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Away from politics, the level of snowfall is also an increasingly important factor with 27% choosing a resort at higher altitude this year to guarantee the best possible piste conditions.

With around 200km of pistes, a plethora of runs of all colours and high-speed lifts it compares favourably with many Alpine resorts for size.

If you have longer in the resort, you can ski to neighbouring Lenk using your area lift pass and also access extensive pistes at Zweisimmen.

Tesco Travel Money, part of the British supermarket based financial services provider Tesco Bank, on Tuesday reported that it has carried out a review into resorts that give the best value skiing per kilometre around the world, to help skiers and snowboarders get the most pistes for their pound.

I'm not sure how they can prove that, but I can confirm that the lifts are plentiful and quick, and the pistes are beautifully-groomed and maintained for every level from green to black.

There are three smaller pistes in the group tutorial area plus strength and conditioning equipment.

We're talking 13 different resorts, more than 650km of marked pistes and about 200 lifts in total, spread over 14 valleys and about 400 square miles.

Here's the deal on pistes and off-piste skiing and riding.

Pistes Sun Valley II (Hermes) and North Face I (Dias) remain closed.

SKI resorts like to flag up the number of kilometres covered by their pistes.