skiing from les menuires to meribel.....

hi all,

i'm hoping someone can help me! i'm staying in les menuires but thinking about having my lessons over in meribel with a friend. so....how easy it it get over there/how long does it take? and if anyone can recommend a route (avoiding reds!) that would be great!

thanks :-)

Menuires to Meribel avoiding reds is possible but time consuming - also consider that, due to current conditions, some of the blues into Meribel are icy in the shade

if you want to be in Meribel itself (not Mottaret) then you'll need to go up Roc des 3 Marches 1 & 2 lifts, ski down the Grand Lac piste onto Pelozet piste (all blue)to the bottom of the St Martin 2 chair. This will take you up to Tougnette from where you can take either Faon or Choucas (blues) down towards Meribel.

Realistically this route will take you around an hour based upon average blue run skiing, lift loading etc.

If you're heading to Mottaret then you'd be best served by going up the 2 Roc des marches lifts as before and then getting the Plattieres gondola down at least one stage to the blues sitelle/rossignol or go all the way down on the gondola.

Either way has a lift all the way back and a bue cruise home

I'd question, if youre only a blues skiier, that lessons on top of all of that faff may not work out best? Depends on timing I guess

That said we went that way 3 or 4 years ago and made it to Courchevel 1850 from VT before lunch only on blues as we had beginners with us

As I said though - the bottom runs into Meribel are V icy in places at the meoment, hope for a good dump!