Flumserberg

The praise is for access and grooming: roughly an hour from Zurich, which makes it viable even as a day trip. The pistes are wide and well prepared, and on a clear day the views get a special mention. Lifts and cabins are modern, and guests describe the staff as friendly and genuinely helpful. It works well for families, with a good choice of hotels and plenty to do besides skiing, and for snow conditions it is rated among the best in eastern Switzerland.

Weekends draw the criticism: on Sundays and public holidays it gets genuinely crowded, queues build and parking becomes a problem in its own right, so reviews advise coming midweek. In the afternoons the lower slopes fill with school groups on lessons and there is barely room to move. The standing complaint is price - the mountain restaurants are good, but guests call the bill very high even by Swiss standards.