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Decision summary

Nendaz is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 70/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, exceptional reliability match · 88/100 — led by strong snow resilience. San Domenico di Varzo is the strongest alternative. 1 option have limited evidence coverage.

Effectively tied

Nendaz

70/100

Why

Nendaz is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 70/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, exceptional reliability match · 88/100 — led by strong snow resilience. San Domenico di Varzo is the strongest alternative. 1 option have limited evidence coverage.

Stale evidenceUpdated 1 d ago

Solid upper-mountain snow base at 157 cm.

Supporting data are stale; treat the ranking as provisional.

AlternativeSan Domenico di Varzo

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

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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Nendaz

Advanced-terrain specialistLow-regret choiceEffectively tied

Effectively tied with San Domenico di Varzo. good terrain match · 70/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, exceptional reliability match · 88/100 — led by strong snow resilience.

Why Nendaz leads San Domenico di Varzo Access +6.7 pts and Snow now +2.7 pts

Access +6.7Terrain fit -4.5Snow now +2.7Snow reliability -1.7

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

Strongest alternativeSan Domenico di Varzo

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

What could change the resultIncrease access weight from 12 to 53 and San Domenico di Varzo becomes the leading option.

Lead margin3.3pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence74%

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.

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AccessSan Domenico di Varzo

Increase access weight from 12 to 53 and San Domenico di Varzo becomes the leading option.

12 → 53

TerrainSan Domenico di Varzo

Increase terrain weight from 22 to 68 and San Domenico di Varzo becomes the leading option.

22 → 68

Why Nendaz leads San Domenico di Varzo · 3.3 pts

Access+6.7 pts

Terrain-4.4 pts

Current opportunity+2.7 pts

Snow-1.7 pts

Scale+0.6 pts

Family & value-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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Nendaz

#1 · Les Quatre Vallees · Switzerland

Decision70/100

Fit73/100

Now34/100

Quality7.1/10

Now34157 cm upperReliability8888/100Terrain7070/100Access61107 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.

Fit73.392% weight Now34.18% weight Decision70.2/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow88/100 · 73% evidence 21.2 / 24.0 pts

Terrain87/100 · 80% evidence 19.0 / 22.0 pts

Scale90/100 · 100% evidence 14.4 / 16.0 pts

Lift system22/100 · 68% evidence 3.1 / 14.0 pts

Access61/100 · 68% evidence 7.3 / 12.0 pts

Family & value69/100 · 41% evidence 8.3 / 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 snow157 cm 34.1 / 65.2 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 34.8 pts

Mid-mountain snowNo data excluded

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Valley snowNo data excluded

Data coverage: 46%

Destination typeAdvanced-terrain specialistBest useSnow-first trips · 78/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area412 km · 1,980 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m72%Best transfer107 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group300+ km · Top 2,800+ mCalendar contextMountain snow is 44% above the available five-year level for this point in the season.

Strengths

Good terrain match · 70/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Exceptional reliability match · 88/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

San Domenico di Varzo

#2 · San Domenico · Italy

Decision67/100

Fit67/100

Now0/100

Quality–/10

Now00 cm freshReliability7878/100Terrain6363/100

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.

Fit66.9100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision66.9/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow78/100 · 37% evidence 21.2 / 27.3 pts

Terrain88/100 · 44% evidence 21.9 / 25.0 pts

Scale70/100 · 100% evidence 12.7 / 18.2 pts

Lift system19/100 · 68% evidence 3.1 / 15.9 pts

Family & value59/100 · 41% evidence 8.1 / 13.6 pts

AccessNo data excluded

Data coverage: 49%

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 · 73/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area33 km · 1,080 m verticalCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Solid terrain match · 63/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Strong reliability match · 78/100 — led by strong snow resilience; partial evidence..

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	NendazLes Quatre Vallees	San Domenico di VarzoSan Domenico
Assessment
Decision score	70/100	67/100
Structural Fit	73/100clear advantage	67/100
Current opportunity	34/100clear advantage	0/100
Overall quality	7.1/10	–
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Low
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	70/100	74/100
Typical daytime high	1°C	2°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–
Typical overnight low	-5°C	-5°C
Rating	7.2/10clear advantage	6.6/10
Area size class	250+ km	20–50 km
Ability profile	expert	expert
Price class	high	–
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	412 kmclear advantage	33 km
Lowest point	1,350 m	1,420 m
Highest point	3,330 mclear advantage	2,500 m
Vertical range	1,980 mclear advantage	1,080 m
Blue pistes	26%	17%
Red pistes	49%	39%
Black pistes	25%	43%clear advantage
Terrain above 2,000 m	72%	–
Terrain above 3,000 m	2%	–
Piste-mix diversity	95/100	94/100
Slope-angle diversity	67/100	–
Very/extremely steep terrain	9%	–
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	Well above typical+44% vs average · 100th percentile	–
Valley snow versus typical	–	–
Open slopes versus typical	–	–
Current snow
Valley snow	–	–
Mid-mountain snow	–	–
Mountain snow	157 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	223 pph/km	288 pph/kmclear advantage
Lift-system coverage	0.20×	0.20×
Terrain per lift	6.1 km/lift	6.5 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	4°C	4°C
Maximum temperature	12°C	9°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	family	–
Piste variety	–	–
Off-piste	offpiste	–
Cross-country	–	–
Lift network	–	–
Mountain restaurants	–	–
Après-ski	–	–
Public transport	–	–
Best airport transfer	107 min	–
Skiing per transfer hour	231 km/h transfer	–

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