Like Zürs, but in Switzerland: a grander village, or the off piste?

St Moritz is our matching's third Swiss pick, but it is the only one of the three that keeps the upmarket feel we class Zürs by, and it keeps the height. Our read is glamorous and sunny, our one line is glamour, sunshine and a lake full of events, and glamour, sunshine and things to do off the snow are its list.

It goes higher on both counts. The village is at 1,822 metres, the highest of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover and 102 above yours. 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, and the skiing reaches 3,266 metres by our measure, 826 above Zürs's top. On our measure St Moritz is snow sure. Its own domain measures about 106 kilometres, against your 75, with 15.7 kilometres of black against 6; the 350 you may see quoted is a pass across separate mountains, Corviglia, Corvatsch and Diavolezza.

The trade is the off piste, the steep and the quiet. There is no marked itinerary at all in our data, the least of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, against your 40 kilometres; our guide sends strong skiers to Corvatsch and Diavolezza for the steeper pistes and the glacier terrain. Only 24 percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, against 33, and the reds average 21.0 percent, against 24.2: this is a kinder mountain than yours. And it is not quiet. Our guide describes lake events from snow polo to horse racing on the ice, and evenings in grand hotel bars and late clubs. Glamour, not hush, is the point of it.

Our matching puts Andermatt closer to Zürs than any other resort we cover, in any country. On character it keeps little: we class it expert, neither upmarket nor quiet, and our read is reborn and snowy, a snowy sleeper resort in the middle of Switzerland with off piste and an up and coming feel on its list. On the mountain it keeps the part St Moritz drops.

There are 21 kilometres of marked itinerary, the ninth most of the 55 resorts we cover, against your 40, and the longest single route we measure, the Guspis-Route, runs 5.5 kilometres with 1,170 metres of descent, against 2.3 kilometres and 689 metres for Zürs's longest. Twenty seven percent of the piste is steeper than one in four, the second biggest share of the 15 Swiss resorts we cover, against 33, and the reds average 22.0 percent against 24.2.

It is snow sure on our measure. Seventy six percent of the piste is at or above 1,800 metres, against your 74, and the skiing reaches 2,922 metres, 482 above Zürs's top. The pass, Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, is 180 kilometres including Disentis, and 120 for Andermatt and Sedrun proper; the Gemsstock sits outside the linked part. Around the village we measure 61 kilometres, against your 75.

The trade is the village. Andermatt is at 1,444 metres, 276 below Zürs, and nothing in our tags says exclusive or quiet. Choose it for the mountain, not the village. You fly to Zurich.