The Ski Area

The Three Valleys is without doubt the largest and finest linked ski area in the world. The area is naturally blessed with good snow falls and, along with 1,200 snow cannons, skiing is virtually assured from Christmas through to the beginning of May.

The ski area is truly inexhaustible and with 600km of pistes in the Three Valleys (150km in Meribel), there is something for every standard of skier. The valleys are superbly linked, with Val Thorens under an hour away and Courchevel even closer. So whether you are looking for beautifully groomed pistes, bumps, steeps, or out of the way off-piste runs you will find it in the Trois Vallées.

In Méribel, try the Ladies Olympic Downhill, or the exhilarating runs from the top of Saulire all the way down to Méribel, a vertical drop of 1,300 metres. Then there is Mont Vallon, with its two fabulous sweeping red runs and amazingly varied off-piste.

Courchevel has miles of wonderful cruising runs, beautiful pistes through the trees to Le Praz and La Tania, the gentle runs of 1600, as well as the Saulire Couloirs, Suisse and Chanrossa, which will challenge even the most expert skier.

The Vallée des Belleville offers some excitingly different terrain. On La Masse and in the Fourth Valley there are some great runs both on and off piste. Click here for piste maps of The Three Valleys.

3 Valley Plan

To download a PDF version of the Three Valley Piste Map click here [845kb].

To download a PDF version of the Guide Skier issued by the Méribel Tourist office click here [880kb].

Snowboarders

Boarding is very popular in Méribel and is very well catered for in the valley, with boarder parks and huge amounts of off piste.

Ski Lessons

Everybody can benefit from ski lessons, beginner and expert alike. There are a wide variety of lessons of which to take advantage.   Particularly popular are Magic in Motion with their emphasis on English speaking lessons.  Ski New Generation are rising stars of Meribel of whom we have had excellent feedback from guests. 85% of their instructors are native English Speakers. The ESF are excellent if you require an off piste guide.

For full details of ski lessons available in Méribel please see our ski lessons page.

Lift Pass Prices

For details of 2004/2005 season lift pass prices please go to our lift pass prices page.

Real time lift openings

For complete details of the pistes open today just click on one of the following links. Meribel pistes & Mottaret pistes.