A small, pretty, typically Swiss village, standing on a high sunny plateau in the Val d'Anniviers. Famous for its popular skiing possibilities, Zinal has the longest snowtubing slope in Switzerland (472m). A snowboard park opened on Sorebois at 2006..
3,800 slopeside beds are available; additional lodging nearby.
Restaurants, nursery, shops, banks, post office, museum, and a nightclub. Ski and snowboard school offers lessons in Alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, and telemarking.
Snowboarding, cross country, snowtubing, sledging, glacier, heliskiing, ice fishing, ice climbing, ice skating, tobogganing, and winter hiking. Also indoor swimming, sauna, massage, indoor tennis, squash, paragliding, hang-gliding, and a sports hall.
Snowboarding is available with a terrain park and halfpipe. Snowboard shop, equipment rentals, and lessons are available.
12 km of cross country trails are available.
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Top: 9498 FT Bottom: 5482 FT Vertical Drop: 4360 FT Skiable Terrain: 70 acres Number of Runs: 1 Snow Making: 7 acres |
Total Lifts: na Surface Lifts: 6 Capacity: 9980 |
Beginner Runs: 12% Intermediate Runs: 40% Advanced Runs: 25% Expert Runs: 23% Average Snowfall: 600 IN |
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Projected Days Open: na Days Open Last Year: 0 Year Open: 2000 |
Regionwide comparison Wikiski OnTheSnow.com Resort Guide for Zinal | |
