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Fit = structural suitabilityNow = current opportunityDecision combines both when timing makes current conditions relevant
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Priorities determine the structural ranking; optional trip context refines those priorities without excluding a resort. Evidence describes data support, Stability tests nearby priority changes, and Frontier marks a non-dominated option on comparable evidence.

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Travel origin is preserved with the decision state; access scoring uses the selected arrival hub when one is chosen.
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Decision summary

Sestriere is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience. 2 options have limited evidence coverage.

Balanced profileSummer / glacier
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Sestriere

64/100
Why
  1. Sestriere is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience. 2 options have limited evidence coverage.
Mixed evidenceUpdated 16 h ago
  • Solid upper-mountain snow base at 200 cm.
AlternativeNo close alternative
Main uncertaintyMost of the evidence requested by this priority profile is available.
Would change ifA material forecast shift or a different priority profile could change the ranking.
Mixed evidenceUpdated 16 h ago
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Sestriere

Large-domain explorerLow-regret choice

Leads on good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience.

Main uncertaintyMost of the evidence requested by this priority profile is available.

What could change the resultThe recommendation remains first under the tested nearby priority shifts in the available evidence.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

The ranking changes little under nearby priority weights. Rank range 1–1.

Evidence confidence73%

Coverage and coherence of evidence used by this comparison.

Advanced analysisSensitivity, Pareto trade-offs and score contributions
Pareto frontier1 option

No selected option is clearly dominated on the shared evidence.

Priority sensitivity

The leading resort remains first under moderate one-criterion weighting shifts in the available evidence.

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Resort overview

Trip match is profile-specific. Expand the calculation to see exactly how each score is built.

Sestriere

#1 · La Voie Lactee · Italy

Decision64/100
Fit69/100
Now38/100
Quality9.0/10
Now38200 cm upperReliability7070/100Terrain6767/100Access7386 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.

Fit68.686% weight Now37.914% weight Decision64.4/100
Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow70/100 · 73% evidence 16.9 / 24.0 pts
Terrain75/100 · 80% evidence 16.4 / 22.0 pts
Scale96/100 · 85% evidence 15.3 / 16.0 pts
Lift system24/100 · 68% evidence 3.4 / 14.0 pts
Access73/100 · 68% evidence 8.8 / 12.0 pts
Family & value65/100 · 41% evidence 7.8 / 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 snow200 cm 28.6 / 42.9 pts
Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts
Valley snow25 cm 3.2 / 22.9 pts
Mid-mountain snow130 cm 6.2 / 11.4 pts
Open terrainNo data excluded
Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeLarge-domain explorerBest useAdvanced skiing · 71/100Snow reliabilityHighSki area400 km · 1,251 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m65%Best transfer86 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group300+ km · Top 2,000–2,799 m
Strengths
  • Good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
  • Good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience..
Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Sonnighorn

#2 · · 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.

Villaretto

#3 · · 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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AttributeSestriereLa Voie LacteeSonnighornItalyVillarettoItaly
Assessment
Decision score 64/100––
Structural Fit 69/100––
Current opportunity 38/100––
Overall quality 9.0/10––
Recommendation confidence MediumLowLow
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability 65/100––
Typical daytime high 0°C––
Typical snow/freezing level –––
Typical overnight low -7°C––
Rating 6.8/10––
Area size class 250+ km––
Ability profile advanced––
Price class low––
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes 400 km––
Lowest point 1,538 m––
Highest point 2,789 m––
Vertical range 1,251 m––
Blue pistes 24%––
Red pistes 55%––
Black pistes 21%––
Terrain above 2,000 m 65%––
Terrain above 3,000 m 0%––
Piste-mix diversity 91/100––
Slope-angle diversity 37/100––
Very/extremely steep terrain 3%––
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 –––
Valley snow versus typical –––
Open slopes versus typical –––
Current snow
Valley snow 25 cm––
Mid-mountain snow 130 cm––
Mountain snow 200 cm––
Fresh snow 0 cm––
Snow quality –––
Snow alert 0 cm0 cm0 cm
Open terrain and lifts
Open slopes –––
Open lifts –––
Lift capacity per piste km 254 pph/km––
Lift-system coverage 0.19×––
Terrain per lift 5.8 km/lift––
Weather
Minimum temperature 6°C-5°C6°C
Maximum temperature 14°C5°C13°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability family––
Piste variety slopes––
Off-piste offpiste––
Cross-country –––
Lift network –––
Mountain restaurants –––
Après-ski –––
Public transport transit––
Best airport transfer 86 min––
Skiing per transfer hour 279 km/h transfer––