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Gruesch Danusa, Switzerland

Grüsch-Danusa is a small family orientated resort in the Graubünden region. It is located at the head of the Prättigau valley and is the first stop on the train from Lanquart to its much more famous relatives of Klosters and Davos. This family orientated place can work nicely to your advantage, and whilst the off-piste is far from extensive, the areas just off the side of the pistes really don't get tracked out.

The resort runs a pretty standard season, but the two long runs down to the base are only really accessible during the middle of the season. When they are open you have a choice of two 8km top to bottom runs, pretty good for a resort than only has 32km of pistes.

A two-stage gondola takes you from the base right to the top of the resort, so there’s no messing about. The one chairlift serves the very sedate beginners area, and 3 t-bars navigate you around the rest of the place. The runs directly from the top to the mid-station take a while to get going, but offer some surprising dips and steeps before joining together to form an exceptionally wide piste at the mid-station.

There is a small terrain park and a boardercross when conditions are good enough. Freeriders will find some pretty untracked areas just off the pistes, and some nice tree stump hits in the forrested areas at the top of the mountain.

Teepee on run 3 - Familienpiste
Teepee on run 3 - Familienpiste
Photo: Steve, WSG

Families, well children, are well served here. There’s a large managed kids area at the top of the mountain, completely separated from the slopes, which features a little animal slalom course, mini tubing course, a little baby piste, magic carpet lifts etc - basically everything you need to occupy the little bastards for a few hours while you go and have a shred.

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Resort Statistics

Resort Type:  Alpine
Winter: Dec to early April

Lifts

Total Lifts: 6
Gondolas: 2
Chair lifts: 1
Drag lifts: 3
Other lifts: 2 magic carpets
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 10
Total ride area: 32.5km
Longest run: 4km

Top lift: 1800
Vertical drop: 1170
First lift: 630

Piste suitability

Green runs: 10%
Red runs: 50%
Black runs: 40%

Lift Passes

  Low Season High Season
  CHF GBP Average CHF GBP Average
Day Pass 31.00 19.30

-44%

31.00 19.30

-49%

6-Day Pass 123.00 76.56

-52%

123.00 76.56

-58%

  CHF GBP Average
Season Pass: 355.00 220.97

-58%

Lift Passes: 
25CHF after 12am

Lift times:8:30 until 4pm (5pm from end Feb)

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 50%

Facilities

  CHF GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots: 42.00 26.14
4hr Group Lesson (full day): 40.00 24.90
4hr Private Lesson (full day): 130.00 80.92

Snowboard Hire: 51CHF a day for the good stuff (197CHF for 6-days)
Night Riding: No

Other activities

Heliboarding: Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.gruesch-danusa.ch/e/index_e.htm
Email:bergbahnen@gruesch-danusa.ch

Small and family orientated, and whilst the pistes are pretty good for a quiet burn, if you like your freeriding served up untracked and off the side of pistes, then Grüsch is worth consideration for a day or two

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ON THE SLOPES: Set up for families
OFF THE SLOPES: Stay on mountain or leave
MONEY WISE: At CHF31 this is one of the cheapest places to visit

HALFPIPE: No
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 1
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:a little
TREE RUNS:some

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