Source of truth: the resort's own pricing page
Every price on Where-to-Ski.com starts from the resort or operator's official pricing page (Skistar, Compagnie des Alpes, Vail Resorts, SkiArlberg, etc.). We do not use travel-agent or tour-operator prices, because those bundle accommodation and distort comparability.
Currency normalisation
All prices are normalised to EUR for cross-resort comparability. SEK is converted at a fixed 11:1 rate to avoid daily exchange-rate noise polluting our 'cheapest' rankings; CHF, USD, CAD and NOK use weekly mid-market rates.
Operator-specific rules we hard-code
Some operators sell pricing models that need explicit handling, not a generic 'day price' scrape:
- Skistar (Sweden/Norway) — published 6-day pass × 4.9 to derive an effective daily rate.
- Compagnie des Alpes — high-season price used, not the misleading low-season opening week.
- Vail Epic / Alterra Ikon — walk-up window rate, not the pass-holder rate.
- Glacier-only summer access — excluded from winter day-pass comparisons.
Seven-day-consecutive rule
Single-day promotional prices ('opening weekend €19!') would destroy any honest cheapest-resort ranking. We require a price to be available for seven consecutive days in the main winter window before it enters the comparison set.
Perplexity Sonar verifies these for resorts that don't expose machine-readable pricing, with the same seven-day requirement applied to its output.
Frequently asked questions
Why is your lift pass price different from what I paid at the window?
Window prices include short-window promotions, group rates and accommodation bundles. We publish the standard adult walk-up day rate, normalised to EUR, with a seven-day-consecutive availability requirement — the most honest comparison number.
Why convert SEK at a fixed 11:1 rate?
Day-to-day FX moves would re-rank Scandinavian resorts every week without any real price change. A fixed conversion makes year-over-year comparisons honest.
Do you include pass-holder pricing (Epic, Ikon)?
No. Pass-holder rates depend on a multi-resort pre-purchase that most international visitors do not own. We use the standard walk-up rate so the comparison reflects what a one-trip visitor actually pays.