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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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Beckenried is the strongest match because of solid terrain match · 60/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, solid reliability match · 54/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Dallenwil is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 2 options have limited evidence coverage.

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Beckenried

62/100
Why
  1. Beckenried is the strongest match because of solid terrain match · 60/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, solid reliability match · 54/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence. Dallenwil is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier. 2 options have limited evidence coverage.
Limited evidenceUpdated 23 h ago
  • Structural fit score: 62/100.

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

AlternativeDallenwil
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.
Limited evidenceUpdated 23 h ago24.8 pts lead
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Detailed comparison reasoningEvidence bridge, trade-offs and decision boundaries
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Beckenried

Access-led destinationLow-regret choice

Leads on solid terrain match · 60/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, solid reliability match · 54/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence.

Why Beckenried leads Dallenwil Access +10.5 pts and Terrain fit +9.6 pts
Access +10.5Terrain fit +9.6Snow reliability +5.9Snow now -1.1
Incoming snow and Weather stay in the forecast layer unless current/forecast evidence is explicitly part of the Decision score.

Strongest alternativeDallenwil

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 80 and Dallenwil becomes the leading option.

Lead margin24.8pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence64%

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?

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 systemDallenwil

Increase lift system weight from 14 to 80 and Dallenwil becomes the leading option.

14 → 80
Why Beckenried leads Dallenwil · 24.8 pts
Access+10.5 pts
Terrain+9.8 pts
Scale+8.5 pts
Lift system-6.2 pts
Snow+5.9 pts
Family & value-2.5 pts

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

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Beckenried

#1 · Klewenalp Stockhutte · Switzerland

Decision62/100
Fit62/100
Now0/100
Quality4.2/10
Now00 cm freshReliability5454/100Terrain6060/100Access8857 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.

Fit61.8100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision61.8/100
Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow54/100 · 37% evidence 13.1 / 24.0 pts
Terrain58/100 · 52% evidence 12.7 / 22.0 pts
Scale67/100 · 100% evidence 10.7 / 16.0 pts
Lift system40/100 · 68% evidence 5.6 / 14.0 pts
Access88/100 · 68% evidence 10.5 / 12.0 pts
Family & value78/100 · 41% evidence 9.3 / 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 typeAccess-led destinationBest useFamily trips · 66/100Snow reliabilityModerateSki area40 km · 739 m verticalBest transfer57 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top <2,000 m
Strengths
  • Solid terrain match · 60/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
  • Solid reliability match · 54/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..
Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Dallenwil

#2 · Dallenwil Wirzweli · Switzerland

Decision37/100
Fit42/100
Now8/100
Quality4.0/10
Now830 cm upperReliability3131/100Terrain4646/100
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.

Fit41.586% weight Now8.114% weight Decision37.0/100
Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow31/100 · 37% evidence 8.3 / 27.3 pts
Terrain13/100 · 39% evidence 3.3 / 25.0 pts
Scale15/100 · 100% evidence 2.6 / 18.2 pts
Lift system86/100 · 68% evidence 13.7 / 15.9 pts
Family & value100/100 · 18% evidence 13.6 / 13.6 pts
AccessNo data excluded

Data coverage: 45%

Current-opportunity calculation

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

Mountain snow30 cm 4.3 / 42.9 pts
Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts
Valley snow20 cm 2.5 / 22.9 pts
Mid-mountain snow26 cm 1.2 / 11.4 pts
Open terrainNo data excluded
Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 61/100Snow reliabilityLowSki area1 km · 135 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top <2,000 m
Strengths
  • Mixed terrain match · 46/100 — led by strong lift-system evidence and strong terrain profile; partial evidence..
  • Mixed reliability match · 31/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..
Consider

Terrain depth is less distinctive.

Buochs

#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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AttributeBeckenriedKlewenalp StockhutteDallenwilDallenwil WirzweliBuochsSwitzerland
Assessment
Decision score 62/100clear advantage37/100–
Structural Fit 62/100clear advantage42/100–
Current opportunity 0/1008/100clear advantage–
Overall quality 4.2/104.0/10–
Recommendation confidence MediumLowLow
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability 50/100clear advantage25/100–
Typical daytime high 6°C4°C–
Typical snow/freezing level –––
Typical overnight low -1°C-3°C–
Rating 6.7/10––
Area size class 20–50 km20 km or less–
Ability profile advancednovice–
Price class highhigh–
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes 40 kmclear advantage1 km–
Lowest point 1,199 m1,215 m–
Highest point 1,938 mclear advantage1,350 m–
Vertical range 739 mclear advantage135 m–
Blue pistes 38%100%–
Red pistes 63%0%–
Black pistes 0%0%–
Terrain above 2,000 m –––
Terrain above 3,000 m –––
Piste-mix diversity 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 –20 cm–
Mid-mountain snow –26 cm–
Mountain snow –30 cm–
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 381 pph/km1,500 pph/kmclear advantage–
Lift-system coverage 0.28×2.60×clear advantage–
Terrain per lift 2.7 km/lift0.3 km/lift–
Weather
Minimum temperature 1°C0°C6°C
Maximum temperature 10°C4°C9°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability family––
Piste variety –––
Off-piste –––
Cross-country –––
Lift network –––
Mountain restaurants –––
Après-ski –––
Public transport transittransit–
Best airport transfer 57 min––
Skiing per transfer hour 42 km/h transfer––