Laax is a village in the Surselva valley of Graubünden, part of the LAAX ski resort that shares its lift system with Flims and Falera. Together they form the largest connected ski area in central Switzerland, with over 220 kilometres of pistes reaching up to the Vorab glacier at 3,018 metres.
In winter the resort draws a younger crowd than most Swiss ski villages, with a strong freestyle scene centred on the Crap Sogn Gion snowpark. In summer the same terrain turns into mountain biking and hiking country, with the Caumasee — a striking turquoise lake near Flims — as the highlight swim spot. Below the valley, the Ruinaulta Rhine Gorge offers one of Switzerland's most dramatic landscapes, and the Il Spir viewing platform gives a vertiginous look straight down into it.
The village itself is quiet and traditional, a cluster of Romansh-speaking houses below the lift station. Most of the resort infrastructure is up the mountain at Murschetg and Crap Sogn Gion rather than in the old village. After dark, the Mirasteilas Observatory in nearby Falera offers public stargazing sessions under some of the darkest skies in Switzerland.