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High-altitude high jinks: Venturing beyond the glitz and glamour of St Moritz

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Travelers often take a cable car to the top of Diavolezza for some fun in the snow.

Travellers often take a cable car to the top of Diavolezza for some fun in the snow.

ST PHOTO: LOUISA LIM

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ST MORITZ, Switzerland – On the shores of a sapphire lake, a septuagenarian who looks vaguely like American actor Robert De Niro is walking his dog. Slightly hunched, with salt-and-pepper hair and distinguished facial features, the man shuffles along, looking like an off-duty Hollywood celebrity.

“Is he or isn’t he?” I wonder, craning my neck to get a better look.

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