Season Opener, Meribel
10 - 17 December 2011
Price: £569
Get your winter off to a flying start with a pre-Christmas coaching holiday. We offer a mix of ski coaching and leading around the best that the Trois Vallees has to offer. Our accommodation is a luxurious chalet located in Meribel Les Allues, offering spacious accommodation, great food and a hot tub to relax in at the end of the day!
Price
Price: £569
What's included
- Transfer to & from Geneva airport
- 7 nights accommodation in a twin or double bedroom
- Breakfast
- Afternoon tea
- 3 course dinner with wine (on 6 nights, chalet staff have 1 night off)
- Hot tub
- Free Wifi
- 6 half-day coaching sessions with video review
What isn't included
- Flights
- Travel insurance
- Hire of ski equipment
- Lift pass
- Lunch
Price supplements and additional costs
Single occupancy supplement - £tbcSingle room occupancy is available but a price supplement of £tbc will be charged. If you are joining the coaching holiday as a single traveller Ski Hame can co-ordinate room sharing to avoid the single supplement. Please contact them for details.
Lift pass €181
Although we will be based in the Meribel valley we may ski in the other two of the Three valleys on one or more days to take advantage of the terrain. A six day full Three Valleys early season pass is €181 and will be delivered to the chalet if you take advantage of our pre booking service. Please contact Ski Hame for details.
Piste rescue insurance (Carre Neige) €2.80 per day
We recommend you add the piste rescue insurance offered by the lift company when you buy your lift pass. This costs €2.80 a day. Please contact Ski Hame if you would like to add this to your lift pass order.
Equipment hire
We have negotiated great rates with our preferred rental shop if you need to hire ski equipment. Contact Ski Hame directly for prices as they vary depending on the level of ski equipment you require.
The Skiing
Meribel, France (The Three Valleys ski domain)
Around two and a half hours from Geneva Airport, Meribel is at the heart of the Three Valleys, the worlds largest ski area. A scenic town popular with the British, Meribel offers a vast range of skiing for all levels. As it is well linked with its sister resorts of Courchevel and Val Thorens you will be able to ski new runs every day during your holiday, and never be bored with the endless terrain available.Click to download Meribel piste map
Click to download Trois Vallees piste map
Coaching
The coaching provided by Inside Out Skiing will comprise six three-hour sessions. Depending on weather and group preferences these sessions will probably take place over four half days and one full day, allowing you a free day to explore the Trois Vallees. The focus of the coaching will be to develop all areas of your ski technique, to improve piste performance and equip you with skills for skiing off-piste. To fully take advantage of the coaching we require at least a Level 6 standard of skiing.
During the week we will develop skills to help you ski steeper terrain, enabling you to change the size and shape of the turns you make by varying the way in which you steer your skis. We will work on being comfortable skiing at higher speeds by carving your turns, making clean changes of direction and balancing against the higher forces that are generated when we ski quickly. We will also work on the fundamentals of balance, coordination and varying the ways in which we turn our skis, providing you with a wider range of "tools in the toolbox" so you can cope with all mountain conditions. This is a complete ski performance course covering all the important skills we use in our skiing every single day.
Group size will be no more than eight per coach. We will make extensive use of video feedback, with analysis and review sessions held in your chalet in the evenings or on the hill in a convenient bar or cafe.
All our coaching sessions will be delivered by the same ski coaches who run Inside Out Skiing's programme at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead, so you may already know them and they may already know your skiing, ensuring each coaching holiday gets off to a flying start!
During the week we will develop skills to help you ski steeper terrain, enabling you to change the size and shape of the turns you make by varying the way in which you steer your skis. We will work on being comfortable skiing at higher speeds by carving your turns, making clean changes of direction and balancing against the higher forces that are generated when we ski quickly. We will also work on the fundamentals of balance, coordination and varying the ways in which we turn our skis, providing you with a wider range of "tools in the toolbox" so you can cope with all mountain conditions. This is a complete ski performance course covering all the important skills we use in our skiing every single day.
Group size will be no more than eight per coach. We will make extensive use of video feedback, with analysis and review sessions held in your chalet in the evenings or on the hill in a convenient bar or cafe.
All our coaching sessions will be delivered by the same ski coaches who run Inside Out Skiing's programme at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead, so you may already know them and they may already know your skiing, ensuring each coaching holiday gets off to a flying start!
Accommodation
Our accommodation partner for this coaching holiday is Ski Hame, an independent chalet operator that operates a number of chalets in the Trois Vallees. This is our second season of working with them. Chalet Grange á Charlotte is a lovely chalet located in the traditional hamlet of Meribel Les Allues. It sleeps up to 16 people in great comfort, featuring seven en-suite bedrooms (all with full size baths except one which has a shower). Five of the bedrooms can be set up as either twin-bedded or double-bedded rooms (with the zip together mattresses). The seventh bedroom is a family room with a twin or double bed and a set of bunkbeds. The is a price reduction available for the 3rd and 4th person sharing this room - please contact SkiHame for details.
It is a very comfortable and spacious chalet, with an open plan lounge/dining area, log fireplace and underfloor heating throughout. There is a TV and DVD player, CD player & iPod docking station. There are hair dryers in every bedroom, and a boot room with full size boot dryer/warmer for comfortable boots every day! There is free wifi internet access throughout the chalet. The highlight of the apres-ski facilities is a full size indoor hot tub.
Meribel Les Allues is a short journey from the centre of Meribel itself. Chalet staff will take you each morning to the main lifts in Meribel by private minibus, where you will met the Inside Out Skiing coaches. At the end of the day we will agree a time and location for collection by the chalet staff, which could be Meribel or Meribel village, allowing for a different venue for apres-ski drinks before being taken back to the chalet. Alternatively the free resort shuttle bus can be used to travel around the Meribel valley.
It is a very comfortable and spacious chalet, with an open plan lounge/dining area, log fireplace and underfloor heating throughout. There is a TV and DVD player, CD player & iPod docking station. There are hair dryers in every bedroom, and a boot room with full size boot dryer/warmer for comfortable boots every day! There is free wifi internet access throughout the chalet. The highlight of the apres-ski facilities is a full size indoor hot tub.
Meribel Les Allues is a short journey from the centre of Meribel itself. Chalet staff will take you each morning to the main lifts in Meribel by private minibus, where you will met the Inside Out Skiing coaches. At the end of the day we will agree a time and location for collection by the chalet staff, which could be Meribel or Meribel village, allowing for a different venue for apres-ski drinks before being taken back to the chalet. Alternatively the free resort shuttle bus can be used to travel around the Meribel valley.
Travel
Transfers to the resort
A free transfer to and from Geneva Airport is included in the cost of the coaching holiday. This gives you the freedom to choose whatever flight and departure airport is most convenient for you. Transfer to the resort will be by private minibus service. Please contact complete our booking form or contact Ski Hame to confirm transfer timings before you book your flights. As a rough guide look at flights arriving Geneva airport between 9am and 5pm on arrival day, and scheduled after 9am on departure day. There may be a wait for others on different flights as Ski Hame shares the transfer with other chalet operators and the service is very reliable and well coordinated.Travel within the resort
The village of Meribel Les Allues is approximately 10 minutes from the main Meribel lift complex. Ski Hame's chalet staff are extremely helpful and use a private minibus to take you to the slopes each day where you will meet the Inside Out Skiing coaches. A time and pickup point is agreed each day for collection after skiing, allowing you the choice of apres-ski venues.In addition to Ski Hame's service there is also a free resort shuttle bus service to get you anywhere within the Meribel valley and taxis are plentiful if you desire a late night out.