With ever more dubious popularity studies of ski resorts being published, it's refreshing to see a different approach to studying ski resort pricing – in Austria at least - produced by the Amsterdam based ski portal, www.snowplaza.co.uk
The Germknödel Index that examines the price of the traditional Austrian pudding, the germknödel, in the highest and most popular restaurants in 20 of the Austria's leading resorts.
The study found that germknödel prices varied between €4.60 in Sölden (highest restaurant at 2,796 m of altitude) up to €10 in Lech am Arlberg (highest restaurant at 2,350 m of altitude) and that the average price for a germknödel is €6.49.
For those few people who may not have heard of it, the germknödel is a yeast dumpling with vanilla sauce.
"The cost of meals, in general, are a good indicator of the budget needed for a ski holiday. The Germknödel is one of the most popular snacks/desserts on the Austrian slopes. The Germknödel is easily used as a comparison index between different resorts as the ingredients do not vary and therefore the end product neither," said a statement from the Spalder Media Group which runs Snowplaza.