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Decision summary

Le Lioran narrowly leads because of good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, mixed reliability match · 50/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Mont Dore is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 3 options have limited evidence coverage.

Effectively tied

Le Lioran

62/100

Why

Le Lioran narrowly leads because of good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, mixed reliability match · 50/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Mont Dore is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 3 options have limited evidence coverage.

Limited evidenceUpdated 12 h ago

Structural fit score: 62/100.

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

AlternativeMont Dore

Main uncertaintyThe lead over Mont Dore 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.

Detailed comparison reasoningEvidence bridge, trade-offs and decision boundaries

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Le Lioran

Family progression baseLow-regret choiceEffectively tied

Effectively tied with Mont Dore. good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, mixed reliability match · 50/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence—but the result is close.

Why Le Lioran leads Mont Dore Terrain fit +1.6 pts

Terrain fit +1.6Snow reliability -0.3

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

Strongest alternativeMont Dore

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

What could change the resultReduce scale weight from 16 to 2 and Mont Dore becomes the leading option.

Lead margin1.3pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence57%

Coverage and coherence of evidence used by this comparison.

Advanced analysisSensitivity, Pareto trade-offs and score contributions

Pareto frontier2 options

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.

ScaleMont Dore

Reduce scale weight from 16 to 2 and Mont Dore becomes the leading option.

16 → 2

TerrainMont Dore

Increase terrain weight from 22 to 45 and Mont Dore becomes the leading option.

22 → 45

Why Le Lioran leads Mont Dore · 1.3 pts

Scale+1.7 pts

Terrain-1.3 pts

Family & value+1.3 pts

Snow-0.3 pts

Lift system-0.1 pts

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

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Resort overview

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Le Lioran

#1 · Le Lioran · France

Decision62/100

Fit62/100

Now0/100

Quality5.0/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5050/100Terrain6767/100

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.

Fit62.0100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision62.0/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow50/100 · 37% evidence 13.6 / 27.3 pts

Terrain64/100 · 52% evidence 16.0 / 25.0 pts

Scale70/100 · 100% evidence 12.8 / 18.2 pts

Lift system48/100 · 68% evidence 7.6 / 15.9 pts

Family & value88/100 · 41% evidence 12.0 / 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 typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 67/100Snow reliabilityMarginalSki area60 km · 690 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top <2,000 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 67/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Mixed reliability match · 50/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Mont Dore

#2 · Mont Dore · France

Decision61/100

Fit61/100

Now0/100

Quality5.8/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5151/100Terrain6464/100

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.

Fit60.7100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision60.7/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow51/100 · 37% evidence 13.9 / 27.3 pts

Terrain69/100 · 52% evidence 17.3 / 25.0 pts

Scale61/100 · 100% evidence 11.1 / 18.2 pts

Lift system48/100 · 68% evidence 7.7 / 15.9 pts

Family & value79/100 · 41% evidence 10.7 / 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 typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 64/100Snow reliabilityMarginalSki area32 km · 621 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top <2,000 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 64/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Mixed reliability match · 51/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Chastreix sancy

#3 · Chastreix Sancy · France

Decision50/100

Fit50/100

Now0/100

Quality5.5/10

Now00 cm freshReliability4141/100Terrain5454/100

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.

Fit50.3100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision50.3/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow41/100 · 37% evidence 11.2 / 27.3 pts

Terrain69/100 · 52% evidence 17.1 / 25.0 pts

Scale45/100 · 100% evidence 8.1 / 18.2 pts

Lift system35/100 · 68% evidence 5.6 / 15.9 pts

Family & value61/100 · 41% evidence 8.3 / 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 typeTerrain-led destinationBest useAdvanced skiing · 55/100Snow reliabilityLowSki area16 km · 380 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top <2,000 m

Strengths

Solid terrain match · 54/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Mixed reliability match · 41/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Snow resilience is less distinctive.

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	Le LioranLe Lioran	Mont DoreMont Dore	Chastreix sancyChastreix Sancy
Assessment
Decision score	62/100	61/100	50/100
Structural Fit	62/100	61/100	50/100
Current opportunity	0/100	0/100	0/100
Overall quality	5.0/10	5.8/10	5.5/10
Recommendation confidence	Low	Low	Low
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	44/100	45/100	29/100
Typical daytime high	3°C	3°C	7°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–	–
Typical overnight low	-2°C	-2°C	0°C
Rating	6.8/10	6.2/10	6.6/10
Area size class	50–100 km	20–50 km	20 km or less
Ability profile	intermediate	intermediate	expert
Price class	avg	avg	low
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	60 kmclear advantage	32 km	16 km
Lowest point	1,160 m	1,225 m	1,350 m
Highest point	1,850 m	1,846 m	1,730 m
Vertical range	690 m	621 m	380 m
Blue pistes	50%	41%	19%
Red pistes	33%	38%	44%
Black pistes	17%	22%	38%clear advantage
Terrain above 2,000 m	–	–	–
Terrain above 3,000 m	–	–	–
Piste-mix diversity	92/100	97/100	95/100
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 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Snow quality	–	–	–
Snow alert	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Open terrain and lifts
Open slopes	–	–	–
Open lifts	–	–	–
Lift capacity per piste km	431 pph/km	471 pph/km	339 pph/km
Lift-system coverage	0.25×	0.28×	0.29×
Terrain per lift	3.2 km/lift	2.3 km/lift	2.0 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	1°C	-1°C	-1°C
Maximum temperature	5°C	3°C	4°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	–	family	–
Piste variety	–	–	–
Off-piste	–	–	–
Cross-country	–	–	–
Lift network	–	–	–
Mountain restaurants	–	–	–
Après-ski	–	–	–
Public transport	–	–	–
Best airport transfer	–	–	–
Skiing per transfer hour	–	–	–

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