Méribel-Mottaret
Méribel or Méribel-les-Allues is a winter sports resort, dating from before the Second World War, in the Tarentaise valley, located on the communal territory of Les Allues, in the département of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,700 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,422 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 124 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 92%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 300 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 425 km · Lifts: 43 · Balance between piste levels: 90%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.16/km · Adult 6-day pass: €350 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 64% · Magic carpets: 6 · Sledging runs: 7 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 41 · Nearest railway station: 20 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 9 · Nightclubs: 2 · Restaurants: 28 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 3,841 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?4 / 5
5-star hotels: 1 · 4-star hotels: 3 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 53% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €70 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
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)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,450 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 10 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December48 cmGood skiing · 80%
- January74 cmGood skiing · 88%
- February90 cmGood skiing · 99%
- March94 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April47 cmVariable · 62%
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
34 complete winters measured, from 1972-1973 to 2024-2025 — on average 124 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec40 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Dec57 cmVariable · 79 %
- 1-15 Jan75 cmGood skiing · 94 %
- 16-31 Jan93 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb107 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb118 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar123 cmGood skiing · 99 %
- 16-31 Mar112 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr95 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1999-2000 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 92 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 429 cm a winter on average, spread over 52 days of snowfall. Measured over 29 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2024-2025.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 61 cm — 1994-1995
- Snowiest winter
- 1994-1995 — 724 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 179 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →312 pistes, by level — 300 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,278 m (1,422 m → 2,700 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 1 funicular, 10 gondolas, 14 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 7 named trails — 69 km of marked loops (21 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 1 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(7)
Trail Level Length Méribel Altiport - Courchevel La Tania n/a 15 km Méribel Altiport - Courchevel 1850 n/a 15 km Le Plantin - Méribel Altiport n/a 12 km Courchevel 1850 - La Tania n/a 12 km Le Fontany - Méribel Altiport n/a 8.1 km Le Bouc Blanc n/a 5.3 km L’Altiport - Méribel Altiport n/a 1.4 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 7 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 44% · E 22% · S 8% · W 26% (descent direction of 167 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Panoramic (2698 m) · Les Pierres Plates (2682 m) · Bagatelle (2239 m) · Chalet Tonia (2150 m) · La Folie Douce (2043 m) · TIPI Méribel (1977 m) · Arpasson (1918 m) · Le Chardon Bleu (1804 m)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME DE MERIBEL · Parc Olympique - 510 route Albert Gacon - Méribel - Centre, 73550 · +33(0)479086001 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan des pistes (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)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME DE MERIBEL and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Opening hours lift by lift (1)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de la Masse | télécabine | 09:05 | 16:35 | OpenStreetMap |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €70 |
| 6 days | €350 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Les Menuires. Official price list ↗
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Méribel-Mottaret only (“MERIBEL MOTTARET”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Méribel-Mottaret
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to Méribel-Mottaret
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 · 123 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 14 · 134 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 27 · 193 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 36 · 216 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 00 · 241 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 19 · 393 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 20 · 361 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 33 · 306 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 43 · 421 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 48 · 430 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 05 · 568 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 09 · 508 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 26 · 604 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 28 · 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 55 · 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 (17 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 13 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-Mottaret 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Tétras · Couloir Tournier · Grand Couloir · Couloir « Émile Allais » · Couloir « Sous le téléphérique » · Liberty Ride La Riondaz
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Méribel-Mottaret — up to 1,350 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Verdet · La Combe Cure | n/a · PD | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | NE | 2.4 km |
| Le Verdet · Itinéraire de Béranger | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | NW | 2.4 km |
| Le Verdet · Itinéraire de Saint Martin | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | W | 2.4 km |
| Le Verdet · Saint Martin par Villarabout | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | W | 2.4 km |
| Le Verdet · Le Creux de la Stetta | n/a · PD+ | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | E | 2.4 km |
| Croix des Verdons / Dent de Burgin · Couloir Ouest | 4.1 · E1 · PD | 1,240 m | 1,440 → 2,650 m | W | 3.2 km |
| Roc des 3 marches · Roc des 3 marches depuis Mottaret | 1.2 · E1 · F+ | 1,015 m | 1,690 → 2,705 m | E | 3.6 km |
| La Saulire · Par les pistes de Courchevel | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 900 m | 1,850 → 2,740 m | N | 3.7 km |
| Dos de Crêt Voland · En boucle par le Roc de la Lune, Le Prés des Cristaux et la Combe des Dogettes | 1.1 · E1 · F | 900 m | 1,589 → 2,092 m | SW | 4.4 km |
| Dos de Crêt Voland · Depuis Béranger | 1.2 · E1 | 511 m | 1,581 → 2,092 m | SW | 4.4 km |
| Col du Fruit · Versant SW (Méribel) | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,000 m | 1,500 → 2,516 m | SW | 4.6 km |
| Aiguille du Fruit · Couloir NW | 4.3 · E1 · D | 1,350 m | 1,680 → 3,051 m | NW | 5.1 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at Méribel-Mottaret
Toboggan runs
- Piste de luge (Courchevel 1850 - Courchevel Village) · Courchevel · 5.8 km away
- Piste de luge Moriond Racing · Courchevel · 7.1 km away
Swimming pool
- Parc Olympique · Les Allues · 0.3 km away
- Piscine en plein-air de la Tania · Courchevel · 4.5 km away
- Piscine publique · Brides-les-Bains · 6.3 km away
- Aquamotion · Courchevel · 6.7 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 6.3 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 6.3 km away
- Aquamotion - SPA · Courchevel · 6.7 km away
Paragliding
- Audacius by Prosneige Parapente · Les Allues · 0.3 km away
- A Parapente · Les Allues · 3.8 km away
- TandemTOP Paragliding · Courchevel · 5.7 km away
- Team FBI Parapente Tandem · Courchevel · 5.9 km away
Museum
- Musée des Allues · Les Allues · 4 km away
- Musée de Saint Martin, 150 ans d'histoire d'une haute-vallée de Savoie · Les Belleville · 5.2 km away
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 8.2 km away
- Galerie d'exposition / Patio au Centre Culturel Marius Hudry · Moûtiers · 10 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Méribel-Mottaret · Les Allues · 2.9 km away
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 6.2 km away
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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
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 ↗
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
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Auditorium de Méribel
- Bowling · Bowling Méribel
- Cinema · Le Mottaret
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Méribel-Mottaret?
Méribel-Mottaret sits at 1,450 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,700 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Méribel-Mottaret have?
Méribel-Mottaret has 300 km of pistes served by 43 lifts, within the linked Les 3 Vallées area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Méribel-Mottaret?
The longest piste is Biolley: 8 km (blue run), for 375 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in Méribel-Mottaret?
The highest lift, Mont Du Vallon (gondola), tops out at 2,914 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Méribel-Mottaret have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 20 installations at Méribel-Mottaret (5 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 34,609 people per hour, of which 3,035 for Mont Du Vallon alone. The fleet spans 1980 to 2020, an average age of 22 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How much is a lift pass in Méribel-Mottaret?
The adult day pass costs €70 and the 6-day pass €350 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Les Menuires).
How do I get to Méribel-Mottaret?
By road, Méribel-Mottaret is 1 hr 17 from Chambéry (94 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 20 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Méribel-Mottaret?
7 hr 04 for 663 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in Méribel-Mottaret?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Méribel-Mottaret good for beginners and families?
64% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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