# The Ice Stair

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-ice-stair.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![loc amber temple road 1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-road-1.webp)
> **Region:** [The Amber Temple](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/the-amber-temple.md) · level 10
> **Resting:** Risky
> **Light:** bright, outdoors

## Overview

The last climb from the Tsolenka Pass to the Amber Temple: a switchback shelf of snow and broken rock with the drop on one side and the mountain on the other. Where the road's fights and meetings play out.

**Resting:** Risky: a rest here can be interrupted.

![loc amber temple road overview](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-road-overview.webp)
*The whole place from above.*

## Getting here

### Ways out

| # | Exit | Leads to | Only when |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On down toward the pass | the travel map |  |
| 2 | On up toward the temple | the travel map |  |

## Map

![amber temple road](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/maps/amber-temple-road.svg)

**Key:** gold, people; red, containers; purple, hidden finds; teal, skill checks; white, exits; orange, traps. The numbers match the lists on this page.

### Close up

![loc amber temple road spot1](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/shots/loc-amber-temple-road-spot1.webp)
*a traveller frozen where he sat, something in the frozen traveller's pack*

## What to find

| # | Where | What | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | something in the frozen traveller's pack (hidden) | [Potion of Giant Strength (Frost Giant)](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/magic-items.md#potion-of-giant-strength-frost-giant) | Search: Perception DC 12 |

The containers here also get random magic items and potions, rolled for a party of level 10 the first time you come ([Random Treasure](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/items/random-treasure.md)). Hidden finds need a Search (F) nearby; the party's best roll counts.

### Skill checks

| # | Where | Check | Try | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | a traveller frozen where he sat | Medicine 13 | Examine the frozen traveller | finds Potion of Giant Strength (Frost Giant) |