Rating overall
6/10
Summary
Freeride - 70%
Some trees & some good off-piste
Freestyle - 74%
2 Parks & sometimes 4 half-pipes
Pistes - 70%
Plenty of varied pistes
Nightlife - 78%
Lots of bars and tacky nightclubs
Mountain stats
Top lift:2952m
Vertical drop:1552m
Bottom lift:1400m
Lift count :
16 x Gondolas
18 x Chairlifts
17 x Drag-lifts
Other lifts 8 Telebabies
150km/1329 acres OF PISTES (71 PISTES)
Easy
Intermediate
Advanced
Pass (Low/High Season) :
54.50 Half-day
, 63.50 Day
, 317.50 6-day
, 317.50 6-day linked area
Meribel-Mottaret / Photo: LES 3 VALLÉES - DAVID ANDRÉ
Introduction
Meribel, at 1450m, is a favourite for the Brits. Set in the middle of the Trio Vallees, it’s a good base to explore this massive area. So good in fact, that the French want it back. The Brit’s have been slowly buying this resort and you can spend a week here without the need to speak a word of French, which is a good job as most of the barstaff wouldn’t understand you anyway. This resort has enough varied terrain to keep everyone in a mixed ability group happy. Because of its altitude, the runs into resort can suffer from a lack of snow and are often rock-hard ice. They do have good snow-making capabilities, but as we all know, it's no replacement for the real thing. Meribel can be busy - it’s overpriced and full of British skiers, but has some great boarding.