The weathered wall of a chalet takes up the right side of the scene, its deep wooden eave heaped with snow that is just beginning to drip. A window with a gray-green shutter looks out over a sloping drift toward the village below, where a slender church steeple and a few snow-roofed houses sit beside a quiet lake. A white peak rises beyond the valley under soft, broken cloud.
Guests in an entryway or a dining room can take in both the close timber detail and the long view down the valley. This painting belongs to the Alpine Snowlight collection, nine winter paintings of one alpine hamlet, and it is a natural companion to Snow on the Village Lane and The Chalet Window.