Want to join a group of other skiers for a day of freeriding with one of our guides ? Sign up for a group outing ! One of our guides will lead the group to fresh snow !
Joining a group outing allows you to enjoy the experience of ski touring in the 3 Valleys at the best possible price. However, please note that various levels of ski may be found in the group and that the experience may not be as intense as when hiring a private guide.
Price: 145€ per person
Attention: groups will be organized with skiers exclusively or snowboarders (splitboards) exclusively but we will not organize mixed groups ski-snowboards. Thank you.
I would like to try off-piste and touring but I would like a “little” walking and a “lot” of skiing (30mn to 1h hikking) !
The 3 Valleys offers a vast playground of on-piste skiing, but there are also many remote areas that can only be reached by ski touring. From the top of the lifts, we leave the pistes behind and stick on our skins to explore further. 30 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes of moderate effort are enough to reach fabulous, calm and remote areas where we can make tracks at our own rhythm, far from the agitation of the pistes.
This formula is intended for skiers with an ability of class 3 and above who want to try touring, or those who have some experience but who would like to join a group to share their enthusiasm and learn more. This group outing is organised by the Meribel bureau des guides every Wednesday and Friday for 3 participants or more. To ensure the best service, we limit the groups to 6 persons per guide. You can easily rent modern touring gear in Meribel (wide touring skis + skins + knives). Tell us in advance if we need to provide safety equipment.
In practice : We will meet at 9:15 am at the Chaudanne where we will check safety equipment (Beacon, shovel, probe), which the guide can supply if you do not have it all. Depending on the snow and weather conditions, the guide will choose the best sector to explore to ensure that this tour will be a success. In the early afternoon a picnic, or a quick meal in a restaurant, will provide a well-earned pause. The return to Meribel will be more relaxed, on or off-piste, depending on the state of the troops. We should arrive back at Meribel around 4:00 to 4:30 pm.
Every Wednesday and Friday from 09h30 am to 4h30 pm
Guaranteed departure from 3 persons, or 2 pers with overcost.
Price indicated for 1 to 4 people, for half day climbing on Champagny artificial ice tower.
We limit our groups to 4 people maximum for safety reasons. Beyond a second guide will be necessary.
If climbing on natural icefall (multi pitches), it’s full day : Mône, Daille, Brévières etc : 550€ (1 or 2 participants sharing the price)
Ice fall climbing, what is this ? It’s climbing with ice axes and crampons on frozen waterfalls. This activity, borned in 70’s, has evoluaed a lot with new equipment technologies, and new activity as “dry tooling”. Today it’s playful activity, inspired a lot by rock climbing body language. Every body can try it, from 12 years old.
We have a chance in Meribel, we’re close to one of most famous artificial ice tower, situated in Champagny le Haut, ab 30mn by car from Meribel. This tower, with 22m high, propose different runs, easy to expert. You can forecast a half day for initiate yourself on ice climbing. If you enjoy it, we can propose you to climb a “true” natural ice fall with further pithces in a raw : emotions guaranteed !
Price: 550€
Ice fall climbing is directly linked to the ice fall conditions, please contact our office for booking. The price for the Champagny artificial ice tower is 370€ for 1 thru 4 participants. You can nevertheless book through the following form, your request will be registered but paiement will be done through our office, following mode of paiement that we will communicate to you when contacted by phone or email. Thank you.
Good slopes, good food: a good programme… Why not for me too?
Ski off-piste + 3 Valleys = 2 reasons to explore this exceptional resort!
With the Meribel guides, off-piste touring, and the classic routes of Bellevilles, Meribel or Courchevel.
After a great morning spent skiing secret slopes where we leave our tracks far from everything, a delicious meal, in a carefully chosen venue, will reinvigorate us. The return to Meribel in the afternoon will be far off the beaten track.
The purest skiing pleasure awaits us! And, if you are a little apprehensive, we can help you to adapt and improve to overcome this feeling.
We might walk for half an hour (more or less!) to discover a more remote valley where the skiing is better.
In Practice: This ski off-piste day is offered to all skiers of class 3 ability and above with wider skis adapted to powder. Before setting off, your guide will provide the necessary safety gear: the indispensable trio of “shovel, probe and avalanche beacon”. You should bring a small backpack with a bottle of water and snacks. We can lend you a backpack if needed.
I dream of putting on skins to get off the beaten path !
Yes, escaping from the daily routine is possible!
For a long time alpine skiing has been the king of mountain winter sports. But, we must admit, ski touring is the best method for reaching the most isolated spots, and the most secret. You will be quickly seduced by the spirit of “discovery”, by the savage beauty of the wild spaces, which it allows us to access. Certainly, ski touring requires “effort” and “stretching your limits” but it is well rewarded with untracked skiing, a generous quota of unspoilt nature and the strong emotions of discovering new places.
Obviously, freedom should not mean the absence of safety!
Whenever you say “natural environment” there is some risk involved. A certain amount of knowledge is required, and we would go even further and say that some “familiarity” with the surroundings are needed to judge the level of risk on a given route. The practice of ski touring requires, among other skills, a minimum of technique in order to reach the summits safely. If you have any doubt in your abilities, hiring a mountain guide is simply the best solution.
Our valley, a vast area, is also spectacular and it is perfectly adapted to this sport: It is simply waiting to be discovered… by you!
Over 600km of pistes await you in the 3 Vallées, the largest ski resort in the world. You wish to discover it and enjoy it in the best conditions possible ? You would love to glide on the superbly groomed pistes without worrying about anything else ? Let us guide you through our “ski guiding” program ! With family or friends, let’s discover together the wonderful pistes of Courchevel, Méribel, and the Belleville valley !
Booking and additionnal information by phone directly at the Mountain Guides’ Office: +33 6 43 89 72 91
Please note that our ski guiding activity is not a ski lesson, we do not teach basic ski technique.
The Gébroulaz glacier is to Vanoise what the Vallée Blanche is to Chamonix : a wonderful place to discover glacier skiing !
A magical ski experience, on soft untracked slopes, in the middle of an incredible landscape !
From Méribel, we’ll take the ski lifts to reach the top of Val Thorens. We will then skin up for 2 hours to the Gébroulaz pass high up at over 3400m of elevation, where a well deserved break will preceed a highly enjoyable glacier descent into the wild.
Three options are offered to us:
For easy slope lovers, we will glide through great landscapes towards the Tueda lake in Méribel Mottaret, in the heart of the Tueda Natural Park.
For the more athletic it’s possible to go down on the Glacier and skin back up to the Glacier du Borgne. From there we’ll ski back down to Méribel Mottaret.
The nicest option, the “guide’s favorite”, is to join the typical village of Pralognan. This route is the most exceptional for its marvellous landscapes and slopes. A taxi will take us back to the 3 Valleys, a day you will never forget !
Required ski level: advanced to expert off piste skier, off-piste skiing experience is required.
