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Méribel & Mottaret Ski Holiday Guide

“Méribel is located in the centre of the 3 Valleys ski area, so you have easy access to a vast amount of world class skiing. Méribel itself is lively with lots of bars and restaurants however if you’re looking for slightly quieter location I would recommend staying in Mottaret in Les Fermes du Meribel. These apartments worked perfectly for our group and the facilities on hand were excellent.” Gareth, Sales Manager.

Méribel, Mottaret and Brides les Bains are ideally located in the heart of the Three Valleys, the largest ski area in the world!

Méribel Centre is the liveliest, most chic of the villages. Mottaret offers ski-in ski-out accommodation and less expensive après ski and Brides les Bains is a more traditional spa town.

All three resorts offer excellent skiing and easy access to the Courchevel and Val Thorens valleys.

Skiing in Méribel

As the resorts’ symbol shows Méribel is at the heart of the 3 Vallees’, one of the world's most impressive lift-linked networks of pistes and skiable terrain. Nowhere else can quite match the Three Valleys for their convenience, breadth and depth of skiing and Méribel sits snugly in the middle of it all. The pistes and runs are clearly sign-posted and, although it's not entirely clear from the piste map, it's possible to navigate the three valleys entirely on green runs, if wanted.

The Méribel valley is orientated north to south so you can ski in the sun all day long. Start your day on the west side somewhere between Roc de Fer and Mont de la Chambre before working your way round to finish off on the sun-kissed slopes of the Saulire peak. All of which will give you countless opportunities to drop into the other valleys.

Méribel-Mottaret is more ski-in ski-out whereas Méribel stretches up and along the valley with the Chaudanne at its root. From here, ride up to Tougnette (2434m) on the west side for access to some superb red runs spreading north towards the fast quads of Roc de Fer and the Ladies' Olympic downhill. Off the back are deserted flanks of off-piste and a couple of classic reds leading down to St Martin de Belleville.