TechnoAlpin’s magical Snowroom installation at the Alpenrose resort brings the Austrian landscape and feel-good nature factor to its wellbeing experience
The Snowroom is visually and thematically linked to the resort’s sauna area / photo: technoalpin
At the Alpenrose Familux Resort in Lermoos, Tirol, Austria, relaxation means creating space for simplicity and the freedom to just be. “Simplicity combined with extraordinary quality – for children as well as adults – that’s our understanding of luxury,” the hotel team explains.
This guiding principle runs through every part of the resort, and nowhere more so than in the newly-reimagined wellness area. Here, modern architecture meets unique experiences inspired by the alpine landscape. Nature becomes part of the journey – enhancing wellbeing and leading guests step by step through the mountains.
One great highlight of this internal landscape is the element of real snow, offering a glistening, refreshing, unexpected way to cool down after a heat experience.
Spheres of wellbeing With its ‘Feel Good Spa’ concept, developed in-house, Alpenrose set out to go beyond traditional treatments. The spa is built around four customisable ‘spheres of wellbeing’: relaxation and regeneration, movement and vitality, beauty and care, and family-focused experiences and guests can shape their own wellness journey based on their needs and moods.
Once this concept had proven successful with guests, the next step was translating it into architecture. As a family hotel, Alpenrose Familux ensures that both children and adults find their enjoyable place. The design reflects this with two distinct sauna zones: a family area for all ages and an adults-only retreat where parents can unwind while children are cared for in the popular Kids Club.
Architect Stefan Ghetta, from Archifaktur Hotel and Spa, describes the challenge: “The adults-only spa is located on the lower floor – in a darker part of the building. Instead of hiding that, we embraced it, creating a mystical atmosphere in contrast to the lively, child-friendly areas upstairs. Large saunas and the Snowroom feel like caves or grottos, inviting guests to step into another world.”
The Snowroom wellness concept, which offers a -10°C space filled with real, freshly fallen snow daily, was supplied by snow system experts TechnoAlpin Indoor. As part of a contrast therapy experience, it’s designed to transform the ‘cold part’ into something much more exciting and experiential.
From valley to glacier Alpenrose’s new spa unfolds as a journey through alpine elements. As Ghetta explains: “We start in the valley and move up the mountain. The first sauna reflects the meadow, the second the forest, the third leads up to the glacier – where the experience merges directly with the Snowroom, the natural cooling space after the heat of the sauna.” This storytelling design mirrors the surrounding landscape and even the view of the Zugspitze glacier outside the resort. “The glacier defines our panorama. It felt only natural to bring this alpine element into the spa,” the hotel team notes.
The Snowroom is visually and thematically connected to the saunas. Ghetta says: “We wanted the hot-and-cold contrast not only to be functional, but also visible. The transition from the sauna into the bright, glittering Snowroom was designed so transparently that the opposites become part of one continuous experience.”
From the Finnish sauna, guests can already glimpse the sparkling snow, building anticipation as they sweat. Unlike ice fountains, which only provide surface cooling, or plunge pools, which often feel too abrupt, the Snowroom allows each guest to cool down either gently or intensively, according to their comfort level.
“A simple ice fountain felt too plain, and a plunge pool not innovative enough,” the Alpenrose team explains. “With snow, we found the perfect balance.”
The feedback confirms this choice: guests see the Snowroom not as a gimmick, but as an enhancement that enriches the ritual of sauna and contrast therapy. Many describe it as a highlight of their stay.
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TechnoAlpin’s magical Snowroom installation at the Alpenrose resort brings the Austrian landscape and feel-good nature factor to its wellbeing experience
The Snowroom is visually and thematically linked to the resort’s sauna area / photo: technoalpin
At the Alpenrose Familux Resort in Lermoos, Tirol, Austria, relaxation means creating space for simplicity and the freedom to just be. “Simplicity combined with extraordinary quality – for children as well as adults – that’s our understanding of luxury,” the hotel team explains.
This guiding principle runs through every part of the resort, and nowhere more so than in the newly-reimagined wellness area. Here, modern architecture meets unique experiences inspired by the alpine landscape. Nature becomes part of the journey – enhancing wellbeing and leading guests step by step through the mountains.
One great highlight of this internal landscape is the element of real snow, offering a glistening, refreshing, unexpected way to cool down after a heat experience.
Spheres of wellbeing With its ‘Feel Good Spa’ concept, developed in-house, Alpenrose set out to go beyond traditional treatments. The spa is built around four customisable ‘spheres of wellbeing’: relaxation and regeneration, movement and vitality, beauty and care, and family-focused experiences and guests can shape their own wellness journey based on their needs and moods.
Once this concept had proven successful with guests, the next step was translating it into architecture. As a family hotel, Alpenrose Familux ensures that both children and adults find their enjoyable place. The design reflects this with two distinct sauna zones: a family area for all ages and an adults-only retreat where parents can unwind while children are cared for in the popular Kids Club.
Architect Stefan Ghetta, from Archifaktur Hotel and Spa, describes the challenge: “The adults-only spa is located on the lower floor – in a darker part of the building. Instead of hiding that, we embraced it, creating a mystical atmosphere in contrast to the lively, child-friendly areas upstairs. Large saunas and the Snowroom feel like caves or grottos, inviting guests to step into another world.”
The Snowroom wellness concept, which offers a -10°C space filled with real, freshly fallen snow daily, was supplied by snow system experts TechnoAlpin Indoor. As part of a contrast therapy experience, it’s designed to transform the ‘cold part’ into something much more exciting and experiential.
From valley to glacier Alpenrose’s new spa unfolds as a journey through alpine elements. As Ghetta explains: “We start in the valley and move up the mountain. The first sauna reflects the meadow, the second the forest, the third leads up to the glacier – where the experience merges directly with the Snowroom, the natural cooling space after the heat of the sauna.” This storytelling design mirrors the surrounding landscape and even the view of the Zugspitze glacier outside the resort. “The glacier defines our panorama. It felt only natural to bring this alpine element into the spa,” the hotel team notes.
The Snowroom is visually and thematically connected to the saunas. Ghetta says: “We wanted the hot-and-cold contrast not only to be functional, but also visible. The transition from the sauna into the bright, glittering Snowroom was designed so transparently that the opposites become part of one continuous experience.”
From the Finnish sauna, guests can already glimpse the sparkling snow, building anticipation as they sweat. Unlike ice fountains, which only provide surface cooling, or plunge pools, which often feel too abrupt, the Snowroom allows each guest to cool down either gently or intensively, according to their comfort level.
“A simple ice fountain felt too plain, and a plunge pool not innovative enough,” the Alpenrose team explains. “With snow, we found the perfect balance.”
The feedback confirms this choice: guests see the Snowroom not as a gimmick, but as an enhancement that enriches the ritual of sauna and contrast therapy. Many describe it as a highlight of their stay.
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