Expert advice, gear reviews, and destination guides for every skier.
Val Thorens: 600 km, base 2,300 m, €84.2 pass covers the lot. Tignes shares Espace Killy's 300 km with Val d'Isère, €68 buys only its own 150 km.
75 ski resorts within 250 km of Salzburg airport. The 20 closest, from Berchtesgaden at 18 km to the SkiWelt at 64 km, with slopes, lifts, pass prices and which to choose.
Vertical drop is the height difference between a ski resort's lowest and highest lift stations. What it tells you, what it hides, and the biggest verticals in our database of 251 resorts.
Norway's four main ski resorts compared on real data: Trysil, Hemsedal, Geilo and Norefjell. Slopes, lifts, vertical, day passes in NOK and euros, and how far each is from Oslo airport.
St. Anton vs Ischgl on real data: 305 vs 239 km, 43% vs 20% easy terrain, €85 vs €79 day passes, Dec to Apr vs Nov to May. Verdict by skier type.
88 ski resorts within 250 km of Innsbruck airport. The 20 closest, from Seefeld at 14 km to the SkiWelt at 80 km, with slopes, lifts, elevation and which to pick.
Finland's three main ski resorts compared on real data: 115 km of slopes, 75 lifts, day passes from €58 and seasons that run from October to May. Which one suits you.
How to read easy, intermediate and expert slope shares, lift counts and vertical drop, with European and North American colour codes and worked examples.
Which resorts open in October, run into May or ski June to September, using season data for 251 resorts, with month-by-month tables.
