Laax, Switzerland
Laax and its smaller brother Flims are Swiss national treasures and pure snowboard heaven. This place is highly regarded by those snowboarders who know about it and what you have here is a full on snowboarders resort that links up with the more sedate Flims. Together they form an area regarded as one of the most snowboard friendly places in Switzerland. The Burton European Open has been held here for the past few 4 seasons, and the BRITS series finals are also hosted here in mid March. When events are held here, its not just the top riders that come to perform, some big name pop stars and DJs also put in an appearance.
The Vorab Glacier opens in October with a decent terrain park and a halfpipe, however it can take up to an hour to get up from the base. When the season opens fully in December the park relocates to its main place under the Crap Sogn Gion, and the Vorab area becomes a gateway to some of the best freeriding the resort has to offer.
Laax beginner terrain park
Photo: Steve, WSG
It is notable that not many tour operators plague these slopes; if ever there was a mountain meant for snowboarders free of two plankers, this is it. Laax also has one of the best lift systems in Europe with lots of fast Gondolas whisking you up to the peaks, and you are seldom queuing for long. Beginners will also enjoy the fact that there are only a few drag lifts and they can be easily avoided without restricting yourself in anyway.
On the downside of things, the resort management can be slow to open some areas after a fresh dump, especially the Cassons area. Laax is no unknown backwater, and the areas that are open, get tracked out incredibly quickly.
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Resort Statistics
Resort Type:
Alpine
Winter: Nov to April
Summer: May to Sept
Lifts
Total Lifts: 29
Cable cars: 7
Gondolas: 4
Chair lifts: 7
Drag lifts: 8
Other lifts: 3 kids lifts
Max people per hour: 42,000
Board Leashes required: No
Mountain
Total pistes/trails: 60
Total ride area: 220km
Longest run: 14km
Top lift: 3018m
Vertical drop: 1998m
First lift: 1020m
Piste suitability
Green runs: 35%
Red runs: 38%
Black runs: 27%
Lift Passes
| Low Season | High Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHF | GBP | CHF | GBP | |
| Day Pass | 54.00 | 33.61 | 67.00 | 41.70 |
| 6-Day Pass | 260.00 | 161.83 | 315.00 | 196.07 |
| 6-Day Linked area Pass | - | - | - | - |
| CHF | GBP | |
|---|---|---|
| Season Pass: | - | - |
Lift Passes:
Half day 50CHF
1 Day 63Chf
6 Days 354Chf
Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm
Snowfall
Average annual snowfall: 7.2metres
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 20%
Facilities
| CHF | GBP | |
|---|---|---|
| Days Rental of Board & Boots: | - | - |
| 4hr Group Lesson (full day): | - | - |
| 4hr Private Lesson (full day): | - | - |
Snowboard Schools:
Snowboard Fahrschule offer freestyle and freestyle lessons email fahrschule@weissearena.ch
Snowboard Hire:
Plenty of hire shops, some allowing a try before you buy.
Night Riding: :
No
Other activities
Heliboarding: :
About 30mins by car, www.airgrischa.ch 2-drops will set you back around 400CHF and take most of the day.
Snowmobiles:
Not available
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Summary
Excellent snowsure resort with a good long season. The slopes are great for freeriders and freestylers as well as suiting beginners. Good if expensive local services.
ON THE SLOPES: Fantastic
OFF THE SLOPES: Okay but not rocking
MONEY WISE: Fairly expensive place, but cheaper than many swiss resorts
Terrain & parks
HALFPIPE:
Yes - 1
TERRAIN PARK:
Yes - 2
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:Yes
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Resort News
Peetu Piiroinen completes a BEO clean sweep 17Jan10
>> more news on Laax ...The Brits 2010
21-28 March
The BRITS is a unique, week-long winter festival that everyone should experience. Combining eight British Snowboard and Freeski Championship events and a musical juggernaut set to shake the pretty little Swiss resort to its very foundation
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09.02.2010
Night Sledding Foppa
Night Sledding Foppa Enjoy a fun ride down our 3-km long lighted night sledding run Foppa. The mountain restaurant Foppa is open until 10:00 p.m. Cheese fondue, meat fondue and Graubünden specialties. Request a reservation on +41-(0)81-911 16 ... -
11.02.2010
Night Sledding Foppa
Night Sledding Foppa Enjoy a fun ride down our 3-km long lighted night sledding run Foppa. The mountain restaurant Foppa is open until 10:00 p.m. Cheese fondue, meat fondue and Graubünden specialties. Request a reservation on +41-(0)81-911 16 ... -
27.02.2010
Resident DJ John Doe
Resident DJ John Doe Every Saturday DJ John Doe gets the party started in the Legna Bar with a wide musical repertoire: rocking and upbeat. Location: Legna, Flims, from 9 ... -
12.02.2010
Live in concert: Lovebugs
Lovebugs Only forever tour 2010 Today the Lovebugs are considered as one of the most favoured and successful Swiss bands. They were the supporting act of the Rolling Stones and some say, they are Basel`s greatest pop-export.Location: la fermata, ...
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Weather & conditions
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partly cloudy
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3°C
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| Snow cover | ||
| Total | Last 24hrs | |
| Upper | 200cm | 0cm |
| Lower | 140cm | 0cm |
| Resort | 30cm | 0cm |
| Last Snowfall: 2 days ago - Tue 16 Mar 2010 | ||
| Runs | ||
| Runs Open: | 186KM | |
| Lifts Open: | 27 | |
| Piste Conditions: | powder | |
| Runs to resorts: | good | |
| Off Piste Conditions: | powder | |
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Forecast 2010-03-19 Vorab
Temperature between -3 and -1 °C Duration of sunshine: 7 hours of ... -
Forecast 2010-03-19 Crap Sogn Gion
Temperature between -1 and 2 °C Zero degree level 2500 m above zero levelPrecipitation: 10 % probable precipitation Duration of sunshine: 7 hours of ... -
Forecast 2010-03-19 Laax
Temperature between 1 and 14 °C Zero degree level 2500 m above zero levelPrecipitation: 10 % probable precipitation Duration of sunshine: 7 hours of ...
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