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Davos Klosters or St. Moritz?

St. Moritz takes 4 of 9, with 2 too close to call. That still does not settle it — only the categories you care about count.

Switzerland

Davos Klosters

Six separate mountains, 300 km of piste and some of the best lift-accessed off-piste in Switzerland, especially off the Jakobshorn and Parsenn. Davos itself is a functional conference town, not a resort village.

Worth knowing. Davos is a conference town, not a resort village.

Choose it if

Budget and après

About £1,481 a week from London

Switzerland

St. Moritz

High, sunny Engadin skiing spread across separate mountains, wrapped around a resort town that has been selling glamour since 1864. The skiing is better than its reputation suggests; the prices are exactly as bad.

Worth knowing. Separate mountains, and prices that assume you are not counting.

Choose it if

A non-skiing partner

About £1,819 a week from London

Side by side

Davos KlostersSt. Moritz
Snow reliability67/10077/100
Size of the ski area300 km350 km
Top lift2844 m3303 m
Cost before travel€1485€1870
Families with young kids6/105/10
Snowboarders7/106/10
A non-skiing partner7/109/10
Budget and après4/102/10
Off-piste9/107/10

Bold marks the winner. Rows where neither is bold are close enough that the difference would not change a decision. Cost excludes travel, which depends on where you leave from.

Piste kilometres, lift counts and prices are indicative and compiled from public sources — they have not yet been checked against the resort's own figures for this season. Costs are planning estimates, not quotes. Spotted one that is wrong? Tell us.

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