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Leysin is located in the French speaking part of Switzerland and has become one of the best and most happening snowboard haunts in the country. Unlike many more popular ski resorts, this place isn’t really known for its skiing which has allowed it to be adopted by snowboarders. This has helped to ensure that the place has a low key friendly appeal about it with- out any bull or hype. Leysin connects with the two alpine villages of Villars and Les Diablerets to create a very acceptable 60 km of piste.

This resort has gone out of its way to be snowboard friendly for years , back in 92 it played host an ISF tour event, and these days the TTR Nescafe Camps Open is held here ( www.nescafechamps.ch) where the world’s top riders fight it out in the pipe & park.

Leysin is in fact an old and rather large sprawling mountain town and not a modern purpose built resort like some found nearby. What you get here is a high up mountain that in a good winter, offers everything to keep adventure seeking advanced riders happy, while also appealing to first timers who don’t want to use a drag lift straight away. A notable point about Leysin is that it’s not a popular resort with holiday companies, which is a good thing as the slopes don’t get clogged up although weekends can still be a bit busy with locals and punters from Geneva. However, once you do get up on the slopes, you can roam freely over acres of great terrain without seeing another soul for hours

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Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Dec to April
Summer: At -Les Diablets

Lifts

Total Lifts: 13
Gondolas: 1
Chair lifts: 7
Drag lifts: 5
Max people per hour: 18,000
Board Leashes required: No

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 16
Total ride area: 60km
Longest run: 4km

Top lift: 2200m
Vertical drop: 1000m
First lift: 1200m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 30%
Red runs: 50%
Black runs: 20%

Lift Passes

	Low Season			High Season
	CHF	GBP	Average	CHF	GBP	Average
Day Pass	49.00	30.50	-12%	49.00	30.50	-19%
6-Day Pass	266.00	165.57	3%	266.00	165.57	-9%
6-Day Linked area Pass	277.00	172.42	1%	277.00	172.42	-13%

	CHF	GBP	Average
Season Pass:	770.00	479.28	-10%

Lift Passes:
just Leysin
Half day 37, Day pass 43 Chf
Linked area - 215km pistes
1 Day pass 55 CHF
5 Day pass - 225 CHF
Season 930
Lift times:8.30am to 4.30pm

Snowfall

Artificial snowmaking coverage: 20%

Facilities

	CHF	GBP
Days Rental of Board & Boots:	47.00	29.25
4hr Group Lesson (full day):	45.00	28.01

Snowboard Schools: Snow sports Leysin charge 45CHF for half-day lessons, 205 for 6 half days.
Private lessons 60 CHF per 60 CHF
Night Riding: : No

Other activities

Heliboarding: : on one of the four Glaciers
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.leysin.ch/
Email:tourism@leysin.ch

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First class ultra friendly snowboard resort with terrain to suit all levels and styles. Great freestyle terrain and ok for novices. Great local services.

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ON THE SLOPES: Fantastic - Great
OFF THE SLOPES: Very good
MONEY WISE: Generally an expensive resort, however, lots of budget options.

HALFPIPE: Yes - 1@200m
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 1
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Yes
TREE RUNS:Yes

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Snow forecast

Weather for Fri 10th:

Morning	Afternoon	Night
light snow	snow shwrs	cloudy

The forecasted total for the next 6 days:

	Total Snowfall
top	3cm
mid	4cm
bottom	3cm
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Weather & conditions

Weather
sunny
-8°C
Snow cover
	Total	Last 24hrs
Upper	295cm	0cm
Lower	cm	0cm
Resort	90cm	0cm
Last Snowfall: 11- Tue 31 Jan 2012
Runs
Runs Open:		60KM
Lifts Open:		13
Piste Conditions:		powder
Runs to resorts:		good
Off Piste Conditions:		powder
Comments:
www.tele-leysin-lesmosses.ch
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