Hintertux or Sölden?
These two are close on 6 of 9 measures. That is the honest answer: the numbers will not choose for you, so the difference below that matters to you is the one to decide on.
Austria
Hintertux
The only Austrian glacier open 365 days a year, which makes it the fallback when everywhere else has no snow. 1,750 m of vertical, and a season that genuinely never ends.
Worth knowing. The glacier is the resort. Below it there is very little.
Choose it if
Families with young kids
About £1,250 a week from London
Austria
Sölden
Two glaciers guarantee snow from October, and the three 3,000 m peaks give real vertical. A party town at heart, with a main road running through the middle of it.
Worth knowing. A main road runs through the middle of it.
Choose it if
Budget and après
About £1,210 a week from London
Side by side
| Hintertux | Sölden | |
|---|---|---|
| Snow reliability | 70/100 | 74/100 |
| Size of the ski area | 60 km | 144 km |
| Top lift | 3250 m | 3340 m |
| Cost before travel | €1185 | €1140 |
| Families with young kids | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Snowboarders | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| A non-skiing partner | 4/10 | 5/10 |
| Budget and après | 6/10 | 9/10 |
| Off-piste | 8/10 | 7/10 |
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.