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Hello, I tried a search and only found 1 post about malburn in the whole forum, from 2005, with no replies.
So has anyone ever been? I am in Zell am Zee for a weekend later in the season and thinking of a trip across to Switzerland, stopping in Liechtenstein on the way. Its a small resort, but will be nice to add a new country to my cap 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Weird. Thought I'd posted about Malbun before, but search says otherwise. Maybe it was elsewhere. Never actually managed to get there in the end, but I think it's only a tiny place with a few runs. I'd only do it to say I've been there, and cross 1 more country off the to do list.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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In Jan 2009 when I changed camp from Engelberg to Flim/Laax I stopped over at Malbun for a good part of the day. Prior to that I once try to do it as a day trip from St Anton but didn't ski it due to lack of snow. The ski pass then was 39CHF after 11am while a full day pass was 45 CHF.
It is a nice small resort hidden from Liechtensein becuase you have to enter a tunnel to the other side of the mountain to ski. You can find the details from the Bergfex web site by searching resorts in Switzerland.
Not a lot of challenge but a self conatined gem hidden from the outside world. It is a perfect stop if you are travelling in a car and got skis with you and there is snow in the mountain.
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I spent a week skiing there once but I doubt if my input will be very helpful as it was back in January 1972.
As I recall, therewas a very short nursery slope & drag lift but the only way up from the village was another drag which was very steep and lower intermediates had to leave it half way up on a very small icy path which resulted most mornings in a fair bit of carnage. Consequently It was the last time my wife ever put on a pair of skis! A shame because further up there was a beatiful bowl and some lovely runs.
I have no doubt that in the intervening 40 years the infrastructure has improved a bit.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| charliwest wrote: |
| I am in Zell am Zee for a weekend later in the season and thinking of a trip across to Switzerland, stopping in Liechtenstein on the way. |
That's a hell of a way. Madness.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| charliwest wrote: |
| I am in Zell am Zee for a weekend later in the season and thinking of a trip across to Switzerland, stopping in Liechtenstein on the way. |
That's a hell of a way. Madness. |
Maybe he's after the cheese  Or is this a troll?
But, more to the point, way back in 1992 I did ski in Malbun. That was driving back from France to Germany. As I arrived, late one evening, it was snowing gently and in the headlights the effect was like out of a fairy tale. I had intended only to stay one night and have a few runs (to add another country to my list, like charliwest) but I enjoyed it so much (there was new snow) that I skied for the whole day and stayed another night.
Malbun is relatively small but there are some interesting runs. As has been said, there is a bowl on one side of the valley (on the left when you drive up) and then a couple of lifts in a valley on the other side, mostly reds and blues with some more direct variants. Fine for a day if the snow is there.
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