Obersaxen Mundaun Snowboarding

Southeast of Zurich and west of Chur, the Obersaxen Mundaun ski area has 30+ pistes served by 18 lifts accessing a maximum vertical descent of 1,000m.

The Obersaxen-Mundaun ski area is located southwest of the town of Ilanz. It is slightly up on a plateau and accessible via ski bus. There are several base areas including Sasolas, Valata, Misanenga, Chummenbuhl, Meierhof and Vella. While snowboarding here, watch out for the runs off Piz-Sezner summit (#46/#47) -- some lead to Areass with no return lift.

After a long morning of snowboarding, try the Berghutte Piz Mundaun, Restaurant Wali and Berggasthaus Triel.

For apres ski, check out the Sternenbar.

Tip - If you are planning to snowboard the Obersaxen area for a week, you may want the Surselva Safari ski pass which also allows snowboarding at Brigels-Waltensburg, which is across the valley.

Note: If you plan to head to Obersaxen for snowboarding by train, here are two great options offered by the Swiss train system SBB. First, there is the discounted Swiss Transfer Ticket which provides a round-trip train ticket from an airport directly to the town near the ski area, plus 50% off any additional train or bus tickets. Second, there is the Snow-N-Rail ticket which provides a round-trip ticket from anywhere in Switzerland combines with a ski lift pass for as long as you need at a total 20% discount (see: http://www.sbb.ch/snownrail ).

Overall, Obersaxen Mundaun is the 40th most popular snowboard & freeride destination of all 79 snowboarding resorts in Switzerland.