Ski Zinal - Skiing and Snowboarding in Zinal

Ski Zinal - Ski Resort and Snow Summary

Zinal Ski Facts

Zinal in brief Zinal Ski Resort is:- Good for Expert Skiers. Good for Intermediate Skiers. OK for Beginners. OK for Snowboarding.

for Expert Skiers for Intermediate Skiers 2    Black Runs 6    Red Runs 4    Blue Runs 70Km Downhill Pistes 19Km Cross Country Trails 9 Ski Lifts 1240m Max Vertical 2910m Highest Lift 1670m Lowest Piste 1670m Resort Altitude Full Page Map of Zinal

In addition to the skiing in Zinal itself (70km of pisted ski runs), the appropriate ski Lift Pass will allow you to ski or snowboard in the other Sierre-Anniviers ski resorts of Grimentz, St-Luc / Chandolin and Vercorin.

The Swiss ski resort of Zinal is a small ski area typical of many in Switzerland and has direct access to 70km of downhill skiing, with 11 individual pistes, served by 9 ski lifts. It is situated in the Val d'Anniviers. A ski bus links Grimentz and Zinal on a frequent schedule, St-Luc and Chandolin are also accessible via bus but a change is required in nearby Vissoie.

The ski resort itself is above 1600m, so skiing or boarding back to the resort is usually possible. With most pistes above 2500 metres, skiing and snowboarding is assured throughout the season. Snow cannons are installed on the main pistes.

Zinal is home to the first Avalanche Training Centre, later repeated in other stations. Sponsored by Mammut this area has 16 hidden transmitters which can be activated randomly from a control station allowing users to practice locating one or more simulated victims using their own transceivers. Entrance is free and requires no reservation.

Zinal is accessible via a public transport with a main-line train station in Sierre and a bus connection to Zinal via Vissoie.

Snowmaking :- Zinal is able to augment natural snow through the use of 77 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 9 Ski Lifts of Zinal are able to uplift 9,980 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

There are two airports within two hours drive, so ski weekends, snowboard breaks and short ski holidays to Zinal are perfectly feasible. Sion Airport is just one hours drive away, in good driving conditions, so you can be on the piste quickly.

Skiing in Zinal

Zinal offers good sking, particularly, for Expert and Intermediate skiers.

Snowboarding in Zinal

Zinal is the annual venue for the ExtremeCarving snowboarding group who relish the the steep black runs particularly the "Barth�l�my".

The description of Zinal was kindly provided by the local Ise-Man

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