Ladurns

Grooming is what reviewers remember: the runs are cut every morning and get called immaculate. It is quiet, there are no queues, and the resort is recommended to families and to anyone still finding their feet. The children's ski school, with levels sorted at the start of the week and patient instructors, the friendly staff, the modern equipment, the food in the mountain huts and one of the cheapest day passes in South Tyrol all earn praise.

The complaint is sameness: few runs, almost all blue and red, and a competent skier is bored quickly. Access rests on essentially one lift, which several visitors call inadequate. Opinions on price split, with some calling the pass expensive for what is on offer and others annoyed that there is no family ticket. There is no terrain park, and the lift base sits several kilometres from the village, so arriving without a car is awkward.