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Decision summary

Tignes is the strongest match because of strong terrain match · 81/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, exceptional reliability match · 97/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Airolo is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier.

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Tignes

70/100

Why

Tignes is the strongest match because of strong terrain match · 81/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, exceptional reliability match · 97/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Airolo is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier.

Mixed evidenceUpdated 21 h ago

Strong structural fit for the selected priorities (81/100).

AlternativeAirolo

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.

Detailed comparison reasoningEvidence bridge, trade-offs and decision boundaries

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Tignes

Large-domain explorerLow-regret choice

Leads on strong terrain match · 81/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, exceptional reliability match · 97/100 — led by strong snow resilience.

Why Tignes leads Airolo Terrain fit +7.3 pts and Snow reliability +6.0 pts

Terrain fit +7.3Snow reliability +6.0Access -1.9Snow now +0.5

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

Strongest alternativeAirolo

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

What could change the resultIncrease access weight from 12 to 90 and Airolo becomes the leading option.

Lead margin11.7pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence75%

Coverage and coherence of evidence used by this comparison.

Advanced analysisSensitivity, Pareto trade-offs and score contributions

Pareto frontier2 options

No selected option is clearly dominated on the shared evidence.

Explore decision boundaries · what preference change flips the winner?

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AccessAirolo

Increase access weight from 12 to 90 and Airolo becomes the leading option.

12 → 90

Why Tignes leads Airolo · 11.7 pts

Snow+6.0 pts

Family & value+4.8 pts

Lift system+4.3 pts

Terrain-2.0 pts

Access-1.9 pts

Current opportunity+0.5 pts

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

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Resort overview

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Tignes

#1 · Espace Killy · France

Decision70/100

Fit81/100

Now3/100

Quality10.0/10

Now320 cm upperReliability9797/100Terrain8181/100Access51120 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.

Fit80.886% weight Now3.414% weight Decision70.3/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow97/100 · 73% evidence 23.2 / 24.0 pts

Terrain81/100 · 80% evidence 17.9 / 22.0 pts

Scale90/100 · 100% evidence 14.4 / 16.0 pts

Lift system59/100 · 68% evidence 8.3 / 14.0 pts

Access51/100 · 68% evidence 6.1 / 12.0 pts

Family & value92/100 · 41% evidence 11.0 / 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 snow20 cm 2.9 / 42.9 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Valley snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Mid-mountain snow12 cm 0.6 / 11.4 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeLarge-domain explorerBest useSnow-first trips · 86/100Snow reliabilityExceptionalSki area300 km · 1,906 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m94%Best transfer120 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group300+ km · Top 2,800+ mCalendar contextMountain snow is 78% below the available five-year level for this point in the season.

Strengths

Strong terrain match · 81/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Exceptional reliability match · 97/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Airolo

#2 · Airolo · Switzerland

Decision59/100

Fit59/100

Now0/100

Quality9.2/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5858/100Terrain5959/100Access6098 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.

Fit58.6100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision58.6/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow58/100 · 73% evidence 14.0 / 24.0 pts

Terrain80/100 · 80% evidence 17.5 / 22.0 pts

Scale77/100 · 100% evidence 12.2 / 16.0 pts

Lift system21/100 · 68% evidence 2.9 / 14.0 pts

Access60/100 · 68% evidence 7.2 / 12.0 pts

Family & value39/100 · 41% evidence 4.7 / 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.

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 · 65/100Snow reliabilityHighSki area30 km · 1,075 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m19%Best transfer98 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Solid terrain match · 59/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Solid reliability match · 58/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

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	TignesEspace Killy	AiroloAirolo
Assessment
Decision score	70/100clear advantage	59/100
Structural Fit	81/100clear advantage	59/100
Current opportunity	3/100	0/100
Overall quality	10.0/10clear advantage	9.2/10
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Medium
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	99/100clear advantage	63/100
Typical daytime high	-4°Cclear advantage	1°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–
Typical overnight low	-9°Cclear advantage	-6°C
Rating	8.0/10clear advantage	5.8/10
Area size class	250+ km	20–50 km
Ability profile	intermediate	expert
Price class	high	high
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	300 kmclear advantage	30 km
Lowest point	1,550 mclear advantage	1,175 m
Highest point	3,456 mclear advantage	2,250 m
Vertical range	1,906 mclear advantage	1,075 m
Blue pistes	55%	3%
Red pistes	25%	50%
Black pistes	20%	47%clear advantage
Terrain above 2,000 m	94%clear advantage	19%
Terrain above 3,000 m	6%clear advantage	0%
Piste-mix diversity	91/100clear advantage	74/100
Slope-angle diversity	56/100	63/100
Very/extremely steep terrain	7%	7%
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	Below typical-78% vs average · 23th percentile	–
Valley snow versus typical	–	–
Open slopes versus typical	–	–
Current snow
Valley snow	0 cm	–
Mid-mountain snow	12 cm	–
Mountain snow	20 cm	–
Fresh snow	0 cm	0 cm
Snow quality	–	–
Snow alert	0 cm	0 cm
Open terrain and lifts
Open slopes	–	–
Open lifts	–	–
Lift capacity per piste km	513 pph/kmclear advantage	260 pph/km
Lift-system coverage	0.27×	0.21×
Terrain per lift	3.8 km/lift	3.8 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	6°C	3°C
Maximum temperature	12°C	12°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	–	–
Piste variety	slopes	–
Off-piste	offpiste	–
Cross-country	–	–
Lift network	lifts	–
Mountain restaurants	–	–
Après-ski	apresski	–
Public transport	–	–
Best airport transfer	120 min	98 minclear advantage
Skiing per transfer hour	150 km/h transferclear advantage	18 km/h transfer

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