Like Hintertux, but in Switzerland: the snow is easy to match, the no frills feel is not

Our matching puts St Moritz nearest to Hintertux of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, and on the snow it earns it. The town is at 1,822 metres, the highest village of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover and 322 above yours. The skiing reaches 3,266 metres by our measure, 27 above your top, and 97 percent of the piste is at or above 1,800 metres, against your 96. Hintertux keeps more of it very high: 83 percent of your piste is at or above 2,200 metres, against 74 here, and half of yours sits above 2,853, against 2,456.

The mountain is a similar shape. We measure 106 kilometres of piste around St Moritz, against your 110, and most of it is red: 60 kilometres, 57 percent of the piste, against your 59. Twenty-eight percent of each is gentler than 15 percent, and neither has marked itinerary in our data. The blues are steep for Switzerland, averaging 16.4 percent, the second steepest of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, though kinder than your 19.3. And there is more black, 15.7 kilometres against your 2.9.

The trade is the mood. St Moritz is glamorous and sunny by our read, with glamour, sunshine and things to do off the snow on its list, and we class it as upmarket: the opposite of no frills, and our matching marks your modern trait as the one that does not carry over. The skiing is split across separate mountains, Corviglia, Corvatsch and Diavolezza, and the 350 kilometres you will see is a pass figure across them. You fly to Zurich.

Davos is the Swiss pick that keeps the modern trait, and our read on it, busy and practical, is the nearest of the three to no frills. Our one line is a high mountain town with a huge amount of skiing, with big area, snow sure and town amenities on its list. Our guide is plain that it is a full working town, spread out, with trams and supermarkets. Built for use, not for show.

It is the bigger mountain. We measure 145 kilometres of piste around Davos, 34 more than around Hintertux and the third most of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, with 62.5 of blue and easier against your 42, 20.7 of black, the most of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, and 13.3 of marked itinerary where Hintertux has none. Only 23 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, against your 32.

The trade is the height and the shape. The village is at 1,560 metres, 60 above yours, and 78 percent of the piste is at or above 1,800 metres, but the skiing tops out at 2,808, 431 below your top. And it is six separate mountains: only Parsenn, 95.5 kilometres, is shared with Klosters, and the rest need a train, bus or car. The official 300 kilometres sits well above the 224 measured across the same lift areas. You fly to Zurich.

Crans-Montana's village is at 1,500 metres, level with yours, and its share of red is the nearest of the three: 59 percent of the piste we measure, as at Hintertux. It is snow sure on our measure too, with 79 percent of the piste at or above 1,800 metres, up to 2,868, 371 below your top. And the area is clean to describe: 140 kilometres, all linked, with three independent sources agreeing to the kilometre.

The reds are a different animal, though. They average 19.2 percent against your 22.1, the blues 13.3 against 19.3, and only 22 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, against your 32. There are 22 kilometres of blue and easier against your 42, and we measure 85 kilometres around the village, 25 fewer than around Hintertux.

The feel is sunny and smart by our read, a plateau with wide views over the Rhône, with sunshine, golf and spa and families on its list. We class it as family, not modern. You fly to Geneva.