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Decision summary

Bruneck is the strongest match because of strong terrain match · 84/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, good reliability match · 66/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Chamonix is the strongest alternative. 3 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 3 options have limited evidence coverage.

Effectively tied

Bruneck

78/100

Why

Bruneck is the strongest match because of strong terrain match · 84/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, good reliability match · 66/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Chamonix is the strongest alternative. 3 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 3 options have limited evidence coverage.

Stale evidenceUpdated 1 d ago

Strong overall decision score (78/100).

Supporting data are stale; treat the ranking as provisional.

AlternativeChamonix

Main uncertaintySome requested evidence is unavailable; the score is rescaled over the evidence that exists.

Would change ifFresh observations or stronger source agreement could materially change the ranking.

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Bruneck

Advanced-terrain specialistEffectively tied

Effectively tied with Chamonix. strong terrain match · 84/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, good reliability match · 66/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence.

Why Bruneck leads Chamonix Terrain fit +6.3 pts and Snow reliability +1.2 pts

Terrain fit +6.3Snow now -4.0Snow reliability +1.2Access -0.3

Incoming snow and Weather stay in the forecast layer unless current/forecast evidence is explicitly part of the Decision score.

Strongest alternativeChamonix

Main uncertaintySome requested evidence is unavailable; the score is rescaled over the evidence that exists.

What could change the resultIncrease access weight from 12 to 62 and Chamonix becomes the leading option.

Lead margin3.3pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

The ranking changes little under nearby priority weights. Rank range 2–2.

Evidence confidence62%

Coverage and coherence of evidence used by this comparison.

Advanced analysisSensitivity, Pareto trade-offs and score contributions

Pareto frontier3 options

2 options are dominated on commonly available dimensions.

Lowest-regret optionChamonix · 94% robustness

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AccessChamonix

Increase access weight from 12 to 62 and Chamonix becomes the leading option.

12 → 62

Lift systemTannheimertal

Increase lift system weight from 14 to 94 and Tannheimertal becomes the leading option.

14 → 94

Why Bruneck leads Chamonix · 3.3 pts

Current opportunity-4.0 pts

Family & value+2.5 pts

Terrain+1.4 pts

Scale+1.3 pts

Snow+1.2 pts

Lift system+1.1 pts

Point contributions reconcile the structural Fit dimensions and confidence-limited current opportunity. Missing evidence is not treated as zero.

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Bruneck

#1 · Kronplatz Plan de Corones · Italy

Decision78/100

Fit78/100

Now0/100

Quality6.3/10

Now00 cm freshReliability6666/100Terrain8484/100Access7191 min

Decision score composition

Fit remains the structural anchor. Current opportunity receives weight only when current evidence is available, covered and fresh; otherwise Decision falls back toward Fit.

Fit78.1100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision78.1/100

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Snow66/100 · 37% evidence 15.8 / 24.0 pts

Terrain81/100 · 52% evidence 17.8 / 22.0 pts

Scale93/100 · 85% evidence 14.9 / 16.0 pts

Lift system74/100 · 68% evidence 10.4 / 14.0 pts

Access71/100 · 68% evidence 8.5 / 12.0 pts

Family & value89/100 · 41% evidence 10.7 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 57%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 100.0 pts

Mid-mountain snowNo data excluded

Mountain snowNo data excluded

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Valley snowNo data excluded

Data coverage: 16%

Destination typeAdvanced-terrain specialistBest useAdvanced skiing · 80/100Snow reliabilityModerateSki area125 km · 1,302 m verticalBest transfer91 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Strong terrain match · 84/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Good reliability match · 66/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Some enriched evidence is unavailable; it is excluded from the score rather than treated as zero.

Chamonix

#2 · Chamonix Valley · France

Decision75/100

Fit82/100

Now29/100

Quality6.0/10

Now29145 cm upperReliability7171/100Terrain8686/100Access8563 min

Decision score composition

Fit remains the structural anchor. Current opportunity receives weight only when current evidence is available, covered and fresh; otherwise Decision falls back toward Fit.

Fit81.986% weight Now29.214% weight Decision74.8/100

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Snow71/100 · 73% evidence 16.9 / 24.0 pts

Terrain86/100 · 80% evidence 19.0 / 22.0 pts

Scale98/100 · 85% evidence 15.7 / 16.0 pts

Lift system76/100 · 68% evidence 10.7 / 14.0 pts

Access85/100 · 68% evidence 10.2 / 12.0 pts

Family & value79/100 · 41% evidence 9.5 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 71%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Mountain snow145 cm 20.7 / 42.9 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Valley snow30 cm 3.8 / 22.9 pts

Mid-mountain snow99 cm 4.7 / 11.4 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeAdvanced-terrain specialistBest useAdvanced skiing · 84/100Snow reliabilityHighSki area175 km · 2,842 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m55%Best transfer63 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group150–299 km · Top 2,800+ mCalendar contextMountain snow is 133% above the available five-year level for this point in the season.

Strengths

Strong terrain match · 86/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Good reliability match · 71/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Tannheimertal

#3 · Vitales Land · Austria

Decision69/100

Fit69/100

Now0/100

Quality4.9/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5353/100Terrain7676/100Access65102 min

Decision score composition

Fit remains the structural anchor. Current opportunity receives weight only when current evidence is available, covered and fresh; otherwise Decision falls back toward Fit.

Fit68.8100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision68.8/100

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Snow53/100 · 37% evidence 12.6 / 24.0 pts

Terrain58/100 · 52% evidence 12.8 / 22.0 pts

Scale83/100 · 85% evidence 13.3 / 16.0 pts

Lift system86/100 · 8% evidence 12.1 / 14.0 pts

Access65/100 · 68% evidence 7.8 / 12.0 pts

Family & value84/100 · 41% evidence 10.1 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 48%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 100.0 pts

Mid-mountain snowNo data excluded

Mountain snowNo data excluded

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Valley snowNo data excluded

Data coverage: 16%

Destination typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 72/100Snow reliabilityMarginalSki area138 km · 723 m verticalBest transfer102 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top <2,000 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 76/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Solid reliability match · 53/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Terrain trails the selected-set median by 16 points.

Breuil Cervinia

#4 · Matterhorn Ski Paradise · Italy

Decision64/100

Fit75/100

Now22/100

Quality9.2/10

Now2275 cm upperReliability9494/100Terrain7171/100Access61104 min

Decision score composition

Fit remains the structural anchor. Current opportunity receives weight only when current evidence is available, covered and fresh; otherwise Decision falls back toward Fit.

Fit75.478% weight Now22.022% weight Decision63.9/100

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Snow94/100 · 73% evidence 22.5 / 24.0 pts

Terrain75/100 · 80% evidence 16.4 / 22.0 pts

Scale99/100 · 100% evidence 15.9 / 16.0 pts

Lift system40/100 · 68% evidence 5.6 / 14.0 pts

Access61/100 · 68% evidence 7.3 / 12.0 pts

Family & value64/100 · 41% evidence 7.7 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 74%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Mountain snow75 cm 7.5 / 30.0 pts

Open terrain7% 1.4 / 20.0 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 16.0 pts

Valley snow19 cm 1.7 / 16.0 pts

Snow quality9.6/10 9.6 / 10.0 pts

Mid-mountain snow53 cm 1.8 / 8.0 pts

Data coverage: 100%

Destination typeHigh-alpine snow anchorBest useSnow-first trips · 81/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area322 km · 2,337 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m92%Best transfer104 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group300+ km · Top 2,800+ mCalendar contextMountain snow is 40% below the available five-year level for this point in the season.

Strengths

Good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Exceptional reliability match · 94/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Saas

#5 · Saastal · Switzerland

Decision64/100

Fit64/100

Now0/100

Quality8.7/10

Now00 cm freshReliability7474/100Terrain7070/100Access10441 min

Decision score composition

Fit remains the structural anchor. Current opportunity receives weight only when current evidence is available, covered and fresh; otherwise Decision falls back toward Fit.

Fit63.7100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision63.7/100

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Snow74/100 · 73% evidence 17.7 / 24.0 pts

Terrain74/100 · 80% evidence 16.3 / 22.0 pts

Scale97/100 · 85% evidence 15.5 / 16.0 pts

Lift system39/100 · 68% evidence 5.4 / 14.0 pts

Access10/100 · 68% evidence 1.2 / 12.0 pts

Family & value63/100 · 41% evidence 7.6 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 71%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 100.0 pts

Mid-mountain snowNo data excluded

Mountain snowNo data excluded

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Valley snowNo data excluded

Data coverage: 16%

Destination typeLarge-domain explorerBest useAdvanced skiing · 70/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area142 km · 2,101 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m57%Best transfer441 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top 2,800+ m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 70/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Good reliability match · 74/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Access is a relative compromise.

Saint Vincent

#6 · Col de Joux · Italy

Decision44/100

Fit44/100

Now0/100

Quality–/10

Now00 cm freshReliability6262/100Terrain3737/100

Decision score composition

Fit remains the structural anchor. Current opportunity receives weight only when current evidence is available, covered and fresh; otherwise Decision falls back toward Fit.

Fit44.0100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision44.0/100

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Snow62/100 · 37% evidence 16.9 / 27.3 pts

Terrain27/100 · 16% evidence 6.9 / 25.0 pts

Scale27/100 · 27% evidence 5.0 / 18.2 pts

Lift system37/100 · 8% evidence 5.9 / 15.9 pts

Family & value69/100 · 13% evidence 9.4 / 13.6 pts

AccessNo data excluded

Data coverage: 19%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 100.0 pts

Mid-mountain snowNo data excluded

Mountain snowNo data excluded

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Valley snowNo data excluded

Data coverage: 16%

Destination typeFamily-led destinationSnow reliabilityHighSki area– · 340 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected date

Strengths

Mixed terrain match · 37/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Solid reliability match · 62/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Terrain depth is less distinctive.

Chatillon

#7 · · Italy

Decision–/100

Fit–/100

Now–/100

Quality–/10

Structural Fit calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

AccessNo data excluded

Family & valueNo data excluded

Lift systemNo data excluded

ScaleNo data excluded

SnowNo data excluded

TerrainNo data excluded

Data coverage: 0%

Current-opportunity calculation

Missing evidence is unknown, never zero. Available dimensions are rescaled to 100%; evidence coverage remains visible separately.

Fresh snowNo data excluded

Mid-mountain snowNo data excluded

Mountain snowNo data excluded

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Valley snowNo data excluded

Data coverage: 0%

Destination typeEvidence-limited destinationSnow reliabilityNot availableSki area– · – verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected date

Strengths

The destination remains scoreable, but there is not enough evidence for a strong archetype.

Consider

Some enriched evidence is unavailable; it is excluded from the score rather than treated as zero.

Side-by-side evidence

Detailed comparison

Structural snow resilience uses the multi-winter early/core/late archive after daily de-duplication. Calendar-date rows separately compare current observations with the previous five years. Missing archive evidence remains unknown.

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Attribute	BruneckKronplatz Plan de Corones	ChamonixChamonix Valley	TannheimertalVitales Land	Breuil CerviniaMatterhorn Ski Paradise	SaasSaastal	Saint VincentCol de Joux	ChatillonItaly
Assessment
Decision score	78/100	75/100	69/100	64/100	64/100	44/100	–
Structural Fit	78/100	82/100	69/100	75/100	64/100	44/100	–
Current opportunity	0/100	29/100clear advantage	0/100	22/100	0/100	0/100	–
Overall quality	6.3/10	6.0/10	4.9/10	9.2/10clear advantage	8.7/10	–	–
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Medium	Low	Medium	Medium	Low	Low
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	60/100	68/100	49/100	76/100	78/100	62/100	–
Typical daytime high	2°C	3°C	2°C	-2°Cclear advantage	1°C	3°C	–
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Typical overnight low	-5°C	-4°C	-4°C	-7°C	-6°C	-6°C	–
Rating	7.5/10	8.1/10	6.3/10	8.1/10	7.4/10	6.9/10	–
Area size class	100–150 km	150–250 km	100–150 km	250+ km	100–150 km	–	–
Ability profile	intermediate	advanced	intermediate	advanced	advanced	–	–
Price class	avg	high	avg	high	high	–	–
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	125 km	175 km	138 km	322 kmclear advantage	142 km	–	–
Lowest point	973 m	1,000 m	1,160 m	1,562 m	1,472 m	1,640 m	–
Highest point	2,275 m	3,842 m	1,883 m	3,899 m	3,573 m	1,980 m	–
Vertical range	1,302 m	2,842 mclear advantage	723 m	2,337 m	2,101 m	340 m	–
Blue pistes	48%	34%	58%	23%	22%	–	–
Red pistes	29%	44%	31%	68%	62%	–	–
Black pistes	23%	22%	11%	8%	16%	–	–
Terrain above 2,000 m	–	55%	–	92%clear advantage	57%	–	–
Terrain above 3,000 m	–	0%	–	21%clear advantage	0%	–	–
Piste-mix diversity	96/100	97/100	84/100	74/100	84/100	–	–
Slope-angle diversity	–	86/100clear advantage	–	51/100	68/100	–	–
Very/extremely steep terrain	–	21%clear advantage	–	6%	2%	–	–
Historical context
Historical snow resilience	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Typical early-winter mountain depth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Typical core-winter mountain depth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Typical late-winter mountain depth	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Snow consistency	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Late-winter retention	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lower-mountain retention	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Warm-winter resilience	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain snow versus typical	–	Well above typical+133% vs average · 100th percentile	–	Well below typical-40% vs average · 4th percentile	–	–	–
Valley snow versus typical	–	–	–	Below typical-40% vs average · 58th percentile	–	–	–
Open slopes versus typical	–	–	–	Close to typical-21% vs average · 46th percentile	–	–	–
Current snow
Valley snow	–	30 cm	–	19 cm	–	–	–
Mid-mountain snow	–	99 cmclear advantage	–	53 cm	–	–	–
Mountain snow	–	145 cmclear advantage	–	75 cm	–	–	–
Fresh snow	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	–
Snow quality	–	–	–	9.6/10	–	–	–
Snow alert	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Open terrain and lifts
Open slopes	–	–	–	7%	–	–	–
Open lifts	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lift capacity per piste km	633 pph/kmclear advantage	556 pph/km	–	298 pph/km	289 pph/km	–	–
Lift-system coverage	0.37×	0.48×clear advantage	–	0.28×	0.28×	–	–
Terrain per lift	3.9 km/lift	2.5 km/lift	4.9 km/lift	6.3 km/lift	3.6 km/lift	–	–
Weather
Minimum temperature	2°C	4°C	1°C	1°C	1°C	6°C	8°C
Maximum temperature	14°C	11°C	9°C	9°C	6°C	11°C	17°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	family	–	–	–	family	–	–
Piste variety	slopes	slopes	–	slopes	slopes	–	–
Off-piste	–	offpiste	–	offpiste	–	–	–
Cross-country	crosscountry	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lift network	lifts	–	–	lifts	lifts	–	–
Mountain restaurants	restaurants	–	–	restaurants	restaurants	–	–
Après-ski	–	–	–	apresski	apresski	–	–
Public transport	–	transit	transit	transit	–	–	–
Best airport transfer	91 min	63 minclear advantage	102 min	104 min	441 min	–	–
Skiing per transfer hour	82 km/h transfer	166 km/h transfer	81 km/h transfer	186 km/h transfer	19 km/h transfer	–	–

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