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 snowboarder’s 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, it’s not just the top riders that come to perform, some big name pop stars and DJ’s 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
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

Further information

www.laax.ch/
Email:tourismus@alpenarena.ch

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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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Weather & conditions
Weather
partly cloudy
3°C
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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