Ski lessons in Orcières Merlette 1850: ESF and ski schools

The ski school in Orcières Merlette 1850 is ESF Orcieres Merlette (ESF, the French national ski school), Chalet ESF, Rue Des Ecrins, 05170 Orcieres Merlette. It has 128 instructors, 80 of whom teach in English. Lessons can be booked online.

Orcières Merlette 1850 is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes), in the commune of Orcières. The village sits at 1,850 m and the ski area rises to 2,725 m, a skiable vertical of 875 m.

ESF Orcieres Merlette

📍 Chalet ESF, Rue Des Ecrins, 05170 Orcieres Merlette

📞 04 92 55 72 78

🌐 esforcieres.com

👥 128 instructors, as declared by the school

🇬🇧 80 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

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Learning to ski in Orcières Merlette 1850

52% of the pistes in Orcières Merlette 1850 are green or blue: a rather technical area, where the school steers beginners to the right sectors. Lift-pass prices and the full resort page cover the rest.

To compare: the best French resorts for beginners.

Source: the official esf.net directory, matched by coordinates; headcounts and services as declared by the school. This is not the school’s page and sells nothing.

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Ski hire in Orcières Merlette 1850

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Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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Where to stay in Orcières Merlette 1850

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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme d'Orcières and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October