Ski hotels

The ones we keep going back to are Courchevel, Megève and Chamonix in France, Zermatt and St Moritz in Switzerland, Cortina d'Ampezzo and the South Tyrol valleys in Italy, and Kitzbühel in Austria.

Courchevel, and it is not close. St Moritz runs it near on reputation and beats it on setting. We hold Aman and Six Senses properties in the Alps, and Montage and One&Only in America.

There is no single answer, and anyone who gives you one is selling something. For snow reliability, Zermatt. For the size of the linked area, the French Alps. For powder, Niseko. For scale and space, the Canadian Rockies. For skiing in July, the southern hemisphere.

In a big resort, yes. The difference between stepping onto snow and waiting for a shuttle is most of your morning, twice a day. In a small resort where everything is walkable, you are paying for convenience you already have.

January once the New Year week is over, and late March into April. Christmas, New Year and the February half-term are the expensive ones. Open any stay to compare your own dates.

Open a stay to compare live rates for your dates. Card and crypto both work at checkout. Winter weeks in the Alps fill early, so the good rooms go months before the season.