Love Kronplatz? Where to go next for the steep cruising, the snow or the family week

Livigno is the closest thing in Italy to Kronplatz's kind of skiing, moved up the mountain. It is about the same size: we measure 81 kilometres around the village against your 77. It is nearly as steep: 40 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, the fifth biggest share of the 55 resorts we cover, and its blues average 17.8 percent, the joint fourth steepest of the 55 and second only to Kronplatz's in Italy. Your legs will know what to do.

The difference is height. The village is at 1,816 metres, 616 above yours, and every metre of piste we measure is at or above 1,800, the joint biggest share of the 55 resorts we cover. Its lowest piste sits above the middle of Kronplatz's. The skiing reaches 2,767 metres by our measurement, 501 above your top, the season runs from late November to May, and on our measure it is snow sure.

The trade is the feel and the layout. Our read of Livigno is high and lively, with duty free and value on its list rather than families. Its two sectors face each other across the valley with no lift between them, so it is not one dome. And there is less at both ends: 24.6 kilometres of blue and easier against 36.4, and 8.9 of black against 14.1. You fly to Bergamo or Innsbruck.

If the strong skiers have skied the dome out, St Anton has exactly the same steep share on twice the piste. Forty three percent of it is steeper than one in four, and the two sit joint second of the 55 resorts we cover. We measure 155 kilometres around the village, twice your 77; the Arlberg's size is not classified in our data, so go by that.

The hard end goes further. There are 24 kilometres of black, joint seventh of the 55 resorts we cover, against your 14.1, and 70 kilometres of marked off piste itinerary, more than any resort we cover. Oddly, the blues are kinder than yours, 17.5 percent against 20.2. It is snow sure on our measure, with 71 percent of the piste at or above 1,800 metres, up to 2,799, and you can fly to Innsbruck for both.

The trade is the mood. Our read of St Anton is energetic and social, with off piste and nightlife at the top of its list, and we class it as a resort for experts, not families. The skiing is no obstacle for a family, with 65.7 kilometres of blue and easier against your 36.4. The lively village is the thing to weigh.

For the family side of Kronplatz, our engine puts Le Grand-Bornand nearest of the French resorts we cover, and second nearest anywhere. Its own line is a farming village that keeps things gentle; our read is rural and friendly, with families top of its list.

Measured, it keeps more of Kronplatz's bite than that suggests. We measure 85 kilometres around the village, 37 percent of it steeper than one in four, the joint eighth biggest share of the 55 resorts we cover, and its reds average 28.1 percent, the third steepest of the 55. Yet its blues are kinder, 17.4 percent against 20.2, 32 percent of its piste is gentler than 15 percent, twice your 16, and its green runs are properly mapped: 17.4 kilometres of them, out of 52 of green and blue. That is real room for the youngest.

The trade is height and polish. The village is at 1,000 metres, 200 below yours, and only 15 percent of the piste is at or above 1,800 metres, against 51, so it is not snow sure on our measure. It is traditional rather than modern, with 11.3 kilometres of black against 14.1. You fly to Geneva.

Our engine puts Bad Gastein closer to Kronplatz than any other resort we cover, and the height profile is nearly a copy: 50 percent of its piste at or above 1,800 metres against your 51, and the middle of it at 1,799 metres against your 1,807. It is steep in the same way, with 37 percent of the piste steeper than one in four, the joint eighth biggest share of the 55 resorts we cover. Like Kronplatz it misses our snow sure test, but only just and from the other side: the top clears 2,500 metres, but only about half the piste is at or above 1,800.

Where Kronplatz offers museums for a day off, Bad Gastein offers thermal spas and faded belle époque grandeur, grand and characterful by our read. We measure 107 kilometres of piste around the village against 77, on Ski amadé, five regions on one pass that are not all joined, and the skiing reaches 2,644 metres, 378 above yours.

The trade is the family feel and the black. Bad Gastein is traditional rather than modern, and we do not class it as a family resort. Its blues are softer, at 14.9 percent, but there are 8.2 kilometres of black against your 14.1, and the village is at 1,000 metres. You fly to Salzburg.