Love Le Grand-Bornand? Where to go next for more skiing, gentler skiing or higher skiing

Of all 55 resorts we cover, our matching puts Châtel closest to Le Grand-Bornand, and by a clear margin. On paper it is easy to see why. Both are farm villages within reach of Geneva, and both are traditional and family minded by our read. Châtel is rustic and friendly, farm village character on the Swiss border, with value, tradition and families on its list.

What changes is what sits above the village. Châtel is on the Portes du Soleil, a genuinely linked circuit of twelve villages in two countries. Its size depends on who is counting: 600 kilometres officially, 580 measured, and nearer 426 by an independent measurement. Around Châtel itself we measure 82 kilometres, close to your 85, so the doorstep is the same size. The difference is how far you can go from it.

It is also gentler, which may suit the family better than home does. Its blues average 15.6 percent against your 17.4, its reds 24.3 against 28.1, and 26 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, against 37.

The snow shifts a little. The village is at 1,200 metres, 200 above yours, and 23 percent of the piste we measure is at or above 1,800, against 15. But the skiing tops out at 2,084 by our measurement, below your highest piste, so it is no surer bet in a lean year.

The trade is the quiet and the green. Quiet is not on Châtel's list. There are 5.5 kilometres of green against your 17.4, and 45 kilometres of green and blue against 52. And its 5.4 kilometres of black is the least of the 17 French resorts we cover, so a strong skier who enjoys your steep reds will find little to take their place.

If what you love is the village and its pace, and you have sometimes wished the reds were kinder, Samoëns is the one. It is the only pick here that carries all three things we tag Le Grand-Bornand with: traditional, quiet and family. Our read is authentic and calm, a listed old village with a big area above it, with its history, families and value on its list.

The mountain keeps the promise the village makes. Samoëns's reds average 19.9 percent against your 28.1, the gentlest reds of the 17 French resorts we cover, and only 19 percent of its piste is steeper than one in four, against your 37, the smallest share of the 17 French resorts we cover. Forty percent is gentler than 15 percent, joint fourth of the 55 resorts we cover. And the runs go further: the longest piste we measure there is a 6.3 kilometre red with 867 metres of vertical.

The size is harder to pin down. The Grand Massif above it is quoted at 265 kilometres, a figure we have not measured. Around Samoëns we measure 90, much the same as your 85.

The trade is height. The village is at 720 metres, the lowest of the 17 French resorts we cover and 280 below yours. Eighteen percent of the piste we measure is at or above 1,800 metres, against your 15, and the skiing reaches 2,372 by our measurement, so it is no snowier. There is less green, too, 10.3 kilometres against 17.4. The airport is the same, Geneva.

If you love the quiet and the children's week but want the skiing higher, look at Wengen. Our read is peaceful and car free, a balcony village under the Jungfrau, and like Le Grand-Bornand it is quiet and family minded, with scenery and families on its list.

The height is the change. The village is at 1,274 metres, 274 above yours, and 66 percent of the piste we measure is at or above 1,800 metres, against 15. The middle of the skiing, our median piste height, is 1,890 metres, 408 above yours. We leave the snow sure question open for Wengen: the area we map reaches the Jungfraujoch, and Wengen's own skiing tops out far lower, so the share above 1,800 metres is the figure to go by.

The family skiing comes with you. There are 51 kilometres of blue and easier, against your 52 of green and blue, though green is not reliably tagged at Wengen. Thirty nine percent of the piste is gentler than 15 percent, against your 32, and the reds average 20.1 percent against 28.1. Swiss grades run kinder than French, so compare the measured shares rather than the colours. Wengen's own sector of the Jungfrau Ski Region is 101 kilometres, and for the stronger skier there are 20.4 kilometres of black, the second most of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover. Mürren is on the same pass but not linked by lift.

The trade is the tradition and the trip. Traditional is not on Wengen's list, and you fly to Zurich or Geneva with a longer journey.