Lenzerheide switzerland
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Lenzerheide Switzerland.
Lenzerheide Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1882 the Swiss ski resort Lenzerheide lies at 2865 metres altitude in the Graubünden region of the Swiss Alps / Alpes. With the highest lifts and ski slopes above 2500m Lenzerheide ski area is snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Lenzerheide snow making covers 55km of ski trails, which equates to around 35 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Lenzerheide (Switzerland) is Zürich at a distance of 120km or approximately 150 minutes driving time. Lenzerheide ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
Two centres with a large, mostly intermediate standard ski area between them. Particularly good sports facilities include more than 38 different activities on offer, some based in the excellent Sportzentrum Dieschen.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Lenzerheide Switzerland
Beginner Trails
 3 runs 0km |
5% |
Intermediate Trails
 28 runs 74km |
48% |
Advanced Trails
 17 runs 62km |
29% |
Expert Trails
 10 runs 10km |
17% |
Lenzerheide 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) | CHF309 - CHF309 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Lenzerheide Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 155km |
| total length of Lenzerheide trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 11km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N S |
| direction Lenzerheide ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2865m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1470m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 1470m |
| centre of Lenzerheide ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1395m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1395m |
| 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 Lenzerheide
Skiing Lenzerheide you'll enjoy 58 pistes and trails and that means approximately 155km of ski runs. Lenzerheide lifts number 40 with the capacity to uplift 39510 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Swiss ski resort of Lenzerheide is over 11km long.
Lenzerheide Ski Area
Lenzerheide ski area has 5% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 48% intermediate, 29% advanced ski slopes and 17% for expert skiers - the most difficult Lenzerheide piste is the 6.5km Weisshorn Speed run, with a steepness/slope angle of 60%. You can ski Lenzerheide after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Lenzerheide for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Lenzerheide
If you snowboard Lenzerheide you'll want to know that, of the 40 ski lifts in total, 24 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Lenzerheide snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Lenzerheide snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is ? metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Lenzerheide for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Lenzerheide Apres Ski
The apres ski Lenzerheide scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
9 apres ski bars 62 restaurants 0 bowling 3 night club 0 cinema 3 billiards / pool 2 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 1 outdoor heated pools 4 saunas 1 hot tubs 4 solariums 12 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 4 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 1 squash racquetball 1 sleigh rides 1 ballooning 4 horse riding 80 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 1 fishing 1 museum 2 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Bavarian Curling, Carriage Rides, Curling, Indoor Golf, Nordic Walking, Skateline Albula,Turkish Bath.
SNO-man says
Lenzerheide offers a good choice of activities beyond ski and board. Popular on-snow options include winter rambling, curling (traditional or Bavarian styles), skating and sledding. Winter rambling is poopular around the Heidsee Lake and to ther village of Lantsch/Lenz with its Marienkirche church and beautiful graveyard. There are weekly concerts, sunrise and night time trips and events.
Indoors the sports centre has a swimming pool, ice rink, gyn, sauna, solarium, whirlpool and Turlkish bath. There is also the KaP cinema and touring theatre groups.
The local museum, located in the village of Zorten, shows the development of the winter and summer resort of Lenzerheide-Valbella from its origin as a dairy farming region. On display, visitors will see collections of farm and household goods used through the years and an exhibition pertaining to the Barons of Vaz as well as the works of art created by world famous sculptor builder, Ferdinand Parpan.
At the Meat Drying Plant at Parpan its possible to see the process used to make "Buendnerfleisch", a local delicacy. In nearb y Chuirwalden there's a year round Adv enture Park.
Lenzerheide for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Lenzerheide Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Lenzerheide resort - ski Lenzerheide by any other name
The Swiss ski resort of Lenzerheide ski resort is also known as Lenzerheide and has the following common misspellings:
Lenzerheide ski area has ski slopes which face N S
The direction which the various Lenzerheide 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. Lenzerheide ski resort has ski slopes facing N S.
Lenzerheide for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall