page_title: Laax
section_title: Ski-region of Flims, Laax and Falera
hierarchical_section_title: Laax / Ski-region of Flims, Laax and Falera
caption_attribution_description: Vorab glacier above Flims
context_page_description: Laax is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
context_section_description: LAAX is part of the Weisse Arena Gruppe, which combines the formerly separate resorts of Flims, Laax and Falera and uses a two brand strategy to market the destination. This means that the entire winter programme is positioned under brand LAAX, whilst brand Flims stands for the summer programme of Flims Laax Falera.
  LAAX
  235 km pistes with 5 snow-secure valley runs, 29 facilities, 4 snowparks and the largest half pipe await snowboarders and skiers at LAAX. For the winter 2012/13 season it was extended by two further cableways: Treis Palas-Crap Masegn and Plaun Lavadinas-Fuorcla Sura, which was designed by the Porsche Design Studio. Its seats are heated by solar panels and it can swing the chair 45 degrees against the direction of travel.
  Freestyle
  By building 4 Snowparks with beginner to pro kicker, rails, wallrides or boxes around the Crap Sogn Gion, LAAX managed to create a big freestyle community. The skiarea is home to the largest halfpipe in Europe.
  Events
  Every year, important international snowboarding contests take place in LAAX. For example, the Burton European Open, a slopestyle and halfpipe competition, will be held there for the 10th time in February 2014. With the European Freeski Open LAAX also has a renowned freeskiing competition.
  Freestyle Academy
  In addition to the freestyle infrastructure on the mountain, there is the first freestyle indoor base in Europe at the base station: the Freestyle Academy. It features trampolines, various skateboarding infrastructure, boulderarea, airtrack, slackline and in the middle of the hall there are different sized kickers for skier, biker, snowboarder or skater into a foampit for a safe landing.
  Accommodation
  Riders Palace is a hotel for snowboarders and skiers and is part of the Design Hotels group. 
  In 2009 the rocksresort, also a member of the Design Hotels group, was opened. There are apartments to buy or rent. Through the "Buy to use and let" plan the owner's apartment will be let when they are not using it themselves. The rental income from all the apartments is collected with a pooling system and then paid out proportionately to the owners.
  Flims
  In addition to winter sports, Flims Laax Falera is also known for summer sports such as hiking, downhill biking, and mountain biking which are positioned under brand Flims
caption: Vorab Glacier
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