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For keen piste-bashers, Meribel is difficult to beat. It is slap in the middle of the Trois Vallees - the biggest inter-linked ski area in the world. With 200 lifts and 6ookm of pistes, and endless off-piste possibilities, no keen skier will be bored in a fortnight here. Meribel's local skiing is probably the least interesting in the region. But that is still good by any standards. If you don't like skiing with hordes of Brits, be warned: more British tour operators go here than any other resort. And it's not cheap. Indeed, the 1992 Olympics seems to have prompted the resort to move significantly upmarket. Several very comfortable and expensive hotels were built for the Games, and others were renovated, and food and drink prices have hit Swiss resort heights. But one of us learned to ski here, the other visited it on his second trip, and we both go back whenever we can.

• In the centre of the biggest linked ski area in the world
• Ideal for intermediates who love covering as many miles as possible
• Plenty for advanced skiers
• Modem, constantly improved lift system means little queuing and rapid access to all ski areas
• Good piste maintenance and snowmaking means reliable snow
• Village purpose-built in pleasing chalet-style architecture
• Some accommodation convenient for skiing (most at Mottaret)

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