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Morzine (1,000 m) and Avoriaz (1,800 m) share the same 600 km Portes du Soleil area and 196 lifts. The choice is base altitude, village character and closing date.
The best family ski resorts in Austria ranked on data: easy terrain, snow reliability, size and price across 49 resorts. Serfaus, Obertauern, Obergurgl and Snow Space Salzburg lead.
Chamonix has 50 km of expert pistes (33%) in a 152 km valley total; Zermatt has 322 km linked, 220 km intermediate. Numbers, season and altitude compared.
Val Gardena vs Alta Badia: 175 km vs 130 km, 29% vs 57% easy terrain, €72 vs €80 a day, both on the Sella Ronda. Which Dolomites valley to book.
Val d'Isère and Tignes share 300 km of Espace Killy slopes. Tignes opens 21 Nov 2026 with a €68 local pass (2025/26); Val d'Isère opens 28 Nov at €75.
72 ski resorts within 250 km of Turin airport. The 20 closest, from Val Cenis and Val d'Isère at 59 km to Zermatt at 91 km, with slopes, lifts, pass prices, transfers.
Via Lattea has 220 km of intermediate piste, 55% of 400 km, the most of any Italian ski area in our data. Cervinia matches it, mostly in Switzerland.
A week's skiing in Europe costs about €1,100 per person on a budget, €2,050 standard and €4,600 premium, built from real lift pass prices and published bands. Line by line, with examples.
Villars has Switzerland's highest easy-piste share (76%); Arosa Lenzerheide (110 km) and Laax (108 km) lead on kilometres. Day passes from CHF 75 (2026/27).
Kitzbühel vs St. Anton: 234 km vs 305 km, tops of 2,000 m vs 2,811 m, 54% vs 43% easy terrain, €83 vs €85 a day. The verdict by skier type.
