Every figure traced to an official source.
Ski resort marketing pages round numbers up and blend base and summit statistics. We read the resort's own published lift and piste tables, note where each figure comes from, and link to the resort's live snow report rather than showing you a number that goes stale the day we publish it.
Sourced, static facts
Altitude, piste length and lift counts come from the resort's own published data or an official ski-area federation, never a rounded guess.
Live data, honestly
Snow depth and piste openings change by the day. We link to the resort's own live snow report instead of showing you a number that's already wrong.
Only resorts that exist
Every resort listed operates real lifts and pistes today. No hotel or bar counts we can't verify.
Guides
Skiing in the USA: Aspen, Jackson Hole, Big Sky, Park City, Vail
What changes when you ski the Rockies instead of the Alps: trail colours, resort scale, entry rules and five resorts, using official so...
Biggest ski areas in the Alps by piste kilometres
Our ranking of the ten Alpine ski areas with the most published piste kilometres, and why the numbers are not directly comparable.
Highest Ski Resorts in the Alps: Which Are Most Snow-Sure?
Altitude is the best simple clue to snow reliability. See the Alpine resorts ranked by base and summit height, plus what the figures ca...