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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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Decision summary

Diavolezza narrowly leads because of solid terrain match · 56/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, exceptional reliability match · 86/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Sils Maria is the strongest alternative. 2 options have limited evidence coverage.

Balanced profileSummer / glacier
Effectively tied

Diavolezza

65/100
Why
  1. Diavolezza narrowly leads because of solid terrain match · 56/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, exceptional reliability match · 86/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Sils Maria is the strongest alternative. 2 options have limited evidence coverage.
Limited evidenceUpdated 17 h ago
  • Structural fit score: 65/100.

Evidence coverage is limited; the ranking may move with new observations.

AlternativeSils Maria
Main uncertaintyThe lead over Sils Maria is small. Some 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.
Limited evidenceUpdated 17 h ago0.1 pts lead
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Detailed comparison reasoningEvidence bridge, trade-offs and decision boundaries
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Diavolezza

Advanced-terrain specialistLow-regret choiceEffectively tied

Effectively tied with Sils Maria. solid terrain match · 56/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, exceptional reliability match · 86/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence—but the result is close.

Why Diavolezza leads Sils Maria Snow reliability +2.3 pts and Terrain fit +1.3 pts
Access -3.5Snow reliability +2.3Terrain fit +1.3
Incoming snow and Weather stay in the forecast layer unless current/forecast evidence is explicitly part of the Decision score.

Strongest alternativeSils Maria

Main uncertaintyThe lead over Sils Maria is small. Some requested evidence is unavailable; the score is rescaled over the evidence that exists.

What could change the resultReduce access weight from 12 to 11 and Sils Maria becomes the leading option.

Lead margin0.1pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

The ranking changes little under nearby priority weights. Rank range 1–2.

Evidence confidence57%

Coverage and coherence of evidence used by this comparison.

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

1 option is dominated on commonly available dimensions.

Explore decision boundaries · what preference change flips the winner?

These are the smallest tested single-dimension changes that produce a different leader. Apply one to inspect that scenario; no new database query is required to calculate the boundary.

AccessSils Maria

Reduce access weight from 12 to 11 and Sils Maria becomes the leading option.

12 → 11
ScaleSils Maria

Increase scale weight from 16 to 17 and Sils Maria becomes the leading option.

16 → 17
Family & valueSils Maria

Increase family & value weight from 12 to 13 and Sils Maria becomes the leading option.

12 → 13
SnowSils Maria

Increase snow weight from 24 to 25 and Sils Maria becomes the leading option.

24 → 25
Why Diavolezza leads Sils Maria · 0.1 pts
Access-3.5 pts
Snow+2.3 pts
Terrain+2.2 pts
Scale-0.9 pts
Lift system+0.3 pts
Family & value-0.3 pts

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

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Diavolezza

#1 · Diavolezza · Switzerland

Decision65/100
Fit65/100
Now0/100
Quality8.5/10
Now00 cm freshReliability8686/100Terrain5656/100
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.

Fit64.5100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision64.5/100
Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow86/100 · 37% evidence 23.6 / 27.3 pts
Terrain78/100 · 52% evidence 19.5 / 25.0 pts
Scale77/100 · 100% evidence 13.9 / 18.2 pts
Lift system11/100 · 68% evidence 1.8 / 15.9 pts
Family & value42/100 · 41% evidence 5.7 / 13.6 pts
AccessNo data excluded

Data coverage: 51%

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 useSnow-first trips · 72/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area35 km · 913 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top 2,800+ m
Strengths
  • Solid terrain match · 56/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
  • Exceptional reliability match · 86/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..
Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Sils Maria

#2 · Corvatsch Furtschellas · Switzerland

Decision64/100
Fit64/100
Now0/100
Quality9.2/10
Now00 cm freshReliability8989/100Terrain6262/100Access30157 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.

Fit64.4100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision64.4/100
Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow89/100 · 37% evidence 21.3 / 24.0 pts
Terrain79/100 · 52% evidence 17.3 / 22.0 pts
Scale92/100 · 100% evidence 14.8 / 16.0 pts
Lift system11/100 · 68% evidence 1.5 / 14.0 pts
Access30/100 · 68% evidence 3.5 / 12.0 pts
Family & value50/100 · 41% evidence 6.0 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 59%

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 useSnow-first trips · 72/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area120 km · 1,506 m verticalBest transfer157 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top 2,800+ m
Strengths
  • Solid terrain match · 62/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
  • Exceptional reliability match · 89/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..
Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Puoz Bass

#3 · · Switzerland

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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AttributeDiavolezzaDiavolezzaSils MariaCorvatsch FurtschellasPuoz BassSwitzerland
Assessment
Decision score 65/10064/100–
Structural Fit 65/10064/100–
Current opportunity 0/1000/100–
Overall quality 8.5/109.2/10clear advantage–
Recommendation confidence LowMediumLow
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability 74/10077/100–
Typical daytime high -4°C-5°C–
Typical snow/freezing level –––
Typical overnight low -10°C-11°C–
Rating 7.2/107.6/10clear advantage–
Area size class 20–50 km100–150 km–
Ability profile advancedadvanced–
Price class highhigh–
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes 35 km120 kmclear advantage–
Lowest point 2,093 mclear advantage1,797 m–
Highest point 3,006 m3,303 mclear advantage–
Vertical range 913 m1,506 mclear advantage–
Blue pistes 0%11%–
Red pistes 77%74%–
Black pistes 23%clear advantage15%–
Terrain above 2,000 m –––
Terrain above 3,000 m –––
Piste-mix diversity 78/100clear advantage68/100–
Slope-angle diversity –––
Very/extremely steep terrain –––
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 –––
Mid-mountain snow –––
Mountain snow –––
Fresh snow 0 cm0 cm–
Snow quality –––
Snow alert 0 cm0 cm0 cm
Open terrain and lifts
Open slopes –––
Open lifts –––
Lift capacity per piste km 126 pph/km153 pph/km–
Lift-system coverage 0.21×0.15×–
Terrain per lift 7.0 km/lift8.6 km/lift–
Weather
Minimum temperature 3°C7°C3°C
Maximum temperature 7°C12°C8°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability –––
Piste variety –––
Off-piste –––
Cross-country crosscountrycrosscountry–
Lift network –––
Mountain restaurants –––
Après-ski –––
Public transport –––
Best airport transfer –157 min–
Skiing per transfer hour –46 km/h transfer–