Meribel-Mottaret Apartment Rental, Skiing and Summer Holidays

How to buy your lift pass

If you are staying in Meribel-Mottaret: Buy your lift pass from one of the kiosks in the Tourist Office building. This is located by the central piste area (it is marked with a T on the map).

The tourist office is open from 8:30am until 7:00pm each day. The ski-pass kiosks are open from about 8:40am (20 minutes before the lifts open) until 4:50pm.
Ski-pass kiosks are open until 6:30pm on Saturdays.

It is not necessary to book in advance and in fact it is advisable to purchase one's pass on the morning of the first day's skiing in case one is unable to ski for any reason. [However if you do want to purchase a pass in advance then visit www.s3v.com. They will post your new pass to you or you can collect it from the tourist office.]

The new "P@S" lift pass

The Three Valleys has moved to a new type of lift pass. No photo is required and instead one is given an electronic card. The card is kept in one's left breast pocket of one's ski jacket. At each lift there is a detector on the left side of a turnstyle which detects the skipass and allows one to pass through the gate. It is undoubtedly more convenient and quicker than the old photo card system.

Other benefits of the card are that it can be reused by updating it on-line at www.s3v.com.

Also, provided one keeps the receipt, if you one loses one's skipass card then on presentation of the receipt a new card can be issued. This will however cost 10euros plus a charge for an extra day.

Discounts and concessions

Free Pass. For under 5's and over 72's. These passes still require a photo and proof of identity showing age when purchased.

Free Lifts - for beginners in the first few days of learning to ski or for children.

Mottaret
- short rope lift outside the apartments advertised on this site
- le Doron button lift (just by the Cote Brune restaurant)
Meribel
- The rolling carpet lift and the button lift in the beginners area by Rond Point des Pistes.

Beginners pass -

Mottaret - 6 Euros (2005/6) gives access to the beginners area on Plattieres
Meribel mini pass 17 Euros (2005/6) - a group of lifts in the beginners area.

Children aged 5 - 13 years old. The price is approximately 25% less than the adult lift pass.

Adults 60-72 years old. The price is approximately 20% less than the adult lift pass.

Season pass. A season pass is priced as roughly equivalent to five weeks skiing. Again it requires a photo. The season pass also gives access to the lifts in the summer.

Family pass. For over 6 days it is possible to buy a family pass for two adults and two children. The children must be under 18 years old. This is a discount of approximately 8.5% to the full price of two adults and two children under 13 or 20% if your children are over 13 years old.

Early season. The lifts generally open in the second week of December. For the first week the price of a pass is approxiamtely two thirds of a normal pass, ie one third off.

Late season. With snow depths particularly deep in recent years at the end of the season this is an attractive proposition. For the last week of the season (22nd April to 1st May) the ski passes are approximately 22% less than the full prices.

Ski areas and Prices

Visit the piste map page to see the ski area available.

Ski passes can be purchased for:

Mottaret only, (only possible for a morning, afternoon or day and are approximately 27% less than a Three Valleys pass)
Meribel only (only possible for a morning, afternoon or day and are approximately 27% less than a Three Valleys pass)
the Meribel Valley only (approximately 15% less than a 3 valleys pass).
the Three Valleys.

Given the overall expense of skiing it is usually best to buy a full three valleys pass unless one is a beginner. With a Meribel Valley pass only it is possible to buy a Three Valleys extension for one day.