen through summer with cooling technology.
An igloo hotel sculpted fresh each winter on the banks of the Alta River, with an ice chapel and ice bar.
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