Flims - Laax - Falera Overview

Flims - Laax - Falera

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The neighbouring villages of Flims and Laax have been jointly marketed as the Alpenarena over recent years, the name of the ski area that joins them. Flims is the better known ski Located on a wide and normally sunny mountain terrace, Flims is made up of two centres, the larger being Flims Waldhaus which dates back to 745 AD. The lifts, however, are at Flims Dorf, and Europe's first chair lift was built here in 1945 (entirely out of wood, with steel being in short supply after World War II), linking the resort to Foppa. The resort's history as a tourist resort dates back a further 70 years before that first chair lift, when the local pastor had the idea to build an hotel, the Kurhaus Waldhaus, with 120 beds. Walks to a newly built restaurant at Lake Cauma were also constructed and the initiative was so successful that illustrious guests began to arrive, the hotel was enlarged and a casino added by the time the Dutch Queen Wilhelmine arrived in 1893. The tourist office opened in 1904 and winter sports were embraced straight after the war ended. The Naraus - Cassons cable car was completed in 1956. In 1978 this was extended up to the Vorab glacier, where a chair lift and two T Bar lifts are operational. In 1996 the Mountain Transportation Companies of Flims and Laax combined to form the White Arena Corporation.

Elevation

Summit

3018 m
Vertical Drop

1968 m
Base

1050 m

Terrain

Beginner Runs

15%

Intermediate Runs

15%

Advanced Runs

32%

Expert Runs

38%

KM of Nordic Open

N/A

KM Pistes

220.00

Terrain Parks

KM Night Skiing

N/A

Lifts

Eight Person Lifts:
Gondolas & Trams: 11
High Speed Sixes: 3
Quad Chairs: 3
Triple Chairs: 2
Double Chairs: 1
Surface Lifts: 8

Common Misspellings

Fallera, Filims, Flaims, Flams, Flems, Lacks, Lacs, Lakhs, Laks, Laux, Lax, Laxe, Lx, Valera

Contact Details

Flims-Laax-Falera

Laax, CH 7032

Phone: 41 81 927 70 01

info@laax.com

Important Dates

Projected Opening Ski Season: 3 Dec 2011

Projected Closing Ski Season: 15 Apr 2012

Projected Days Open: N/A

Days Open Last Year: 156

Years Open: 12

Flims - Laax - Falera Reviews

by rocubr 27 Feb 2011
- Overall Rating 4.0
- Family Friendly 5.0
- All Mtn. Terrain 4.0
- Terrain Park 4.0
- Nightlife 0.0
A pretty good resort

Pros: alpine terrain, modern lifts, terrain park
Cons: A few bottlenecks,
by stuartbrass 20 Jul 2009
- Overall Rating 5.0
- Family Friendly 3.0
- All Mtn. Terrain 4.0
- Terrain Park 5.0
- Nightlife 3.0
Laax Rocks

Pros: amazing fun parks (home to the British Championships (Brits), European Open (Snowboard & Freeski)
Cons: not enough dinning options
by GrasshopperZürich 27 May 2009
- Overall Rating 2.0
- Family Friendly 2.0
- All Mtn. Terrain 3.0
- Terrain Park 4.0
- Nightlife 1.0
just normal

Pros: good funpark
Cons: just normal - no ambiance - you will find a lot more of them