Zinal, 29 January 2005
29th January 2005
Zinal is at the far end of the Val D’Anniviers in the Valais canton, it’s a small village with a small ski area of around 70km accessed by a telepherique from the valley floor. The telepherique takes you from 1670m up to 2440m and a couple of chairlifts take you on up to 2896m (above photo). The bulk of the ski area lies above 2440m.
The runs are mostly wide and fairly steep with some interesting variation in pitch and terrain which makes even the blue runs entertaining.
This is skiing the way it was meant to be, no crowds, no queues for the lifts and surrounded by serious mountains. We’d decided to stay the night but due to a parapente event all the hotels in Zinal were full so we headed for Grimentz which is just down the valley. We nearly ended coming home as the first two hotels we tried there were also full but just as we were driving out we found a small pension over a restaurant both of which turned out to be excellent.
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