Laax
Europe's freestyle capital, from world-record halfpipe to glacier corduroy.
Difficulty mix
On the mountain
- Night skiing — 1 floodlit runs
- 6 snowparks / fun zones
- 9.5 km cross-country trails
Bonvo Score breakdown
Computed from mapped terrain data — no editorial opinion, no pay-to-rank. How the score works
Skiing Laax, told properly
Laax decided decades ago that snowboarding wasn't a fad — and built the most committed freestyle resort in Europe around that bet. Its snowparks (four-plus, spread across the mountain) cover every level from first box slides to Olympic-training kicker lines, and the superpipe on Crap Sogn Gion is billed as the world's largest at 200 m long. Every January the LAAX Open brings the world's best snowboarders here; many just never leave.
But reducing Laax to parks sells it short. Shared with the villages of Flims and Falera, the area spans huge, sunny intermediate terrain, the Vorab glacier at over 3,000 m, and long descents like the 'Downhill' to the valley. It all sits atop the UNESCO-listed Tectonic Arena Sardona, where the Glarus thrust fault put older rock on top of younger and helped geologists understand mountain-building itself.
The vibe is completed at the base: the design-led Rocksresort, the riders' hotel with its indoor Freestyle Academy, and an easy-going crowd where the average age drops ten years the moment you leave the groomers.
Signature runs
P60 superpipe (Crap Sogn Gion)
The 200 m world-record superpipe where Olympic medallists train — watching from the chairlift is a show in itself.
Vorab glacier to Alp Ruschein
Top-of-the-world glacier cruising rolling into one of the area's longest, quietest descents.
The Downhill (Crap Sogn Gion – Flims)
A leg-burning classic to the valley floor, weaving from alpine bowl to forest trail.
Local tips
- Progression heaven: start in the Ils Plauns beginner park and work up — the park crew designs for step-by-step learning.
- The Flims side's forest runs (toward Foppa) are the storm-day sanctuary.
- Walk the frozen-turquoise Caumasee below Flims on a rest day — it's a short hike and absurdly photogenic.
- January's LAAX Open week is the best free spectator sport in Switzerland — and the parks stay open to the public.
Good to know
- Laax's superpipe is billed as the world's largest at 200 metres long with 6.9 m walls.
- The surrounding Tectonic Arena Sardona is a UNESCO World Heritage site for the science of mountain formation.
- The LAAX Open, successor to the Burton European Open, is one of snowboarding's longest-running contests.
Slope-by-slope analysis
Every run measured from elevation-aware map geometry: true length, vertical drop, average gradient and a 0–10 slope score that rewards long, sustained descents.
| Run | Difficulty | Length | Vertical | Avg grade | Slope score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laax 10 | Intermediate | 5.2 km | 1085 m | 21% | 8.4 |
| Laax 10 | Easy | 4.5 km | 627 m | 13.9% | 6.9 |
| Laax 38 | Easy | 4.4 km | 818 m | 18.5% | 7.8 |
| Laax 64 | Intermediate | 4.1 km | 1132 m | 27.5% | 8.1 |
| Laax 38 | Easy | 4.1 km | 557 m | 13.7% | 6.3 |
| Laax 40 | Intermediate | 4.0 km | 843 m | 20.9% | 7.6 |
| Laax 10 | Easy | 3.7 km | 628 m | 16.8% | 6.5 |
| Laax 18 | Intermediate | 3.5 km | 632 m | 18.2% | 6.4 |
| 90 | Intermediate | 3.4 km | 523 m | 15.2% | 5.7 |
| Laax 35 | Advanced | 3.3 km | 670 m | 20.4% | 6.5 |
| Laax 27 | Easy | 3.1 km | 445 m | 14.3% | 5.1 |
| Laax 27 | Easy | 3.0 km | 479 m | 16.2% | 5.2 |
| Laax 34 | Easy | 2.8 km | 491 m | 17.4% | 5.3 |
| Laax 29 | Easy | 2.8 km | 382 m | 13.5% | 4.6 |
| Laax 18 | Intermediate | 2.8 km | 626 m | 22.3% | 6.1 |
| Laax 40 | Intermediate | 2.8 km | 582 m | 20.8% | 5.8 |
| Laax 64 | Intermediate | 2.7 km | 554 m | 20.5% | 5.6 |
| Laax 53 | Easy | 2.7 km | 392 m | 14.6% | 4.6 |
| Laax 29 | Easy | 2.7 km | 379 m | 14.2% | 4.5 |
| Laax 31 | Easy | 2.6 km | 373 m | 14.3% | 4.4 |
| Laax 44 | Intermediate | 2.6 km | 571 m | 22% | 5.7 |
| Laax 65 | Advanced | 2.6 km | 657 m | 25.5% | 6.2 |
| Laax 10 | Intermediate | 2.6 km | 582 m | 22.6% | 5.7 |
| Laax 35 | Advanced | 2.6 km | 669 m | 26.1% | 6.3 |
| Laax 30 | Easy | 2.4 km | 356 m | 14.6% | 4.3 |
| Laax 64 | Intermediate | 2.4 km | 564 m | 23.8% | 5.6 |
| Laax 66 | Intermediate | 2.3 km | 592 m | 25.5% | 5.8 |
| Laax 35 | Advanced | 2.3 km | 561 m | 24.4% | 5.6 |
| Laax 76 | Freeride | 2.3 km | 580 m | 25.3% | 5.7 |
| Laax 65 | Advanced | 2.3 km | 661 m | 29.3% | 6.2 |
| Laax 32 | Intermediate | 2.2 km | 409 m | 18.4% | 4.5 |
| Laax 52 | Easy | 2.2 km | 579 m | 26.2% | 5.7 |
| Laax 10 (Variante Flims Waldhaus) | Easy | 2.2 km | 210 m | 9.5% | 3.2 |
| Laax 28 | Easy | 2.2 km | 243 m | 11.2% | 3.4 |
| Laax 31 | Easy | 2.2 km | 385 m | 17.8% | 4.4 |
| Laax 12 | Easy | 2.1 km | 543 m | 25.8% | 5.4 |
| Laax 76 | Freeride | 2.1 km | 577 m | 27.5% | 5.7 |
| Laax 81 | Freeride | 2.1 km | 463 m | 22.4% | 4.9 |
| Laax 52 | Easy | 2.1 km | 311 m | 15.1% | 3.8 |
| Laax 32 | Intermediate | 2.0 km | 412 m | 20.1% | 4.5 |
+ 138 more mapped runs and connectors — all of them in the free 3D map in the Bonvo Ski app.
Lift network
38 mapped lifts, moving up to 35,270 skiers per hour.
| Lift | Type | Capacity/h | Ride time | Length | Vertical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutta Rodunda(bubble)(heated) | Chairlift | 3,200 | 8 min | 2.0 km | 537 m |
| Curnius | Chairlift | 2,620 | 8 min | 2.0 km | 566 m |
| Plaun(bubble)(heated) | Chairlift | 2,600 | 7 min | 1.7 km | 591 m |
| Arena Express | Gondola | 2,600 | 12 min | 3.9 km | 533 m |
| Arena Express Scansinas - Nagens | Gondola | 2,475 | 7 min | 1.1 km | 230 m |
| Arena Express Plaun - Scansinas | Gondola | 2,475 | 7 min | 787 m | 271 m |
| Sogn Martin - La Siala | Gondola | 2,400 | 9 min | 3.3 km | 825 m |
| FlemXpress Flims - Foppa, FlemXpress Flem - Foppa(heated) | Gondola | 2,400 | — | 1.7 km | 328 m |
| Flem Xpress | Gondola | 2,400 | — | 1.4 km | 484 m |
| Flem Xpress | Gondola | 2,400 | — | 419 m | 92 m |
| FlemXpress Foppa - Startgels(heated) | Gondola | 2,400 | — | 1.7 km | 211 m |
| Larnags-Curnius | Gondola | 2,000 | 10 min | 1.8 km | 476 m |
| Laax-Larnags | Gondola | 2,000 | 10 min | 629 m | 79 m |
| Lavadinas - Fuorcla Sura(bubble)(heated) | Chairlift | 1,800 | 6 min | 2.0 km | 627 m |
| Nagens | Platter lift | 900 | 2 min | 146 m | 21 m |
| Park & Pipe Lift | Platter lift | 600 | 3 min | 346 m | 101 m |
| FlemXpress | Gondola | — | — | 91 m | 25 m |
| Crap Masegn | Cable car | — | 7 min | 2.8 km | 259 m |
| Alp Dado | Chairlift | — | — | 1.6 km | 368 m |
| Falera | Chairlift | — | — | 2.0 km | 400 m |
| Spaligna | T-bar | — | — | 1.1 km | 226 m |
| Vorab | Gondola | — | — | 2.5 km | 447 m |
| Vorab Gletscher 1 | T-bar | — | — | 2.0 km | 411 m |
| Fuorcla | Gondola | — | — | 1.2 km | 354 m |
| Vorab Gletscher 2 | T-bar | — | — | 2.0 km | 412 m |
| Craplift | Platter lift | — | 4 min | 503 m | 105 m |
| Ils Plauns I | Platter lift | — | 4 min | 654 m | 131 m |
| Ils Plauns II | Platter lift | — | 4 min | 655 m | 130 m |
| Crap Sogn Gion | Cable car | — | — | 4.0 km | 1125 m |
| Treis Palas - Crap Masegn | Chairlift | — | — | 1.4 km | 346 m |
Laax — quick answers
How many ski runs does Laax have?
Laax has 178 mapped downhill runs totalling about 235.1 km of pistes, with the longest single run measuring 5.2 km.
What is the vertical drop at Laax?
The mapped skiable terrain spans 1912 m of vertical, from 1063 m at the base to 2975 m at the top.
How many lifts does Laax have?
Laax operates 38 mapped lifts moving up to 35,270 skiers per hour.
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