Compare ski resorts

Recommendation

Decision summary

Ax les Thermes is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 69/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, good reliability match · 67/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Ascou is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 3 options have limited evidence coverage.

Recommended

Ax les Thermes

68/100

Why

Ax les Thermes is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 69/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, good reliability match · 67/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Ascou is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 3 options have limited evidence coverage.

Stale evidenceUpdated 1 d ago

Solid upper-mountain snow base at 270 cm.

Supporting data are stale; treat the ranking as provisional.

AlternativeAscou

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.

Detailed comparison reasoningEvidence bridge, trade-offs and decision boundaries

Recommended for this profile

Ax les Thermes

Family progression baseLow-regret choice

Leads on good terrain match · 69/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, good reliability match · 67/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence.

Why Ax les Thermes leads Ascou Snow now +8.6 pts and Terrain fit +4.1 pts

Snow now +8.6Terrain fit +4.1Snow reliability +0.7

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

Strongest alternativeAscou

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

What could change the resultIncrease lift system weight from 14 to 67 and Beille becomes the leading option.

Lead margin13.6pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence58%

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.

Lift systemBeille

Increase lift system weight from 14 to 67 and Beille becomes the leading option.

14 → 67

Why Ax les Thermes leads Ascou · 13.6 pts

Current opportunity+8.6 pts

Scale+2.7 pts

Lift system+2.2 pts

Family & value-1.2 pts

Snow+0.7 pts

Terrain+0.4 pts

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

More comparison leadersAdditional category leaders

Resort overview

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

Ax les Thermes

#1 · Ax les Thermes Bonascre · France

Decision68/100

Fit69/100

Now64/100

Quality6.0/10

Now64270 cm upperReliability6767/100Terrain6969/100

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.

Fit68.887% weight Now63.813% weight Decision68.1/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow67/100 · 37% evidence 18.3 / 27.3 pts

Terrain73/100 · 52% evidence 18.1 / 25.0 pts

Scale78/100 · 100% evidence 14.1 / 18.2 pts

Lift system39/100 · 68% evidence 6.2 / 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.

Mountain snow270 cm 38.6 / 42.9 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Valley snow120 cm 15.2 / 22.9 pts

Mid-mountain snow210 cm 10.0 / 11.4 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 71/100Snow reliabilityModerateSki area80 km · 966 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 69/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Good reliability match · 67/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Ascou

#2 · Ascou Pailheres · France

Decision55/100

Fit55/100

Now0/100

Quality8.5/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5555/100Terrain5454/100

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.

Fit54.5100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision54.5/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow55/100 · 37% evidence 15.1 / 27.3 pts

Terrain61/100 · 52% evidence 15.3 / 25.0 pts

Scale52/100 · 100% evidence 9.5 / 18.2 pts

Lift system20/100 · 68% evidence 3.2 / 15.9 pts

Family & value85/100 · 41% evidence 11.6 / 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 · 60/100Snow reliabilityMarginalSki area20 km · 578 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Solid terrain match · 54/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Solid reliability match · 55/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Beille

#3 · Beille · France

Decision43/100

Fit43/100

Now0/100

Quality4.5/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5050/100Terrain4040/100

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.

Fit42.5100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision42.5/100

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

Terrain9/100 · 39% evidence 2.3 / 25.0 pts

Scale7/100 · 100% evidence 1.2 / 18.2 pts

Lift system86/100 · 68% evidence 13.6 / 15.9 pts

Family & value87/100 · 31% evidence 11.8 / 13.6 pts

AccessNo data excluded

Data coverage: 47%

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 · 60/100Snow reliabilityLowSki area0 km · 17 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top <2,000 m

Strengths

Mixed terrain match · 40/100 — led by strong lift-system evidence and strong terrain profile; partial evidence..
Mixed reliability match · 50/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

Consider

Terrain depth 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.

Find column

Scroll horizontally to compare resortsThe attribute column stays visible

Attribute	Ax les ThermesAx les Thermes Bonascre	AscouAscou Pailheres	BeilleBeille
Assessment
Decision score	68/100clear advantage	55/100	43/100
Structural Fit	69/100clear advantage	55/100	43/100
Current opportunity	64/100clear advantage	0/100	0/100
Overall quality	6.0/10	8.5/10clear advantage	4.5/10
Recommendation confidence	Low	Low	Low
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	55/100clear advantage	41/100	40/100
Typical daytime high	7°C	8°C	6°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–	–
Typical overnight low	0°C	-1°C	-2°C
Rating	6.7/10	6.4/10	6.8/10
Area size class	50–100 km	20 km or less	20 km or less
Ability profile	intermediate	novice	novice
Price class	avg	avg	avg
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	80 kmclear advantage	20 km	0 km
Lowest point	1,380 m	1,480 m	1,810 mclear advantage
Highest point	2,346 mclear advantage	2,058 m	1,827 m
Vertical range	966 mclear advantage	578 m	17 m
Blue pistes	50%	55%	100%
Red pistes	31%	35%	0%
Black pistes	19%clear advantage	10%	0%
Terrain above 2,000 m	–	–	–
Terrain above 3,000 m	–	–	–
Piste-mix diversity	93/100clear advantage	84/100	–
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	120 cm	–	–
Mid-mountain snow	210 cm	–	–
Mountain snow	270 cm	–	–
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	329 pph/km	290 pph/km	2,350 pph/kmclear advantage
Lift-system coverage	0.26×	0.19×	1.00×clear advantage
Terrain per lift	3.8 km/lift	2.9 km/lift	0.2 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	-3°C	13°C	0°C
Maximum temperature	1°C	17°C	5°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	–	–	–

Shape the comparison

Start a comparison

Decision summary

Ax les Thermes

Ax les Thermes

Resort overview

Ax les Thermes

Ascou

Beille

Detailed comparison