dave_uninc
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what are the best resorts in switzerland? I hear sass-fee was pretty dope.
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laax is generall recognised to have one of the best parks in europe,
davos/Klosters has epic freeride terrain and are relatively simple to get to, although lifts in both davos and klosters arent great during peak times, once your on the mountain its fine although can be a big queue for the lifts from the town.
pm michael_bc, hes by far the most knowledgeable about europe, i think he lives in zurich
davos/Klosters has epic freeride terrain and are relatively simple to get to, although lifts in both davos and klosters arent great during peak times, once your on the mountain its fine although can be a big queue for the lifts from the town.
pm michael_bc, hes by far the most knowledgeable about europe, i think he lives in zurich
DrStrangelove
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i need to go to saas fee sometime soon, i hear it's amazing. apparently they do have a pretty great park by european standards, and some pretty decent summer riding.
the only swiss resort ive been to is zermatt though. it's a really cool place, ive never been anywhere like it before, it really is the quintessential Alps resort like you see in all the old movies, and you can ski over the border into italy for lunch. if you want park though it's not the place to go, especially during summer, i dont remember them having much going on. still, if youre looking for a cool place to chill for a few days it's pretty awesome.
the only swiss resort ive been to is zermatt though. it's a really cool place, ive never been anywhere like it before, it really is the quintessential Alps resort like you see in all the old movies, and you can ski over the border into italy for lunch. if you want park though it's not the place to go, especially during summer, i dont remember them having much going on. still, if youre looking for a cool place to chill for a few days it's pretty awesome.
JoshBishop
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You should check out Glacier 3000/ Les Diablerets. Inexpensive lodging is available at Chalet Budokan. and is located really close to the mountain. Chalet Budokan has a mini-ramp, full kitchen, a bar, and provides daily transportation to the glacier.
Given that Les Diablerets is a glacier, you can ski nearly year round on epic features. Check the JIBIJ update from Glacier 3000 in November. If the features are that dope early season, I'm sure they'll be just as good at other times in the year. Enjoy your travels bro.
Given that Les Diablerets is a glacier, you can ski nearly year round on epic features. Check the JIBIJ update from Glacier 3000 in November. If the features are that dope early season, I'm sure they'll be just as good at other times in the year. Enjoy your travels bro.
swTroyanchick
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Kaunertal is in AUSTRIA and not in Switzerland !!
Laax is fun, great park cool people, for summer skiing Saas Fee and Zermatt are great !!
Laax is fun, great park cool people, for summer skiing Saas Fee and Zermatt are great !!
swTroyanchick
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Chalt Budokan is awesome indeed !! especially the poeple there and the mini ramp !!
PM if oyu need help I live 20 mins away from Diablerets
PM if oyu need help I live 20 mins away from Diablerets
michael_bc
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Depends what time of the year and what kind of skiing you want to be doing... ?
Other than that there's already some bullshit being posted in this thread.
Glacier 3000 has a park 3 months out of a year, so hardly year-round.
Zermatt does have an amazing park in the summer and has many strong points over Saas-Fee: consistenly better snow, better pipe, better rails, less posers, vibrant village, 3000 ft vertical drop in summer...
Kaunertal, although in Austria, is only a couple of kilometers from the Swiss border.
My personal favorites in the winter are Laax and Portes du Soleil.
Other than that there's already some bullshit being posted in this thread.
Glacier 3000 has a park 3 months out of a year, so hardly year-round.
Zermatt does have an amazing park in the summer and has many strong points over Saas-Fee: consistenly better snow, better pipe, better rails, less posers, vibrant village, 3000 ft vertical drop in summer...
Kaunertal, although in Austria, is only a couple of kilometers from the Swiss border.
My personal favorites in the winter are Laax and Portes du Soleil.
michael_bc
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^^ need to add that when the park on glacier 3000 is open it's sick and I love going there. And Saas-Fee has the nicest kickers in summer.
manwiththemetalleg
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^I was about to suggest Portes du Soleil. Having just returned from a season there, i've foun dit to be one of the most extensive areas that you can access on one pass. It spreads over France and Switzerland and with the pass you get access to some of the best parks in Europe - Avoriaz, Les Crosets (CH) with its superpark, Linga and Chatel.
Its the kind of place where you won't get bored. If a park is not shaped well one day or you fancy a change, ski 20 minutes to the next area and you'll have a completley different set-up. Also for when it snows there is some great tree skiing.
More info on Crosets park- www.superpark.ch
Avoriaz park -http://www.snowparkavoriaz.com/
Its the kind of place where you won't get bored. If a park is not shaped well one day or you fancy a change, ski 20 minutes to the next area and you'll have a completley different set-up. Also for when it snows there is some great tree skiing.
More info on Crosets park- www.superpark.ch
Avoriaz park -http://www.snowparkavoriaz.com/
michael_bc
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+ the Stash at Avoriaz is one of the sickest things ever
manwiththemetalleg
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Yeah the Stash is pretty tres bon, i love the amount of tree stump jibs they have
manwiththemetalleg
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je_te_baise
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les crosets without a doubt it's in les portes dusoleil and you can ride 650km of slopes there they have something like 10 resorts connected to each other from morgins where there is park, avoriaz, morzine, les crosets and many more like the stash park...
dave_uninc
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how is les diableret and glacier 3000?
swTroyanchick
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depends on when you re planning on going ?
SKIDUBAIGUY
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Davos is my fav so far for swiss, If you like Superpipe its good because they have 5, Best off pieste in switzerland espeicaly the Pischa, Ok parks for Big Airs but not many rails for jibbin. One bugger for Davos is their ageing T-Bars and they have the longest in the world that kills your ass, but there allowed considering they invented the T bar!
I just did a season in Switzerland and I loved the park at Laax. We have pretty good free riding there too, but not as good as Davos or Alback in Austria.
michael_bc
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Not a fan of Davos.
Best freeriding in Switzerland? I'm gonna say that Andermatt, Engelberg, Zinal, Mürren are all easily better. Davos is particularly annoying to get around different places because the lift system and connections are retarded.
Their parks are really really sad.
Pischa is gonna be shut down soon, just like Schatzalp.
Davos has sick mountains and sick snow they need a new management to get the thing running properly.
And then why go to Davos if you can get a properly run and less crowded version of the same mountains at Ischgl/Samnaun? Or Silvretta Nova?
Best freeriding in Switzerland? I'm gonna say that Andermatt, Engelberg, Zinal, Mürren are all easily better. Davos is particularly annoying to get around different places because the lift system and connections are retarded.
Their parks are really really sad.
Pischa is gonna be shut down soon, just like Schatzalp.
Davos has sick mountains and sick snow they need a new management to get the thing running properly.
And then why go to Davos if you can get a properly run and less crowded version of the same mountains at Ischgl/Samnaun? Or Silvretta Nova?
dave_uninc
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I'll be there all year
I agree, no way is Davos freeriding the 'best in switzerland' but it's still pretty damn fun. I made a few trips there this year to stay with a buddy that just moved there and we were super lucky every time with conditions. We found that the very fact that the areas don't connect means that there is that much more backcountry terrain to hit- stuff like the backside of Rinerhorn, backside of Jakobshorn, plus with a short bootpack there's a bunch of really fun mini golf shit to hit too. The advantage with Davos is that there are hardly any freeriders with any imagination/adventure there to pillage the goods: lines that would be skied within seconds of a fresh dump in say Verbier, EBerg or Amatt stay untouched in Davos. The park is pretty rubbish but the pipes are pretty sick, and yes, the lift system sucks ass.
All in all, Davos has some good points and some bad points- there are better places for sure, but it's still a fun place to hit for a trip, just not for a whole season...
All in all, Davos has some good points and some bad points- there are better places for sure, but it's still a fun place to hit for a trip, just not for a whole season...
michael_bc
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no.
michael_bc
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Very very true.
And it's the same for all resorts in this region... Maybe we shouldn't advertise these resorts too much. Go to Verbier!!!!
And it's the same for all resorts in this region... Maybe we shouldn't advertise these resorts too much. Go to Verbier!!!!
The freeriding terrain is really accessable from the lifts, esp jakobshorn and to a lesser extent rinerhorn, doesnt surpirse me that the park is closing, both pipes were sick but the kickers and rails were not up to scratch in dec and feb.
It seems that davos doesnt want to promote itself as a big ski 'resort', that might be why there are not enough lifts carrying enough people from the bottom, however once you are up the mountain the lifts are good, the queues small etc. Davos is a industrial town first and foremost, a ski area second. In a strange way i quite like that, you dont feel that you are being ripped off everywhere you go
quite why there seem to be few freeriders there is beyond me, the ones who are there seem to lack imagination, or just cant be assed to strap up and hike for a bit. Although the terrain is well known, it remains to be a 'secretive spot'
It seems that davos doesnt want to promote itself as a big ski 'resort', that might be why there are not enough lifts carrying enough people from the bottom, however once you are up the mountain the lifts are good, the queues small etc. Davos is a industrial town first and foremost, a ski area second. In a strange way i quite like that, you dont feel that you are being ripped off everywhere you go
quite why there seem to be few freeriders there is beyond me, the ones who are there seem to lack imagination, or just cant be assed to strap up and hike for a bit. Although the terrain is well known, it remains to be a 'secretive spot'
michael_bc
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The thing is Davos/Klosters consists of 6 or 7 small lift operations, some lifts are even owned by hotels, and all of them are kind of struggling to get by.
In most resorts hotels, appartment owners, restaurants, stores.... they all pay taxes which contribute to the company that runs the lifts... and this company then ensures an optimal and sustainable strategy for organizing the ski resort.
In Davos its everyone for themselves. And as a results instead of expanding Parsenn to the west to make one huge ski area, the opposite happens: the west side (Schatzalp, owned by the Schatzalp hotel) had to shut down... and all independent operations are really spread out and require really long bus or train rides to reach. Expanding Parsenn to the west would in time allow them to link this section up to the new big ski area that is coming out of linking Lenzerheide + Arosa.
In most resorts hotels, appartment owners, restaurants, stores.... they all pay taxes which contribute to the company that runs the lifts... and this company then ensures an optimal and sustainable strategy for organizing the ski resort.
In Davos its everyone for themselves. And as a results instead of expanding Parsenn to the west to make one huge ski area, the opposite happens: the west side (Schatzalp, owned by the Schatzalp hotel) had to shut down... and all independent operations are really spread out and require really long bus or train rides to reach. Expanding Parsenn to the west would in time allow them to link this section up to the new big ski area that is coming out of linking Lenzerheide + Arosa.