Skiing in LAAX, Switzerland

LAAX hosted the snowboarding world open, in which more than 10,000 people from 60 countries arounf the world took part. It was interesting to see, that more than 100 participants came from south Asia and Africa. This shows the rise of the spot as well as the exposure of the location on a global scale. Voted as number 1 skiing location around the world by "Ski Press Magazine", it was also mentioned as having the third best snowboarding facilities and as being the best new comer to freestyle snowboarding. The huge popularity of LAAX has ensured also the investment from the company running the slope to build an awesome ski lift that can handle weights of more than 80 tonnes while climbing 1,000 meter up the mountain. The unique balancing technology of the lift allows to carry massive amounts of weight disproportionately while keeping a balanced angle and speed.

LAAX is not just popular among skiers and snowboarders. Also top music names and DJs come to LAAX for seeing beating events first hand. With snowboarding gaining popularity, many of these musicians recognized, that they can attract a sure audience on the slopes, especially at night with just flood-lit kept alive mountains. These DJs offer entertainment while the gang is snowboarding and skiing into the morning sun. This makes it an absolutely awesome experience and a indisputable way to make sure first class entertainment for the young travelers coming to LAAX.

Anyway, not just the night-time DJ sets or fireworks are glittering for the young skiers. There are also a lot of other locations especially trimmed for their needs off the slopes. Local pubs, clubs and swimming pools offering the young ones locations to enjoy themselves off the snow-covered mountains of LAAX. And the location also attracts those who never have been skiing before. Multi-lingual training facilities and indoor centres offer trainings for first time skiers, before bringing them to the slopes. But also the advanced skier will find awesome training facilities, that undoubtedly will be used by the world's top skiers and snowboarders at the events, held almost every year at the slope.

Local hotels and accomodations don't limit the skiers and snowboarders to a single option, this is what makes the so amazing and different to most other skiing locations. Youth hostels for example are perfect for the young ones looking to ski on a budget and 5 star hotels for those looking for luxury. A lot of options to choose from are in between. With banks and supermarkets at walking distance, LAAX is more than only pubs, clubs and swimming pools. As it is said for most of Europe's top skiing locations, LAAX has it's peak during August. So it is probably a good idea to find a quieter time for your trip to LAAX. An advantage of coming after the peak might be also to come for around half the price of an other time of the year.