Valerie Wilson Travel's video: Between Heaven and Earth: Gstaad Palace Lunch by Helicopter

Everything about the Alpine town of Gstaad is over the top, from the opulent chalets and VIP clientele to the glitzy après-ski scene. Now Gstaad Palace, the region’s most luxurious hotel, is taking the town’s gilded reputation to new heights (literally), with an exclusive winter experience combining a 60-minute private helicopter ride and lunch on a glacier.After taking off, you’ll be poured a glass of champagne (the perfect antidote to any in-flight jitters) and given an exclusive tour of Switzerland's mountainous area by your experienced Air-Glaciers pilot. You’ll pass idyllic villages and towering peaks as you make your way to the postcard-perfect town of Zermatt, the most famous mountain of the Swiss Alps. Once you’ve done a lap of the snow-capped giant, it’s on to lunch at Refuge l’Espace, a rustic mountain lodge perched on a glacier nearly 10,000 feet above sea level.