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Comparisons

Arosa Lenzerheide 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

Arosa Lenzerheide

Two old resorts joined by a cable car in 2013 to make 225 km, and still less known than Davos an hour away. Sunny, wide and quiet, with a late season on the Lenzerheide side.

Worth knowing. Two resorts joined by one cable car. A queue there costs you the day.

Choose it if

Families with young kids

About £1,412 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

Arosa LenzerheideSt. Moritz
Snow reliability58/10077/100
Size of the ski area225 km linked350 km
Top lift2865 m3303 m
Cost before travel€1400€1870
Families with young kids8/105/10
Snowboarders7/106/10
A non-skiing partner7/109/10
Budget and après4/102/10
Off-piste7/107/10

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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