Resort Comparisons
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EUROPE SKI RESORT STATISTICS COMPARISON - ANNUAL SNOWFALL, SIZE, VERTICAL & TERRAIN EUROPE (km) Annual average Annual average Vertical (m) (m) Top elevation Total length of piste (km) run Longest runs % Beginner runs % Intermediate / Advanced % Lifts Runs Expert runs snowfall (m) Comments Lift ticket same as Lech Zurs; lift linked with Stuben and St Christoph but Austria St Anton 7 1,507 2,811 262 10.2 36 42 22 40 60 not Lech and Zurs Lift ticket same as St Anton; lift linked between Zurs, Lech, Zug and Lech/Zurs 2.5 1,000 2,450 276 5 27 49 24 34 54 Oberlech, Warth-Schröcken, but not to St Anton Axamer Lizum 1.7* 757 2,340 45 7 25 60 15 10 17 Innsbruck region - not lift linked Stubai Glacier * 1,479 3,200 110 10 60 30 10 19 26 Innsbruck region - not lift linked Sölden (Soelden) 2.5* 1,990 3,340 146 6 30 54 16 34 43 Stand-alone resort Town of Kitzbuhel surrounded by three major ski areas: Jochberg-Pass Kitzbuhel 4.6 1200 2,000 168 7 40 40 20 56 59 Thurn, Kitzbuhler Horn and Hahnenkamm Part of Reschenpass Ski Paradise which spans the Italian border and Nauders * 1450 2,850 110 * 40 43 17 35 includes Schoneben and Haideralm Switzerland Zermatt 5.6 2,200 3,820 245 13 23 44 44 73 67 Made up of 3 ski areas; can ski over to Cervinia in Italy St Moritz 3.5 1,503 3,303 350 10 35 25 40 56 88 Made up of 9 ski areas linked by shuttles and/or lifts Davos 5.4* 1,300 3,146 320 12 20 41 39 56 85 Part of the Rega Pass Area Ski Area and lift linked to Klosters Meiringen * 1,372 2,433 80 5 32 60 8 16 25 Stand-alone resort Verbier 3.3 1,830 3,330 410 15 33 42 6/19 84 Links with Nendaz, Veysonnaz & Thyon Nendaz * 1,900 3,300 70 15 43 50 7 18 * Les 4 valles; links with Thynon; Verbier and Veysonnaz Part of the Jungfrau region; Grindlewald and Wengen also part of Jungfrau Interlaken * 1,571 2,971 213 14 30 50 20 45 * region; stats are for all Interlaken Jungfrau region near Interlaken (same lift ticket) is not interconnected by Murren * 1,320 2,970 53 16 50 32 18 15 22 piste Part of the Alpes Vaudoises region; near Montreux and is neighbours with Chateau-d'Oex * 800 1,800 50 8 45 32 23 10 22 Gstaad Alpes Vaudoises region ski pass allows access to Leysin, Anzère (lift Anzere 10 1,423 2,500 42 5 20 60 20 11 15 connected to Leysin), Les Diablerets, Villars, Gryon, Château-d'Oex & Gstaad Part of the Alps Vaudoises, at the foot of the Dom in the valley next to Saas Fee * 1,800 3,600 140 11 37 40 23 22 35 Zermatt Crans Montana * 1,500 3,000 160 12 40 56 4 34 50 Stand-alone resort EUROPE (km) Annual average Annual average Vertical (m) (m) Top elevation Total length of piste (km) run Longest runs % Beginner runs % Intermediate / Advanced % Lifts Runs Expert runs snowfall (m) Comments Chamonix valley is a collection of separate ski resorts linked by buses - only France Chamonix 6.7 2,807 3,840 170 22 52 35 13 60 69 Le Brévent & La Flégère are linked by lifts Val d'lsere (Espace Killy) 6 1,491 3,450 300 10 15 45 40 96 137 The Espace Killy is the combined ski domain of Tignes and Val d’Isere. Courchevel 5.7 1,483 2,738 150 4.1 20 50 30 62 119 Courchevel is one of the resorts of the linked ski area, the Trois Vallées Meribel 5 1,450 2,950 144 5 58 28 14 57 74 In Trois Vallees ( 3 valleys), interlinked ski area connected with the resorts of Courchevel, Val Thorens & Les Menuires La Plagne * 2,000 3,250 225 15 65 26 9 109 134 Paradiski area inclues la Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry & Les Arcs. Alpe D'Huez * 1,470 3,330 236 16 34 54 12 85 114 Part of Grandes Rousses area which links with various other villages La Grave * 2,150 3,550 12 9 0 0 100 5 3 Grande Galaxie lift pass allows access to Briançon, Les Deux Alpes, Puy Saint Vincent and Serre Chevalier Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 1,882 2,930 140 9 33 62 5 51 78 Dolomites region not lift linked: lift ticket prices are for Dolomiti super pass Val di Fassa * 610 2,000 * * 23 68 9 7 7 1 of 4 resorts within Sella Ronda; in the Dolomites Alta Badia * 1,413 2,950 130 * 58 35 7 52 * 1 of 4 resorts of Sella Ronda - part of Dolomites Val Gardena * 1,026 2,454 175 * 30 60 10 81 * Part of Dolomoti super ski pass Val Venosta 10 1,200 2,700 20 * 17 50 33 6 8 Part of the Dolomites: small resort linked with Resia & Nauders (Austria) Livigno * 1,200 3,000 110 4 42 46 12 33 * Against the Swiss border; made up of 6 different areas Part of the Alta Valtellina region and shares lift passes with Livigno & Santa Bormio * 1,787 3,012 39 14 48 43 9 14 150 Callerina (bus linked only) Madonna di Campiglio * 1,100 2,600 150 4 43 41 16 30 51 Between Dolomites and Alps; part of the Skirama Adamello-Brenta area; lift linked with resorts of Folgarida and Marilleva Monterosa is a region made of up 3 valleys: Ayas (village of Champoluc), Monterosa * 2,350 3,550 186 9 45 50 5 36 73 Gressoney & Valsesia (village of Alagna) - NW Italy Sestriere/ Via Lattea 5* 788 2,823 400 5 29 50 21 92 146 Sestriere is part of the Via Lattea (milky way) group of resorts which are interlinked with Sauze d'Oulx, Sansicario, Cesana & Claviere Courmayeur * 1,555 2,763 36 7.3 27 62 11 24 26 On Italian side of Mont Blanc (Monte Bianca); stand alone resort Made up of 6 villages; shared lift pass with Milky Way resorts but not lift Bardonecchia * 1,438 2,750 140 11 21 67 12 23 49 linked; on the French border and can ski to the French side Andorra Soldeu el Tarter * 850 2,560 92 8 15 65 20 63 100 Part of the Gradvalira ski area of the Andorra region. Linked via the piste with Pas de la Casa & shares lift pass with other Grandvalira ski area Romania Poiana Brasov * 800 1,800 35 4 37 21 21 11 13 Stand-alone resort Sinaia * 1030 2,030 50 6 40 40 20 10 14 Stand-alone resort Bulgaria Borovets * 1,420 2,560 58 12 35 40 25 11 18 Lift tickets are cheap but it depends upon who you buy them from EUROPE Annual average Annual average Vertical (m) (m) Top elevation Total length of (km) run Longest runs % Beginner % Intermediate / Advanced % Lifts Runs Expert runs snowfall (m) piste (km) runs Comments Bulgaria Bankso * 1,560 2,914 65 7 35 40 25 15 15 Lift tickets are cheap but it depends upon who you buy them from Vitosha * 640 2,290 22 5.2 52 36 12 11 19 Stand-alone resort Czech Spindleruv Mlyn * 495 1,457 25 5 45 40 15 17 19 Stand-alone resort The region is made up of separate ski areas (e.g. Kasprowy Wierch, Nosal, Poland Zakopane * 929 1,960 30 12 40 40 20 22 16 Gubalowka Hill) where you purchase separate lift tickets based on how many times you use the lift Slovakia Tatranska Lomnica * 1290 2,632 * 10 50 35 15 10 8 Stand-alone resort * data unavailable or unreliable Some of the information in this table has been sourced from multiple websites, some of which are contradictory. Accuracy cannot be guaranteed. European ski resorts typically describe the size of skiable terrain with length of piste runs, rather than acres or hectares as is typical in other parts of the world .