This walkthrough is meant as a general guide only. It
may not include every pickup or secret. There may also be alternative ways of
approaching situations within the game.
The level begins with a unique and
original cutscene of a postman delivering a letter to Lara in her cabin in the
mountains. The note is from Werner Von Croy asking Lara to please see him
immediately. Lara gets on her winter gear for the journey ahead and so ends the
cutscene. Reverse roll and pull the switch on the wall ahead. This switch opens
a door in the snow outside. Reverse roll and exit the alcove. Turn left and you
can pickup the letter if you like (after all Werner took so much trouble to write it and all). Turn left
again and exit the cabin via the door. (I guess Lara prefers to kick
open the door, perhaps ice has jammed it?) Turn left and head around the house
and to the back is a large medipack. Turn around and head to the left where
there is a door in the snow. Drop down and head through the crawlspace. Exit
the crawlspace and pickup a set of flares.
Turn right and take a standing jump
to the middle of the area. Turn right, head straight and jump and grab the
slope on the right. Pull up and backflip to the next slope. Then jump and grab
to the ledge ahead. Pull up and pickup a small medipack. Turn left, walk to the
edge and take a standing jump to the wooden ladder ahead. Turn left, jump and
grab the monkey swing and head to the end. Turn left and forward until you can
drop to the next wooden ladder. Head to the end of the ladder, sidestep to the
left and do a standing jump and grab to the alcove ahead. Pull up, turn left
and drop down to the area below.
The sign in the middle warns of
boulders falling. On the right is a pool with a waterfall. The fellow in the
red jacket is non-hostile as long as you don’t shoot him (he shoots back). Take
a standing jump to the pool and turn right. Head along the edge of the pool and
enter a crawlspace. Turn left and climb the stairs ahead. Reverse roll and jump
and grab the monkey swing on the ceiling. Proceed forward and drop into the
alcove on the right. Pickup the flares and follow the corridor to the end where
there is a switch on the wall. Pull the switch which opens a door in the room
below. Exit the alcove and drop down. Head up the stairs and through the newly
opened door. Climb the ladder and pull up. Push the block forward on the end
and a cutscene shows a view of the block at the waterfall. Reverse roll and
exit the alcove back to the room below. Go forward and climb the ladder. Drop
onto the ledge on the right and follow it around to the end. Go through the
door on the left and climb up the stairs. Drop into the water below and climb out.
Walk back to the area with the falling boulder sign. Wait as a boulder falls,
crushing the ice in the alcove on the right. Follow the boulder and drop into
the water. Swim to the end and pull out of the water.
Ahead is a bridge with swinging sand
bags. Although the sandbags won’t hurt you, they can push you off the bridge.
Keep to the middle and make your way through to the other side. Turn right and
down the corridor into a room with two boulders on a set stairs. Go to the end,
turn right and head into the crawlspace. Pull the switch at the end and the
stairs turn into a slope. The boulders roll down. Pull the switch again to
return the slope to stairs. Head out and climb the stairs up to the second
last one. Do not pull up to the last one or you will fall back down
into the crawlspace. From the second last stair, turn around and do a standing
jump and grab to the ledge above. Pull up, slide and jump to the small ledge to
the right. Pull the wall switch in the alcove and the stairs turn into a slope
again. Exit the alcove. From the ledge do a standing jump and grab the sloped
ledge. Shimmy to the left. Pull up and immediately jump and turn left to land
on the staircase on the left. Climb the staircase and go through the door on
the right. Follow the corridor around and to the end where you’ll find a
pushable ice block. Push the block and a cutscene shows the waterfall is now
blocked. Reverse roll and exit via the now opened door on the left Drop into
the water below and swim down. At the end, face west and swim back and surface
at the waterfall pool. Now that the water current is no more, swim into the
alcove on the left. At the end, reverse roll and pull the underwater switch.
This opens a door in the rock cliffs outside. Exit the alcove and pull up out
of the water. Head to the area with the boulder sign and turn left. Climb the
blocks to the top, go through the door on the left and over the wooden bridge.
Go to the end of the alcove and reverse roll. Do a standing jump and grab to
the ledge above and pull up.
Ahead is yet another series of
swinging sand bags blocking the way. Run past the
first bag and turn into the alcove on the right as a boulder rolls past. Return
to the ramp and make your way to the end. Turn right and head outside to where
there is a long wooden bridge. As you cross the bridge, a boulder begins to
roll in front of you. From the middle of the bridge, turn left, jump back and
grab the edge of the bridge. Shimmy to the right and pull up after the boulder
stops rolling. Head back up the rest of the ladder and into the next area.
Climb the block ahead and enter the alcove. Slide down the slope and watch as
Lara performs a miraculous jump down the side of the mountain towards Werner’s
house. Jump and run right, around the cabin and to the door and watch the final
cutscene. Lara consoles Werner, Pierre and his henchman exchange holiday
greetings and the level ends.
The End.