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Decision summary

Lech am Arlberg is the strongest match because of strong terrain match · 82/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 71/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Leysin is the strongest alternative.

Effectively tied

Lech am Arlberg

75/100

Why

Lech am Arlberg is the strongest match because of strong terrain match · 82/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 71/100 — led by strong snow resilience. Leysin is the strongest alternative.

Mixed evidenceUpdated 20 h ago

Strong structural fit for the selected priorities (78/100).
Solid upper-mountain snow base at 235 cm.

AlternativeLeysin

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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Lech am Arlberg

Large-domain explorerLow-regret choiceEffectively tied

Effectively tied with Leysin. strong terrain match · 82/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale, good reliability match · 71/100 — led by strong snow resilience.

Why Lech am Arlberg leads Leysin Snow now +7.1 pts and Snow reliability +1.4 pts

Snow now +7.1Terrain fit -4.9Snow reliability +1.4Access -0.6

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

Strongest alternativeLeysin

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

What could change the resultIncrease lift system weight from 14 to 26 and Leysin becomes the leading option.

Lead margin3.1pts

Difference between the first and second option.

Ranking stabilityHigh100%

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

Evidence confidence73%

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.

Explore decision boundaries · what preference change flips the winner?

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Lift systemLeysin

Increase lift system weight from 14 to 26 and Leysin becomes the leading option.

14 → 26

SnowLeysin

Reduce snow weight from 24 to 0 and Leysin becomes the leading option.

24 → 0

Why Lech am Arlberg leads Leysin · 3.1 pts

Current opportunity+7.1 pts

Lift system-4.8 pts

Snow+1.4 pts

Terrain+1.3 pts

Family & value-1.2 pts

Access-0.6 pts

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

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Lech am Arlberg

#1 · Ski Arlberg · Austria

Decision75/100

Fit78/100

Now52/100

Quality9.2/10

Now52235 cm upperReliability7171/100Terrain8282/100Access7489 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.

Fit78.286% weight Now51.814% weight Decision74.6/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow71/100 · 73% evidence 17.1 / 24.0 pts

Terrain81/100 · 80% evidence 17.8 / 22.0 pts

Scale97/100 · 85% evidence 15.6 / 16.0 pts

Lift system61/100 · 68% evidence 8.5 / 14.0 pts

Access74/100 · 68% evidence 8.8 / 12.0 pts

Family & value86/100 · 41% evidence 10.3 / 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 snow235 cm 33.6 / 42.9 pts

Fresh snow0 cm 0.0 / 22.9 pts

Valley snow79 cm 10.0 / 22.9 pts

Mid-mountain snow173 cm 8.2 / 11.4 pts

Open terrainNo data excluded

Snow qualityNo data excluded

Data coverage: 70%

Destination typeLarge-domain explorerBest useAdvanced skiing · 80/100Snow reliabilityExceptionalSki area300 km · 1,507 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m39%Best transfer89 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group150–299 km · Top 2,800+ mCalendar contextMountain snow is 556% above the available five-year level for this point in the season.

Strengths

Strong terrain match · 82/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale..
Good reliability match · 71/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Leysin

#2 · Leysin Les Mosses · Switzerland

Decision72/100

Fit72/100

Now0/100

Quality9.0/10

Now00 cm freshReliability5656/100Terrain7878/100Access6893 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.

Fit71.5100% weight Now0.00% weight Decision71.5/100

Structural Fit calculation

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

Snow56/100 · 73% evidence 13.4 / 24.0 pts

Terrain64/100 · 80% evidence 14.1 / 22.0 pts

Scale86/100 · 85% evidence 13.7 / 16.0 pts

Lift system86/100 · 8% evidence 12.1 / 14.0 pts

Access68/100 · 68% evidence 8.2 / 12.0 pts

Family & value84/100 · 41% evidence 10.1 / 12.0 pts

Data coverage: 63%

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 useFamily trips · 74/100Snow reliabilityHighSki area100 km · 952 m verticalTerrain >2,000 m8%Best transfer93 minCurrent dataUpdated for selected datePeer group50–149 km · Top 2,000–2,799 m

Strengths

Strong terrain match · 78/100 — led by strong terrain profile and substantial ski-area scale; partial evidence..
Solid reliability match · 56/100 — led by strong snow resilience..

Consider

Across the commonly available decision dimensions, Ski Arlberg is at least as strong and meaningfully better on one or more dimensions.

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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	Lech am ArlbergSki Arlberg	LeysinLeysin Les Mosses
Assessment
Decision score	75/100	72/100
Structural Fit	78/100clear advantage	72/100
Current opportunity	52/100clear advantage	0/100
Overall quality	9.2/10	9.0/10
Recommendation confidence	Medium	Medium
Ski-area profile
Historical snow reliability	91/100clear advantage	60/100
Typical daytime high	0°C	1°C
Typical snow/freezing level	–	–
Typical overnight low	-7°C	-5°C
Rating	8.0/10clear advantage	7.3/10
Area size class	250+ km	50–100 km
Ability profile	intermediate	novice
Price class	high	high
Terrain and altitude
Marked pistes	300 kmclear advantage	100 km
Lowest point	1,304 m	1,253 m
Highest point	2,811 mclear advantage	2,205 m
Vertical range	1,507 mclear advantage	952 m
Blue pistes	43%	66%
Red pistes	40%	30%
Black pistes	17%clear advantage	4%
Terrain above 2,000 m	39%clear advantage	8%
Terrain above 3,000 m	0%	0%
Piste-mix diversity	93/100clear advantage	70/100
Slope-angle diversity	58/100	59/100
Very/extremely steep terrain	7%	7%
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	Well above typical+556% vs average · 96th percentile	–
Valley snow versus typical	–	–
Open slopes versus typical	–	–
Current snow
Valley snow	79 cm	–
Mid-mountain snow	173 cm	–
Mountain snow	235 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	487 pph/km	–
Lift-system coverage	0.29×	–
Terrain per lift	3.5 km/lift	3.6 km/lift
Weather
Minimum temperature	9°C	7°C
Maximum temperature	17°C	15°C
Suitability and facilities
Family suitability	family	family
Piste variety	slopes	–
Off-piste	offpiste	–
Cross-country	–	–
Lift network	lifts	–
Mountain restaurants	restaurants	–
Après-ski	apresski	–
Public transport	transit	transit
Best airport transfer	89 min	93 min
Skiing per transfer hour	202 km/h transferclear advantage	65 km/h transfer

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