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Decision summary

Bad Gastein narrowly leads because of good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Kals am Grossglockner is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier.

Effectively tied

Bad Gastein

65/100

Why

Bad Gastein narrowly leads because of good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Kals am Grossglockner is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier.

Stale evidenceUpdated 1 d ago

Solid upper-mountain snow base at 124 cm.

Supporting data are stale; treat the ranking as provisional.

AlternativeKals am Grossglockner

Main uncertaintyThe lead over Kals am Grossglockner is small. Most 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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Bad Gastein

Large-domain explorerLow-regret choiceEffectively tied

Effectively tied with Kals am Grossglockner. good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience—but the result is close.

Why Bad Gastein leads Kals am Grossglockner Access +4.2 pts and Snow now +3.5 pts

Terrain fit -5.5Access +4.2Snow now +3.5Snow reliability -0.4

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

Strongest alternativeKals am Grossglockner

Main uncertaintyThe lead over Kals am Grossglockner is small. Most of the evidence requested by this priority profile is available.

What could change the resultReduce access weight from 12 to 7 and Kals am Grossglockner becomes the leading option.

Lead margin1.8pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence75%

Coverage and coherence of evidence used by this comparison.

Advanced analysisSensitivity, Pareto trade-offs and score contributions

Pareto frontier2 options

No selected option is clearly dominated on the shared evidence.

Explore decision boundaries · what preference change flips the winner?

These are the smallest tested single-dimension changes that produce a different leader. Apply one to inspect that scenario; no new database query is required to calculate the boundary.

AccessKals am Grossglockner

Reduce access weight from 12 to 7 and Kals am Grossglockner becomes the leading option.

12 → 7

Lift systemKals am Grossglockner

Increase lift system weight from 14 to 27 and Kals am Grossglockner becomes the leading option.

14 → 27

TerrainKals am Grossglockner

Increase terrain weight from 22 to 36 and Kals am Grossglockner becomes the leading option.

22 → 36

Why Bad Gastein leads Kals am Grossglockner · 1.8 pts

Access+4.2 pts

Terrain-3.9 pts

Current opportunity+3.5 pts

Lift system-2.5 pts

Family & value+0.7 pts

Snow-0.4 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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Bad Gastein

#1 · Gasteinertal · Austria

Decision65/100

Fit71/100

Now26/100

Quality6.1/10

Now26124 cm upperReliability7070/100Terrain7171/100Access7479 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.

Fit70.886% weight Now25.614% weight Decision64.7/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow70/100 · 73% evidence 16.8 / 24.0 pts

Terrain66/100 · 80% evidence 14.6 / 22.0 pts

Scale97/100 · 100% evidence 15.5 / 16.0 pts

Lift system43/100 · 68% evidence 6.0 / 14.0 pts

Access74/100 · 68% evidence 8.9 / 12.0 pts

Family & value75/100 · 41% evidence 9.0 / 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 snow124 cm 17.7 / 42.9 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Valley snow30 cm 3.8 / 22.9 pts

Mid-mountain snow86 cm 4.1 / 11.4 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeLarge-domain explorerBest useAll-round trips · 71/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area180 km · 1,801 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m59%Best transfer79 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group150–299 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Good reliability match · 70/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Lift-system evidence is less convincing.

Kals am Grossglockner

#2 · Matrei Kals am Grossglockner · Austria

Decision63/100

Fit63/100

Now0/100

Quality6.2/10

Now00 cm freshReliability6262/100Terrain7070/100Access29154 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.

Fit62.9100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision62.9/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow62/100 · 73% evidence 14.9 / 24.0 pts

Terrain75/100 · 80% evidence 16.5 / 22.0 pts

Scale83/100 · 85% evidence 13.2 / 16.0 pts

Lift system55/100 · 68% evidence 7.7 / 14.0 pts

Access29/100 · 68% evidence 3.5 / 12.0 pts

Family & value59/100 · 41% evidence 7.1 / 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 · 68/100Snow reliabilityHighSki area40 km · 1,493 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m31%Best transfer154 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group<50 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 70/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Solid reliability match · 62/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Access is a relative compromise.

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	Bad GasteinGasteinertal	Kals am GrossglocknerMatrei Kals am Grossglockner
Assessment
Decision score	65/100	63/100
Structural Fit	71/100clear advantage	63/100
Current opportunity	26/100clear advantage	0/100
Overall quality	6.1/10	6.2/10
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Medium
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	79/100clear advantage	64/100
Typical daytime high	2°C	1°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–
Typical overnight low	-4°C	-5°C
Rating	7.3/10clear advantage	6.4/10
Area size class	150–250 km	20–50 km
Ability profile	advanced	advanced
Price class	high	avg
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	180 kmclear advantage	40 km
Lowest point	849 m	933 m
Highest point	2,650 mclear advantage	2,426 m
Vertical range	1,801 mclear advantage	1,493 m
Blue pistes	38%	21%
Red pistes	58%	64%
Black pistes	4%	15%clear advantage
Terrain above 2,000 m	59%clear advantage	31%
Terrain above 3,000 m	0%	0%
Piste-mix diversity	75/100	82/100
Slope-angle diversity	51/100	70/100clear advantage
Very/extremely steep terrain	4%	3%
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	–	–
Valley snow versus typical	–	–
Open slopes versus typical	–	–
Current snow
Valley snow	30 cm	–
Mid-mountain snow	86 cm	–
Mountain snow	124 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	398 pph/km	471 pph/kmclear advantage
Lift-system coverage	0.25×	0.39×clear advantage
Terrain per lift	4.6 km/lift	3.3 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	7°C	8°C
Maximum temperature	18°C	18°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	family	–
Piste variety	–	–
Off-piste	–	–
Cross-country	–	–
Lift network	lifts	–
Mountain restaurants	–	–
Après-ski	–	–
Public transport	transit	transit
Best airport transfer	79 minclear advantage	154 min
Skiing per transfer hour	137 km/h transferclear advantage	16 km/h transfer

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