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Overall rating5.9/10
Skiing rating6.1/10
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Overall rating5.9out of 10
Skiing rating6.1beginner to free-nature skiing
Snow conditions5out of 10
Family6out of 10
Beginner5
Advanced6
Expert5
Free-nature8.2
Snow5
Family6
Après-ski4.5
Nature8
Hiking7
Lifts5
Visited february 2010 · couple
Beginner5
Advanced6
Expert5
Free-nature7
Snow5
Family6
Après-ski5
Nature8
Hiking7
Lifts4
Evolene is a small resort in the Val d\'Herens, 30 minutes by bus from Sion. Like many smaller Swiss resorts, the lift system is old and very basic. Access from the valley station is via a pretty ancient and very slow 2 seat chair. Up on the hill things are not much better with just a handful of drag lifts. To its credit, these few lifts do provide access to a surprisingly large area with quite a bit of off-piste potential between the long upper traverse run and the bottom of the drags. Most of these off-piste areas are very obvious and as a result they get tracked out quite quickly after fresh snow. The last places to suffer are at the far sides of the resort. Although there is a lot of ver
Review by Anders Koffler from Oslo on November 3rd, 2010.
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