The Skiers' Guide to Méribel

We had a great time in Meribel with good pistes for all levels and even though the snow down in meribel was starting to go there were plenty of options for good skiing. The apres was fantastic, in particular the Rond-point or Ronnies which we went to everyday. We were staying in a catered chalet for 10 of us which was right on the slopes but did go out for one meal and had a great fondue. Would definitely recommend and would go back!

Brilliant for family and friends. Brilliant ski areas with well-connected lifts and an abundance of good restaurants. The vast ski area provides new plans for each day.

One of the best ski resorts for the range of ski days you can plan across the different valleys, with Meribel sat in the middle, you can almost ski a completely different area and route each day.

I had the most amazing time on my first ski trip to Meribel with my partner and friends. We went for a week and it was INCREDIBLE!!

Will deffo be booking our net ski trip soon, and hopefully push myself a little further with some better slopes, Blue and green runs were my main focus and the chair lift was fun.. hahaha.

Overall had the BEST TIME!!!

Don't have a bad word to say about Meribel, I've been coming to this skiing for nearly 2 decades, and Meribel is one of my favourites. I remember it so clearly as a child as a picturesque ski town, and its not changed as I've gotten older!

Ski area is massive, and one valley over is a wonderful bowl which you can just ski all day long. Also appreciate theres some really far distances you can ski to, which makes a nice day trip down some steep blacks - great for an adventure!

Good apres, without being stupid - not a massive fan of massive drinking towns, but I think meribel has a great balance without being like a magaluf strip at night.

Can't wait to go back.

Really good resort with plenty access to loads of runs! Snow wasn’t the best during my visit so some runs were left patchy and icy but overall you cannot beat the variety on offer and when the blues get beat up by the end of the day it can make for some fun airs. Lifts were efficient. Powder wasn’t great but this is purely due to the conditions we had. Typically was great the day we left. The Apres was brilliant! Well worth the visit.

My first time skiing and had the best time! Apres is where it’s at. Also had some good beginner friendly slopes.

Loved it.

Meribel itself is a lovely resort, great range of accommodations - hotels and chalets, places to eat and bars, and easy access to lifts.
Skiing offers a good range of runs for all abilities, and if off-piste interests you, then you will be able to find routes and little runs just off the pistes too. Also easy to access other resorts nearby if you wanted

Great slopes, great attendees (out of school holidays), well functioning lifts, good vibes. Loads of accomodation offers. I didn't Apré so can't comment.

Loved Meribel, lots of options to travel to other valleys and good apres ski. Easy to get to from Gatwick airport and the conditions were good. Lifts was nitro busy and didn’t have to wait to long. Stayed in a lovely chalet with ski in and out. Would recommend.

I always love coming back to Meribel, with the option to ski the entire 3 valleys it’s always an amazing trip.
The apres ski is great and lots of wonderful food places too

We stayed within walking distance of Meribel centre and it was easy to get back each day from multiple points, including bars and restaurants. I would highly recommend for the great access to all of the 3 vallees!

The size of the ski area was a particular bonus for us in that we had a group of mixed ability and it allowed us to split off at times and meet up for lunch easily.

I would definitely recommend for groups or families.

Vast amount of ski runs, pistes are well kept. Great range of ski runs in terms of length and technicality. Lack of treeline runs.

Lifts all in good condition and efficient. Some large ques were present for the main lifts on the piste, altho this was fairly well managed and never more than 5-10 minute wait.

Slopes were busy especially on blue runs.

Very expensive for Apres Ski! Despite the size or the 3 valleys food options were limited. Public transpoort between the resorts was great an easy enough to navigate.

My friend was boarding and he was struggling around the resorts due to most of the runs into the resorts being very flat green runs and very busy making it hard for him to keep any speed and get to the resort.

Meribel is a great base to ski the 3 Valleys..our first family of 7 ski holiday was a huge success!
Such a big ski area made it easy to find decent snow..Grear mountain restaurants helped resuscitate aching legs at lunchtime and no shortage of apres bars in Meribel at the end of the day!
The sheer scope of lift engineering is something to behold is a genuine reason akin with the piste bashers to the price of the ski pass…well worth in my opinion!
Our chalet accommodation was good value, nothing flashy but very comfortable with good cooking
All in all we had a fantastic 8 days!
Mark

Resort is very nice and offers over 600km of slopes. However majority of the slopes are very easy and very few red and blacks. Off-piste options are very good. Very expensive accommodation and food but skipass is good value for money

Great Apres and social. Lots of great catered chalets. Lots of slope choice and can ski to the other 2 valleys for more if desired. Great pubs and restaurants mid mountain for lunch and drinks. We love meribel!

We love Méribel and have been skiing here for nearly 20 years. The social is the best and you have some good shops to get food from if you choose. The mountain is busy but getting on the ski lift isn't as bad as Verbier for example. Ski hire is around £110 and ski pass is around £260.

Really loved our 3 days skiing at Meribel/Courchevel/Val Thorens! So many runs and areas to ski, and great coverage. We felt like you couldn’t possibly do it all in a few days! We had a group of mixed abilities, and we were definitely able to find runs suitable for everyone in the group, from beginner to advanced.
The Apres was great at both La Folie Douce, but we did prefer the Meribel/Courchevel one.
On the Sunday, the mountains were a lot busier, and the queue management at some of the lower lifts wasn’t great, but we were still able to find plenty of relatively empty runs!

We had a great time here!! Lots of varied runs which was perfect for a mixed range ability family! There were some white-out days where less confident skiers didn’t go up the mountain but for those who did, the interactive 3 Valleys app was so useful and there was no fear of getting lost. Food around the town was delicious however most restaurants did the same food and were expensive. Would go back again and again!!

Quiet slopes in early January with lots of great blues and reds for intermediate skiers across the Three Valleys.

Quick times on the lifts.

Lots of food and drink options but not the cheapest on the mountain or in the resorts.