Nendaz is a less crowded alternative to nearby Verbier.

If you aren’t getting enough excitement from your Alpine vacations, you may want to try flying through the air at night.

Nendaz, near Verbier in the Swiss 4 Valleys, has introduced an unusual attraction this winter – hang-gliding by moonlight.

This rather energetic evening activity begins with climbing the slopes in snowshoes and ends with a return to the valley with a tandem para-glider flight by moonlight. The resort also offers fondue served in an igloo especially constructed for the occasion, or if conditions are not good for igloo-building, in a mountain hut.

It costs 250 Swiss Francs (€170) per person, and it is weather and lunar-cycle dependent.

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