FLIMS LAAX FALERA

Ski & Snowboard Resort Review

Flims Laax Falera is one of Switzerland's most underrated ski and snowboard resorts boasting an enormous expanse of varying terrain set amongst breathtaking scenery.

Flims Laax Falera Ski and Snowboard Terrain

The skiing and snowboarding terrain at Flims Laax Falera is spread across three mountains serviced by a modern fast and efficient lift system. Most of the terrain is above the treeline.

Expect to find off piste steep powder fields, open bowls, fast narrow chutes and gullies, long wide cruising trails spanning down from every peak and gentle flat beginner slopes.

The Vorab Glacier sits at the highest section of Flims Laax Falera providing beautiful views over the surrounding peaks and year round glacier skiing and snowboarding.

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Flims Laax Terrain Park

Advanced Skiing and Snowboarding

Advanced skiers and snowboarders head to the top of the Cassons Cable Car for off piste challenging open powder filled terrain. Another great off piste option is the steep Vorab Pign terrain, after a good snowfall it is hard to beat.

From the top of the Vorab Lift stay high and left for a long and fast run down to the base of the Alp Ruschein Chairlift.

The off piste terrain in-between Crap Sogn Gion and Crap Masegn is wide and open with natural gullies.

Intermediate Skiing and Snowboarding

Intermediates can cruise the entire ski and snowboard area on very long wide groomed linking trails with every lift having at least one intermediate trail leading down from it.

From the Crap Sogn Gion Gondola Station intermediate seemingly endless leg burning trails shoot out in all directions. At the top of the La Slala Chairlift, one of the highest chairlifts you will ever ride, turn right to access the Vorab glacier or left to head towards the Nagens area.

Beginner Skiing and Snowboarding

Beginners are not limited to one area at Flims Laax Falera. There are gently sloping wide and long beginner runs on the lower left hand side of the Crap Sogn Gion Cable Car Station around the Alp Dado Lift, some leading all the way down to the Falera Village.

Once beginner confidence grows catch the Fuorcia Gondola to Vorab, from there follow the long open wide linking runs across to the Nagens area.

The Foppa area, above the Flims Dorf Village, has the gentlest slopes perfect for children to learn on. The Flims Laax Falera Ski and Snowboard School has lessons for all ages and ability levels; chose from two hour, half day or multiple day long lessons.

Flims Laax Terrain Park and Halfpipe

Flims Laax was one of the first resorts in the world to embrace snowboarding and the freestyle skiing movement. It has some of the best facilities and freeriders on the planet with two terrain parks, two boardercross courses and three halfpipes.

Crap Sogn Gion, the peak above the town of Laax, has two halfpipes and a large terrain park with kickers, jumps and rails. The halfpipes are well shaped and maintained and have a rope tow servicing them. The Café Noname at Crap Sogn Gion pumps loud music down over the halfpipes and terrain park, it is a great viewing vantage point and a good sunny spot for a drink and lunch.

The other halfpipe and terrain park is on the Vorab Glacier, it remains open until late spring.

Other Activities at Flims Laax Falera

Other outdoor activities to be enjoyed at Flims Laax Falera are tobogganing, ice skating, curling, hiking, cross country skiing, snow shoeing, paragliding and scenic helicopter rides.

Indoor activities include swimming, bowling, golf driving range, go karting, watching movies at the cinema and getting massage and beauty treatments at La Mira wellness day spa in the Hotel Advla.

Shopping at Flims Laax Falera

Laax and Falera have limited ski and snowboard shops, grocery markets and souvenir shops. The main bulk of the shops line the Flims main street, there are ski and snowboard equipment and rental stores, fashion boutiques, shoe shops, souvenir and gift shops, pharmacies, art galleries and photography shops.

Flims also has large grocery markets, butcher shops, patisseries (Bakeries), cheese shops, delicatessens and wine stores.

Flims Laax Falera Restaurants

The three villages have a lot of gourmet restaurants between them serving Swiss cuisine, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Chinese cuisine.

In Flims the Arena Restaurant in the Arena Hotel, serves traditional regional meat and cheese dishes in both the formal dining room and outside on the sun terrace.

For excellent fondue and cheese dishes go to the family friendly and cosy Il Tschaler Restaurant.

The family run Aktienbrauerei Brewery brews good local beer and serves sausage and pork specialties.

The Barstow Inn Steakhouse serves huge cuts of steak and hamburgers complemented by a great wine list and tempting deserts.

In Laax the Restaurant Plazza is one of the top Italian restaurants in the region serving homemade pastas and beef dishes.

In Falera the Restaurant in the Hotel La Siala serves a la carte Swiss/German dinners with occasional raclette evenings.

On the slopes there are cafeterias and gourmet restaurants all with magnificent mountainous views. The Gletscher Restaurant located at 3,018 meters looks down across the Vorab glacier, it has a large viewing sundeck with deckchairs and tables and a good value for money self service cafeteria.

The large cafeteria at Crap Sogn Gion serves hot soup, roast meats and really tasty and filling ‘snowburgers’. Also in the Crap Sogn Gion Cable Car Station is the Capalari Restaurant serving gourmet Swiss and Italian infused meals.

The lovely Edelweiss Restaurant specializes in cheese dishes complemented by an extensive wine list, the restaurant has a small outdoor terrace that if you are lucky enough to get a seat on you will never want to the leave, the views are awesome.

Nightlife at Flims Laax Falera

Flims Laax Falera certainly is not quiet in the evenings; there are intimate wine bars, loud crowded bars and nightclubs.

In Flims The Iglu Bar, made of glass surrounded by palm trees, attracts large crowds for après ski drinks with loud Latino music and cold margaritas on offer.

After après drinks at the Iglu Bar move onto the popular Arena bar before heading downstairs to the disco that rocks all night long.For a quite refined drink go to the Chadafo Bar in the Parkhotel Waldhaus for a nightcap.

In Laax the Casa Veglia Club plays a mix of 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and modern rock and pop music until the early hours complemented by delicious cocktails and late night snacks.

The modern and funky Riders Palace Bar and Lobby can squeeze 1,500 people in to see internationally acclaimed DJs and bands perform frequently throughout the season.

The Nightliner shuttle bus operates throughout the night between the three villages enabling guest to stay in one village and party in another.

New for 2007/2008 at Flims Laax Falera

Additional snowmaking equipment has been installed on the long home trails leading down to the base villages ensuring snow all season. New piste night skiing and snowboarding lights leading down to the village of Laax from Crap Sogn Gion have also been installed.

A new airport shuttle bus is operating between Fiedrichshafen Airport, Germany and Flims Laax Falera taking 100 minutes door to door.

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Susan Spencer, USA. March 2006 My favorite thing about Flims Laax is the fact that after you catch the cable cars to the top of Cassons you can weave your way across the interconnected mountains all day then go back to Flims without skiing the same run twice! The skiing is so enjoyable, there are endless long pistes and groomed steep trails. There's not many places you can do that! Of course the entire place is run like clockwork, on the weekends it gets busy but the fast cable cars ensure that crowds disperse quickly. Mid week the place is empty! The weather was sensational for the week that we were there, we had sunshine everyday, the mountain doesn't really have a sunny side and a shady side it's all in the sun pretty much all day. If you were there in a white out you would struggle to ski above the tree line which could limit your skiing slightly. We stayed in Flims and loved the variety of restaurants, we went to Canorta for 3 nights running, it was the best Italian food I've ever had! Apres ski wise I enjoyed the Crap Bar (yes great name - everything seems to be called crap this or crap that - it means top) and the Iglu Bar. I'd go back to Flims Laax any day and would recommend others to go too. My recommendation would be to stay at Flims, it's the main town center and the majority of the action happens there. Laax is pretty small and unless you had an apartment you would need to go into flims every night to eat. Falera is a really tiny quaint really old village that would be the quietest place to stay, also in my opinion the worst! When we left Flims we spent a day and a night at Chur, the closest large town, it's beautiful, its not big but big enough to spend the day shopping and wandering around. They had some weird mardi gras on the saturday night where all the locals dressed up in costumes and sang and danced around the streets and weaved in and out of bars and restaurants, it was great fun to be there to enjoy the atmosphere.

G. McKay, UK. March 2006 Arrived after a dump and rode fresh powder for days. Flims isn't the steepest most challenging resort around, there isn't ultra challenging terrain, BUT the long length of the trails, the open fields and the accessible off piste gives you the ability to ride anywhere. I made the most of the free riding opportunities and spent heaps of time at the Cassons Cable Car in the mornings then headed to the Vorab area before hitting the terrain park and pipe at Crap Sogn Gion, by the way the terrain parks and pipes are all aaaaaawsome. I stayed at the snowboarder hotel called Rider's Palace at Laax, it's really cool, we had a projector screen in our bedroom and the bar foyer area turns into a nightclub every night with techno music that goes all night!

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