EUROPE SKI RESORT STATISTICS COMPARISON - ANNUAL SNOWFALL, SIZE, VERTICAL & TERRAIN. % Intermediate runs % Advanced / Total length of piste

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1 EUROPE SKI RESORT STATISTICS COMPARISON - ANNUAL SNOWFALL, SIZE, VERTICAL & TERRAIN EUROPE Annual average snowfall (m) Vertical (m) Austria St Anton 7 1,507 2, Top elevation (m) Total length of piste (km) Longest run (km) % Beginner runs % Intermediate runs % Advanced / Expert runs Lech/Zurs 2.5 1,000 2, Lifts Runs Comments Lift ticket same as Lech Zurs; lift linked with Stuben and St Christoph but not Lech and Zurs Lift ticket same as St Anton; lift linked between Zurs, Lech, Zug and Oberlech, Warth-Schröcken, but not to St Anton Axamer Lizum 1.7* 757 2, Innsbruck region - not lift linked Stubai Glacier * 1,479 3, Innsbruck region - not lift linked Sölden (Soelden) 2.5* 1,990 3, Stand-alone resort Kitzbuhel , Nauders * , * Town of Kitzbuhel surrounded by three major ski areas: Jochberg-Pass Thurn, Kitzbuhler Horn and Hahnenkamm Part of Reschenpass Ski Paradise which spans the Italian border and includes Schoneben and Haideralm Switzerland Zermatt 5.6 2,200 3, Made up of 3 ski areas; can ski over to Cervinia in Italy St Moritz 3.5 1,503 3, Made up of 9 ski areas linked by shuttles and/or lifts Davos 5.4* 1,300 3, Part of the Rega Pass Area Ski Area and lift linked to Klosters Meiringen * 1,372 2, Stand-alone resort Verbier 3.3 1,830 3, /19 84 Links with Nendaz, Veysonnaz & Thyon Nendaz * 1,900 3, * Les 4 valles; links with Thynon; Verbier and Veysonnaz Interlaken * 1,571 2, * Murren * 1,320 2, Chateau-d'Oex * 800 1, Anzere 10 1,423 2, Saas Fee * 1,800 3, Part of the Jungfrau region; Grindlewald and Wengen also part of Jungfrau region; stats are for all Interlaken Jungfrau region near Interlaken (same lift ticket) is not interconnected by piste Part of the Alpes Vaudoises region; near Montreux and is neighbours with Gstaad Alpes Vaudoises region ski pass allows access to Leysin, Anzère (lift 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 Zermatt Crans Montana * 1,500 3, Stand-alone resort

2 EUROPE Annual average snowfall (m) Vertical (m) France Chamonix 6.7 2,807 3, Top elevation (m) Total length of piste (km) Longest run (km) % Beginner runs % Intermediate runs % Advanced / Expert runs Lifts Runs Comments Chamonix valley is a collection of separate ski resorts linked by buses - only Le Brévent & La Flégère are linked by lifts Val d'lsere (Espace Killy) 6 1,491 3, The Espace Killy is the combined ski domain of Tignes and Val d Isere. Courchevel 5.7 1,483 2, Courchevel is one of the resorts of the linked ski area, the Trois Vallées Meribel 5 1,450 2, In Trois Vallees ( 3 valleys), interlinked ski area connected with the resorts of Courchevel, Val Thorens & Les Menuires La Plagne * 2,000 3, Paradiski area inclues la Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry & Les Arcs. Alpe D'Huez * 1,470 3, Part of Grandes Rousses area which links with various other villages La Grave * 2,150 3, Italy Cortina d'ampezzo 3 1,882 2, Grande Galaxie lift pass allows access to Briançon, Les Deux Alpes, Puy Saint Vincent and Serre Chevalier Dolomites region not lift linked: lift ticket prices are for Dolomiti super pass Val di Fassa * 610 2,000 * * of 4 resorts within Sella Ronda; in the Dolomites Alta Badia * 1,413 2, * * 1 of 4 resorts of Sella Ronda - part of Dolomites Val Gardena * 1,026 2, * * Part of Dolomoti super ski pass Val Venosta 10 1,200 2, * Part of the Dolomites: small resort linked with Resia & Nauders (Austria) Livigno * 1,200 3, * Against the Swiss border; made up of 6 different areas Bormio * 1,787 3, Madonna di Campiglio * 1,100 2, Monterosa * 2,350 3, Sestriere/ Via Lattea 5* 788 2, Part of the Alta Valtellina region and shares lift passes with Livigno & Santa Callerina (bus linked only) 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), Gressoney & Valsesia (village of Alagna) - NW Italy 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, On Italian side of Mont Blanc (Monte Bianca); stand alone resort Bardonecchia * 1,438 2, Andorra Soldeu el Tarter * 850 2, Made up of 6 villages; shared lift pass with Milky Way resorts but not lift linked; on the French border and can ski to the French side 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, Stand-alone resort

3 Sinaia * , Stand-alone resort Bulgaria Borovets * 1,420 2, Lift tickets are cheap but it depends upon who you buy them from EUROPE Annual average snowfall (m) Vertical (m) Top elevation (m) Total length of piste (km) Longest run (km) % Beginner runs % Intermediate runs % Advanced / Expert runs Lifts Runs Comments Bulgaria Bankso * 1,560 2, Lift tickets are cheap but it depends upon who you buy them from Vitosha * 640 2, Stand-alone resort Czech Spindleruv Mlyn * 495 1, Stand-alone resort Poland Zakopane * 929 1, Slovakia Tatranska Lomnica * ,632 * Stand-alone resort The region is made up of separate ski areas (e.g. Kasprowy Wierch, Nosal, Gubalowka Hill) where you purchase separate lift tickets based on how many times you use the lift * 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

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