Flims switzerland
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Flims Switzerland.
Flims Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1909 the Swiss ski resort Flims lies at 3018 metres altitude in the Graubünden region of the Swiss Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Flims ski area is snow sure. Over 80 snow cannons ensure artificial Flims snow making covers 20km of ski trails, which equates to around 7 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Flims (Switzerland) is Zürich at a distance of 144km or approximately 90 minutes minutes driving time. Flims ski season runs from November to April.
SNO-man says
Flims Laax Falera is the name that the tourist office of the villages of Flims, Laax and Falera prefer to be collectively known by. Flims itself, the largest of the three, is made up of two centres, the larger being Flims Waldhaus which dates back to 745AD. The Tourist Office promotes these two centres as well as Laax and Falera, neighbouring villages, as one place in terms of facilities. The lifts however are at Flims Dorf (as well as Laax and Falera) and Europe's first chair lift was built here in 1945, linking the resort to Foppa. There is a huge sunny ski area between them and Laax/Falera, called the Alpenarena, which is crowned by the Vorab glacier.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Flims Switzerland
Beginner Trails
 0 runs 0km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 25 runs 63km |
43% |
Advanced Trails
 20 runs 71km |
34% |
Expert Trails
 13 runs 13km |
22% |
Flims Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | CHF260 - CHF315 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Flims Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 220km |
| total length of Flims trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 17km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Flims ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3018m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1100m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1400m |
| centre of Flims ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1918m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1600m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Flims
Skiing Flims you'll enjoy 58 pistes and trails and that means approximately 220km of ski runs. Flims lifts number 29 with the capacity to uplift 40410 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Swiss ski resort of Flims is over 17km long. Ski Flims summer or winter as there is also glacier skiing in Flims.
Flims Ski Area
Flims ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 43% intermediate, 34% advanced ski slopes and 22% for expert skiers - the most difficult Flims piste is the 4.8km Fatschas run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can ski Flims after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Flims for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Flims Apres Ski
The apres ski Flims scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
19 apres ski bars 91 restaurants 0 bowling 3 night club 0 cinema 1 billiards / pool 1 games room 1 concert 6 indoor swimming 3 outdoor heated pools 3 saunas 5 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 3 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 1 squash racquetball 2 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 60 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 5 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Climbing Wall, Curling, Horse Drawn Carriage Rides, Snow Karting, Table Tennis.
SNO-man says
Flims and Laax are very well equipped with indoor and outdoor sports facilities and other leisure attractions, making it a good choice for those interested in multi-winter sports holidays or those not interested in skiing at all.
Outdoors there are two 3km long toboggan runs, the opportunity to try sleigh rides, dog sledding, helicopter sightseeing flights, ice skating, parascending, hot air ballooning, snowshoeing, horse riding or hiking on up to 60km (37 miles) of cleared trails.
Indoors the Sportscentre in Flims has an ice rink, fitness equipment, four table-tennis tables. There's indoor tennis (2 courts) and pools at the Park Hotels Waldhaus and in the Sporthotel Signina, and more indoor pools in the hotels Adula, Crap Ner, Laaxerhof and Schweizerhof in Flims.
There are two museums in the Park Hotels Waldhaus in Flims - the Belle Epoque museum and the Grisons Olgiati. There is also a gallery - Eule Art, and a local history and folklore collection in Laax. The resort also has a library.
Flims for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Flims Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Flims resort - ski Flims by any other name
The Swiss ski resort of Flims ski resort is also known as Flims Cassons Grat , La Siala, Vorab, Crap Sogn Gion and has the following common misspellings:
Flims ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Flims ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Flims ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Flims for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall