Meet the Locals in Meribel

Get to know Meribel's who's who

Behind the scenes with the owner of Meribel's No.1 ski rental delivery service

Andrew 'Buck' Buckingham

There are a mind-boggling number of skiers and snowboarders coming to Meribel & the 3 Valleys every winter. Not everyone owns their own kit, and why should you when it's often less hassle and cheaper to rent everything you need when you're...

Talking Numbers with the Manager of Intersport Rental Website

Aurelien De Pierrefeu

Hiring skis in Meribel is easier than ever now that you can pre-book online. The process seems so simple - log on, fill in your destination, dates, pick the right package for you, et voila - you turn up and everything is ready for you to go off and...

Slalom, Giant slalom, Super giant slalom racer & Olympic hopeful for 2018

Cara Brown

Most people's experience of ski racing is watching all the latest thrills and spills on Ski Sunday from the comfort of the sofa. Occasionally you might be lucky enough to be in a resort when one of the races is taking place, watching with baited...

Even after 18 years, Meribel ski area gets more & more appealing

Derek Chandler

Meribel

Running a ski school is quite a challenge and at this time of year it's pretty hard to pin someone down to take part in one of our Meet the Locals Interviews, especially when they've got a baby to look after..

Cara the skier talks to top British skier & Meribel regular Dougie

Douglas Crawford

Douglas Crawford is Britain’s number one downhill skier. He currently holds the British Champion title in Downhill, Super-G and Super Combined and the overall title. He’s been racing all over the world this season but I managed to catch up...

Working for the innovative Société des Trois Vallées, the no.1 investor in ski areas in France

Jean-Pierre Lalanne

We might take the ski lifts and the pistes for granted on our ski or snowboard holidays, but if you start to think about the effort it takes to keep the lifts running smoothly, to get the pistes groomed to perfection overnight each night, and updating...

Protecting mountain people's lips.. and soon surfer people's lips..

Matt Whale

If you're like me you don't go anywhere without a lip balm, one in the bag (sometimes two) and one in my snowboarding pants at all times. Life in the mountains can be hard on your smackers; the dry, cold air, double-kisses for everyone you meet...

Celebrating 40 years of being in business this year

Philippe Gardin

The director of the Grand Chalet des Pistes in Meribel tells us about his first time in the Meribel valley, and shares how the business is going from strength to strength after 40 years.

Behind the scenes with one of New Gen's Instructors / Assistant Resort Manager

Rich Knapp

For the last 6/7 years Rich Knapp has been working for and training with New Generation (New Gen for short) Ski & Snowboard school in Meribel. After qualifying as a BASI Level 4 instructor, he's now stepped up into the Assistant Resort Managers...

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