Flims

Flims is the largest of the three villages which share a joint ski area, Flims, Laax and Falera. The Ski area the three villages share is most commonly known as ‘LAAX’ – the name that the tourist office of the villages prefer it to be known by, although it is sometimes called ‘The White Arena’ too. Flims itself 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 simply LAAX, which is crowned by the Vorab glacier. 70 per cent of the slopes are situated over 2,000 metres above sea level and freestyle facilities include what’s claimed to be the world’s largest superpipe.