Like Livigno, but in Switzerland: the same height, a different week

Our matching puts St Moritz nearest to Livigno of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, and on height it is close to a twin. The town is at 1,822 metres, 6 above yours and the highest of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover. Ninety-seven percent of the piste we measure is at or above 1,800 metres, the joint fifth biggest share of the 55 resorts we cover, against your 100. And the skiing climbs much further: 3,266 metres by our measure, the seventh highest top of the 55 resorts we cover and 499 above Livigno's.

The shape will be familiar too. Livigno skis as two sectors with no lift between them; St Moritz skis as separate mountains, Corviglia, Corvatsch and Diavolezza. The 350 kilometres you will see quoted is a pass figure across them, and its own domain measures about 106, 24.9 more than we measure around Livigno. Neither has any marked off piste itinerary in our data. The blues average 16.4 percent, the second steepest of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover and above the Swiss average of 15.0, so they sit nearer Livigno's 17.8 than most Swiss blues do.

What changes is the week. Our read on St Moritz is glamorous and sunny, a lake full of events, with glamour and non skier activities on its list, and we class it as upmarket, where Livigno has value on its list. The evenings are champagne bars and late night clubs rather than a lively village. The mountain is also gentler: 24 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, against your 40.

Andermatt is the pick for the Livigno skier who likes the mountain to push back. Twenty-seven percent of its piste is steeper than one in four, the second biggest share of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, though still well short of your 40. It is reborn and snowy by our read, a snowy sleeper resort in the middle of Switzerland, with off piste, snowfall and the feel of somewhere up and coming on its list.

The off piste is the gain. Andermatt has 21 kilometres of marked itinerary, the ninth most of the 55 resorts we cover, where Livigno has none in our data, and the longest, the Guspis-Route, runs 5.5 kilometres with 1,170 metres of drop. On piste the numbers sit close to yours: 26.9 kilometres of blue and easier against your 24.6, and 8.3 of black against 8.9.

The trade is size and height at the door. We measure 61 kilometres of piste around the village, 19.5 fewer than around Livigno; only one of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover has less. The linked pass reaches 180 kilometres with Disentis included. The village is at 1,444 metres, 372 below yours, though the skiing reaches 2,922 metres by our measure, 155 above your top, and 76 percent of the piste is at or above 1,800 metres. It is snow sure on our measure.

On paper Crans-Montana is the nearest to Livigno's mountain. We measure 85 kilometres of piste around it, 4.3 more than around Livigno, and 59 percent of both is red. There are 22 kilometres of blue and easier against your 24.6, and 12.9 of black against 8.9. The difference is that the area is one piece: 140 kilometres, all linked, with three independent sources agreeing on the figure.

It skis much gentler than the map suggests. Only 22 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, against your 40, and the reds average 19.2 percent, 3.9 points gentler than yours; only five of the 55 resorts we cover have gentler reds. The blues average 13.3. A Livigno regular will find the same colours and far less bite.

The rest is a sunny plateau with wide views over the Rhône, sunny and smart by our read, with golf, spa and families on its list. The village, at 1,500 metres, is 316 below yours; 79 percent of the piste is at or above 1,800 metres, up to 2,868, 101 above your top, so it is snow sure on our measure.