Grab a warm cup of hot chocolate and enjoy these wonderfully wintry images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest. A quaint resort sits at the base of these majestic snow-capped mountains.

Despite the chaos winter weather brings, the snow also creates moments of silent and stunning beauty. Here are some photos of those scenes from photographers around the world. A road leads through ...

these mountains are home to various flora and fauna, lush green valleys, beautiful hiking paths, snow-covered peaks and remote Berber villages.