Ski Chalet vs Hotel

You're missing the point folks. The only criteria to choose between chalet and hotel are:-

1 - Proximity to decent snow
2 - Space available

Anything else is a bonus. Chalets and hotels have both given me memorable ski holidays and restricting myself to one instead of the other would have missed some of those.

Snow and space, that is all,

Dave

P.S. Fixed the title of the thread to confuse late-comers

Yeah I agree with Dave, I think proximity to snow is a must have, and for those who have their own gear you would defenitly need space.