EUROPE SKI RESORT STATISTICS COMPARISON - ANNUAL SNOWFALL, SIZE, VERTICAL & TERRAIN EUROPE Annual average snowfall (m) Vertical (m) Austria St Anton 7 1,507 2,811 262 10.2 36 42 22 40 60 Top elevation (m) Total length of piste (km) Longest run (km) % Beginner runs % Intermediate runs % Advanced / Expert runs Lech/Zurs 2.5 1,000 2,450 276 5 27 49 24 34 54 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 2,340 45 7 25 60 15 10 17 Innsbruck region - not lift linked Stubai Glacier * 1,479 3,200 110 10 60 30 10 19 26 Innsbruck region - not lift linked Sölden (Soelden) 2.5* 1,990 3,340 146 6 30 54 16 34 43 Stand-alone resort Kitzbuhel 4.6 1200 2,000 168 7 40 40 20 56 59 Nauders * 1450 2,850 110 * 40 43 17 35 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 3,820 245 13 23 44 44 73 67 Made up of 3 ski areas; can ski over to Cervinia in Italy St Moritz 3.5 1,503 3,303 350 10 35 25 40 56 88 Made up of 9 ski areas linked by shuttles and/or lifts Davos 5.4* 1,300 3,146 320 12 20 41 39 56 85 Part of the Rega Pass Area Ski Area and lift linked to Klosters Meiringen * 1,372 2,433 80 5 32 60 8 16 25 Stand-alone resort Verbier 3.3 1,830 3,330 410 15 33 42 6/19 84 Links with Nendaz, Veysonnaz & Thyon Nendaz * 1,900 3,300 70 15 43 50 7 18 * Les 4 valles; links with Thynon; Verbier and Veysonnaz Interlaken * 1,571 2,971 213 14 30 50 20 45 * Murren * 1,320 2,970 53 16 50 32 18 15 22 Chateau-d'Oex * 800 1,800 50 8 45 32 23 10 22 Anzere 10 1,423 2,500 42 5 20 60 20 11 15 Saas Fee * 1,800 3,600 140 11 37 40 23 22 35 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 3,000 160 12 40 56 4 34 50 Stand-alone resort
EUROPE Annual average snowfall (m) Vertical (m) France Chamonix 6.7 2,807 3,840 170 22 52 35 13 60 69 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 3,450 300 10 15 45 40 96 137 The Espace Killy is the combined ski domain of Tignes and Val d Isere. Courchevel 5.7 1,483 2,738 150 4.1 20 50 30 62 119 Courchevel is one of the resorts of the linked ski area, the Trois Vallées Meribel 5 1,450 2,950 144 5 58 28 14 57 74 In Trois Vallees ( 3 valleys), interlinked ski area connected with the resorts of Courchevel, Val Thorens & Les Menuires La Plagne * 2,000 3,250 225 15 65 26 9 109 134 Paradiski area inclues la Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry & Les Arcs. Alpe D'Huez * 1,470 3,330 236 16 34 54 12 85 114 Part of Grandes Rousses area which links with various other villages La Grave * 2,150 3,550 12 9 0 0 100 5 3 Italy Cortina d'ampezzo 3 1,882 2,930 140 9 33 62 5 51 78 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 * * 23 68 9 7 7 1 of 4 resorts within Sella Ronda; in the Dolomites Alta Badia * 1,413 2,950 130 * 58 35 7 52 * 1 of 4 resorts of Sella Ronda - part of Dolomites Val Gardena * 1,026 2,454 175 * 30 60 10 81 * Part of Dolomoti super ski pass Val Venosta 10 1,200 2,700 20 * 17 50 33 6 8 Part of the Dolomites: small resort linked with Resia & Nauders (Austria) Livigno * 1,200 3,000 110 4 42 46 12 33 * Against the Swiss border; made up of 6 different areas Bormio * 1,787 3,012 39 14 48 43 9 14 150 Madonna di Campiglio * 1,100 2,600 150 4 43 41 16 30 51 Monterosa * 2,350 3,550 186 9 45 50 5 36 73 Sestriere/ Via Lattea 5* 788 2,823 400 5 29 50 21 92 146 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 2,763 36 7.3 27 62 11 24 26 On Italian side of Mont Blanc (Monte Bianca); stand alone resort Bardonecchia * 1,438 2,750 140 11 21 67 12 23 49 Andorra Soldeu el Tarter * 850 2,560 92 8 15 65 20 63 100 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 1,800 35 4 37 21 21 11 13 Stand-alone resort
Sinaia * 1030 2,030 50 6 40 40 20 10 14 Stand-alone resort Bulgaria Borovets * 1,420 2,560 58 12 35 40 25 11 18 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 2,914 65 7 35 40 25 15 15 Lift tickets are cheap but it depends upon who you buy them from Vitosha * 640 2,290 22 5.2 52 36 12 11 19 Stand-alone resort Czech Spindleruv Mlyn * 495 1,457 25 5 45 40 15 17 19 Stand-alone resort Poland Zakopane * 929 1,960 30 12 40 40 20 22 16 Slovakia Tatranska Lomnica * 1290 2,632 * 10 50 35 15 10 8 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