Méribel-Centre
Off season1,435 mSector altitude
Méribel-Centre is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Allues. The village sits at 1,435 m and the ski area rises to 2,700 m, a skiable vertical of 1,278 m.
A sector of Méribel
The Méribel resort page →Méribel-Centre is one of the ski villages of Méribel, and shares its ski area. The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Méribel page — this page keeps what belongs to Méribel-Centre: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Bouquetin — Méribel-MottaretWebcam-HD
Col de la Loze2,304 m
Versant Saulire2,310 m
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Right now at the ST-MARTIN DE BELLEVILLE station (1,443 m)
Source: Météo-France, ST-MARTIN DE BELLEVILLE weather station, 5.2 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 124 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 429 cm of fresh snow, measured over 34 winters at the Météo-France “Courchevel” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 34 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,435 m · top 2,700 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Staying and hiring gear in Méribel-Centre
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
3,841 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 20 hotels · 825 rooms (3 × 5★, 6 × 4★, 6 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 502 bed spaces
- 10 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 3,339 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 15 pitches
Commune: Les Allues · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Méribel-Centre
Without skis on — 4 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 7 sledging runs
Toboggan runs
- Piste de luge (Courchevel 1850 - Courchevel Village) · Courchevel · 5.9 km away
- Piste de luge Moriond Racing · Courchevel · 7.1 km away
Swimming pool
- Parc Olympique · Les Allues · 0.1 km away
- Piscine en plein-air de la Tania · Courchevel · 4.7 km away
- Piscine publique · Brides-les-Bains · 6.6 km away
- Aquamotion · Courchevel · 6.7 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 6.5 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 6.5 km away
- Aquamotion - SPA · Courchevel · 6.7 km away
Paragliding
- Audacius by Prosneige Parapente · Les Allues · 0 km away
- A Parapente · Les Allues · 3.7 km away
- TandemTOP Paragliding · Courchevel · 5.8 km away
- Team FBI Parapente Tandem · Courchevel · 6.1 km away
Museum
- Musée des Allues · Les Allues · 4.3 km away
- Musée de Saint Martin, 150 ans d'histoire d'une haute-vallée de Savoie · Les Belleville · 5.1 km away
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 8.4 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Méribel-Mottaret · Les Allues · 2.6 km away
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 6.5 km away
- Auditorium de Méribel · OpenStreetMap
Bowling
- Bowling Méribel · OpenStreetMap
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Meribel Les Allues
375 instructors
🇬🇧 260 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME DE MERIBEL · Parc Olympique - 510 route Albert Gacon - Méribel - Centre, 73550 · +33(0)479086001 · info@meribel.net (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Horaires Méribus été 2026 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME DE MERIBEL and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September
Getting to Méribel-Centre
From Paris: 7 hr 04 (663 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 17 · 94 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 32 · 88 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 33 · 124 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 14 · 134 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 27 · 193 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 37 · 216 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 242 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 19 · 394 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 20 · 361 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 34 · 307 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 43 · 421 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 49 · 430 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 05 · 569 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 10 · 508 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 26 · 605 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 29 · 524 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 01 · 655 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 04 · 663 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 18 · 748 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 56 · 845 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 20 min drive (18 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 15 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 20 September 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 28 by road · 102 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 06 by road · 169 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Méribel-Centre as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 September 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Nearby resorts
Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Méribel-Centre in French →
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