Nax is a little village on 1300 m with about 500 habitants in the canton of Valais. With its pretty wooden, stone houses it hasn’t lost its charm.
Hotel Mont-Noble
Skiing in Nax
Nax is quite a small ski resort with 5 installations and no worries you won’t get lost. To get to the ski lift the easiest way is to take a car or a bus. We took a car since we didn’t feel like waiting for the bus.
4 out of 5 installations are chairlifts, one is a T-Bar. Slopes are not long but perfectly prepared (when we went skiing, there wasn’t much snow but still I couldn’t ask for better slope conditions). The slopes are wide and honestly it is a superb family ski resort. If you’re thinking of taking your kids with you and teaching them how to ski it’s hard to find a better spot. Peace, not many people around (seriously, we went during the weekend and most of the people we saw was in restaurants), no crazy after ski parties, just a few restaurants in the village. Tranquility at its best.
Beautiful panorama 
Where to eat
On the slopes you have 2 restaurants: Restaurant ‘La Dzorniva’ at 1900 m when getting off the first chairlift. It offers daily menu, Swiss specialities like fondue, rösti, croûte au fromage and other dishes like sausage with chips etc. Fair price for a ski resort restaurant. Buvette du ‘Chiesso’ at 2075 m, that used to be a cheese dairy. It’s a charming little place with a small menu and good mulled wine.
La Dzorniva. Photo from Nax Tourism 
Buvette du ‘Chiesso’. Photo from Nax Tourism
In the village we ate ‘charbonoble’ in Hotel Mont-Noble . Salad, 2 different kinds of meat, merguez, chips, vegetables and 4 different yummie sauces. You grill it how you want it and enjoy your dinner with the closest. Perfect choice for an easy evening. There’s also a pizzeria-trattoria Le Central not far away if you’re looking for some Italian cuisine. And don’t forget to try the ‘Mont-Noble’ beer from their village brewery!
What to do
As written before Nax is a tiny village but there’s something for all. If you’re not feeling like going skiing, there’s also winter walks, cross-country ski trails, ice-rink and you can have a go at snowtubing. Walk around the village because it is pretty as hell. Go to the panorama point and just enjoy the peace of this place.
Views from the panorama point. 
More info on Nax: here
Text: Agnieszka Wajs
