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Decision summary

Solden is the strongest match because of exceptional terrain match · 88/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, exceptional reliability match · 92/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Arosa is the strongest alternative.

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Why

Solden is the strongest match because of exceptional terrain match · 88/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, exceptional reliability match · 92/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Arosa is the strongest alternative.

Mixed evidenceUpdated 18 h ago

Strong overall decision score (78/100).

AlternativeArosa

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

Would change ifA material forecast shift or a different priority profile could change the ranking.

Detailed comparison reasoningEvidence bridge, trade-offs and decision boundaries

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Solden

Large-domain explorerLow-regret choice

Leads on exceptional terrain match · 88/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence, exceptional reliability match · 92/100 — led by strong snow resilience.

Why Solden leads Arosa Snow now +4.3 pts and Access +3.0 pts

Snow now +4.3Access +3.0Snow reliability +1.2Terrain fit +1.0

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

Strongest alternativeArosa

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

What could change the resultIncrease scale weight from 16 to 94 and Arosa becomes the leading option.

Lead margin9.5pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence70%

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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ScaleArosa

Increase scale weight from 16 to 94 and Arosa becomes the leading option.

16 → 94

Why Solden leads Arosa · 9.5 pts

Lift system+6.8 pts

Current opportunity+4.3 pts

Access+3.0 pts

Scale-2.6 pts

Terrain-1.9 pts

Family & value-1.3 pts

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

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Resort overview

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Solden

#1 · Solden Hochsolden · Austria

Decision78/100

Fit88/100

Now27/100

Quality8.2/10

Now2788 cm upperReliability9292/100Terrain8888/100Access8372 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.

Fit88.384% weight Now26.516% weight Decision78.2/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow92/100 · 73% evidence 22.0 / 24.0 pts

Terrain78/100 · 80% evidence 17.2 / 22.0 pts

Scale97/100 · 100% evidence 15.5 / 16.0 pts

Lift system90/100 · 8% evidence 12.6 / 14.0 pts

Access83/100 · 68% evidence 10.0 / 12.0 pts

Family & value93/100 · 41% evidence 11.1 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 65%

Current-opportunity calculation

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

Mountain snow88 cm 11.0 / 37.5 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 20.0 pts

Valley snow10 cm 1.1 / 20.0 pts

Snow quality9.6/10 12.0 / 12.5 pts

Mid-mountain snow57 cm 2.4 / 10.0 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Data coverage: 80%

Destination typeLarge-domain explorerBest useFamily trips · 89/100Snow reliabilityExceptionalSki area146 km · 1,990 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m76%Best transfer72 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top 2,800+ mCalendar contextMountain snow is close to the available five-year level for this point in the season.

Strengths

Exceptional terrain match · 88/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Exceptional reliability match · 92/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Arosa

#2 · Arosa Lenzerheide · Switzerland

Decision69/100

Fit69/100

Now0/100

Quality9.2/10

Now00 cm freshReliability7272/100Terrain7272/100Access45129 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.

Fit68.7100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision68.7/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow72/100 · 73% evidence 17.2 / 24.0 pts

Terrain74/100 · 80% evidence 16.3 / 22.0 pts

Scale98/100 · 85% evidence 15.6 / 16.0 pts

Lift system26/100 · 68% evidence 3.7 / 14.0 pts

Access45/100 · 68% evidence 5.4 / 12.0 pts

Family & value88/100 · 41% evidence 10.6 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 71%

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 typeLarge-domain explorerBest useAdvanced skiing · 72/100Snow reliabilityExceptionalSki area225 km · 1,636 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m48%Best transfer129 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group150–299 km · Top 2,800+ m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 72/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Good reliability match · 72/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

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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	SoldenSolden Hochsolden	ArosaArosa Lenzerheide
Assessment
Decision score	78/100clear advantage	69/100
Structural Fit	88/100clear advantage	69/100
Current opportunity	27/100clear advantage	0/100
Overall quality	8.2/10	9.2/10clear advantage
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Medium
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	82/100	86/100
Typical daytime high	-2°Cclear advantage	1°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–
Typical overnight low	-9°Cclear advantage	-7°C
Rating	8.3/10clear advantage	7.5/10
Area size class	100–150 km	150–250 km
Ability profile	intermediate	intermediate
Price class	avg	high
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	146 km	225 kmclear advantage
Lowest point	1,350 m	1,229 m
Highest point	3,340 mclear advantage	2,865 m
Vertical range	1,990 mclear advantage	1,636 m
Blue pistes	52%	49%
Red pistes	28%	39%
Black pistes	20%clear advantage	12%
Terrain above 2,000 m	76%clear advantage	48%
Terrain above 3,000 m	9%clear advantage	0%
Piste-mix diversity	92/100	89/100
Slope-angle diversity	53/100clear advantage	45/100
Very/extremely steep terrain	7%	4%
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	Close to typical-1% vs average · 75th percentile	–
Valley snow versus typical	Close to typical93th percentile	–
Open slopes versus typical	–	–
Current snow
Valley snow	10 cm	–
Mid-mountain snow	57 cm	–
Mountain snow	88 cm	–
Fresh snow	0 cm	0 cm
Snow quality	9.6/10	–
Snow alert	0 cm	0 cm
Open terrain and lifts
Open slopes	–	–
Open lifts	–	–
Lift capacity per piste km	–	288 pph/km
Lift-system coverage	–	0.22×
Terrain per lift	4.7 km/lift	5.2 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	5°C	6°C
Maximum temperature	13°C	15°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	–	family
Piste variety	slopes	slopes
Off-piste	–	–
Cross-country	–	–
Lift network	lifts	lifts
Mountain restaurants	restaurants	restaurants
Après-ski	apresski	–
Public transport	transit	–
Best airport transfer	72 minclear advantage	129 min
Skiing per transfer hour	121 km/h transfer	105 km/h transfer

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