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Decision summary

Crest Voland Cohennoz is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, mixed reliability match · 51/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Les Houches is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier.

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Crest Voland Cohennoz

67/100

Why

Crest Voland Cohennoz is the strongest match because of good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, mixed reliability match · 51/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Les Houches is the strongest alternative. 2 options remain on the Pareto frontier.

Limited evidenceUpdated 19 h ago

Structural fit score: 67/100.

Evidence coverage is limited; the ranking may move with new observations.

AlternativeLes Houches

Main uncertaintyMost 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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Crest Voland Cohennoz

Family progression baseLow-regret choice

Leads on good terrain match · 71/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, mixed reliability match · 51/100 — led by strong snow resilience.

Why Crest Voland Cohennoz leads Les Houches Terrain fit +7.4 pts and Snow reliability +2.9 pts

Terrain fit +7.4Snow reliability +2.9Snow now -1.3

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

Strongest alternativeLes Houches

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

What could change the resultIf immediate snow and opening conditions dominate the decision, Les Houches becomes the stronger option.

Lead margin9.2pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence77%

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.

Why Crest Voland Cohennoz leads Les Houches · 9.2 pts

Snow+2.9 pts

Scale+2.4 pts

Lift system+2.4 pts

Terrain+1.3 pts

Family & value+1.3 pts

Current opportunity-1.3 pts

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

Priority sensitivity · what can change the winner?

Immediate conditionsLes Houches

If immediate snow and opening conditions dominate the decision, Les Houches becomes the stronger option.

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Resort overview

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Crest Voland Cohennoz

#1 · Espace Diamant · France

Decision67/100

Fit67/100

Now0/100

Quality7.0/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5151/100Terrain7171/100Access7381 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.

Fit66.5100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision66.5/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow51/100 · 73% evidence 12.1 / 24.0 pts

Terrain60/100 · 80% evidence 13.1 / 22.0 pts

Scale84/100 · 100% evidence 13.4 / 16.0 pts

Lift system65/100 · 68% evidence 9.1 / 14.0 pts

Access73/100 · 68% evidence 8.8 / 12.0 pts

Family & value83/100 · 41% evidence 9.9 / 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.

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 typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 70/100Snow reliabilityVery highSki area192 km · 1,069 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m0%Best transfer81 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..
Mixed reliability match · 51/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Les Houches

#2 · Les Houches · France

Decision57/100

Fit65/100

Now9/100

Quality6.0/10

Now955 cm upperReliability4444/100Terrain6969/100Access8557 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.

Fit64.886% weight Now9.414% weight Decision57.3/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow44/100 · 73% evidence 10.6 / 24.0 pts

Terrain62/100 · 80% evidence 13.7 / 22.0 pts

Scale80/100 · 85% evidence 12.7 / 16.0 pts

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

Access85/100 · 68% evidence 10.2 / 12.0 pts

Family & value82/100 · 41% evidence 9.9 / 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.

Mountain snow55 cm 7.9 / 42.9 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Valley snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Mid-mountain snow33 cm 1.6 / 11.4 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeFamily progression baseBest useFamily trips · 69/100Snow reliabilityModerateSki area55 km · 900 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m0%Best transfer57 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top <2,000 m

Strengths

Good terrain match · 69/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Mixed reliability match · 44/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Snow resilience is less distinctive.

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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	Crest Voland CohennozEspace Diamant	Les HouchesLes Houches
Assessment
Decision score	67/100clear advantage	57/100
Structural Fit	67/100	65/100
Current opportunity	0/100	9/100clear advantage
Overall quality	7.0/10clear advantage	6.0/10
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Medium
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	75/100clear advantage	51/100
Typical daytime high	3°C	3°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–
Typical overnight low	-4°C	-3°C
Rating	6.8/10	6.8/10
Area size class	150–250 km	50–100 km
Ability profile	novice	advanced
Price class	avg	avg
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	192 kmclear advantage	55 km
Lowest point	1,000 m	1,000 m
Highest point	2,069 mclear advantage	1,900 m
Vertical range	1,069 mclear advantage	900 m
Blue pistes	69%	45%
Red pistes	26%	45%
Black pistes	6%	9%
Terrain above 2,000 m	0%	0%
Terrain above 3,000 m	0%	0%
Piste-mix diversity	70/100	85/100clear advantage
Slope-angle diversity	36/100	45/100clear 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	–	0 cm
Mid-mountain snow	–	33 cm
Mountain snow	–	55 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	495 pph/kmclear advantage	361 pph/km
Lift-system coverage	0.35×	0.49×clear advantage
Terrain per lift	2.4 km/lift	3.7 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	9°C	9°C
Maximum temperature	16°C	16°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	family	family
Piste variety	slopes	–
Off-piste	–	–
Cross-country	–	–
Lift network	–	lifts
Mountain restaurants	–	–
Après-ski	–	–
Public transport	transit	transit
Best airport transfer	81 min	57 minclear advantage
Skiing per transfer hour	142 km/h transferclear advantage	58 km/h transfer

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