Meribel
Coordinates: 45 ° 24 ' N , 6 ° 34' E
Méribel is a winter sports resort in the Savoie department in the French Alps . It belongs to the municipality of Les Allues . The place consists of two parts: Méribel (1400 meters), which grew out of a historic town center, and the Méribel-Mottaret ski station at 1750 meters above sea level. Both districts are located in the Vallée des Allues, the middle of the three valleys that make up the Trois Vallées ski area .
The Méribel valley has the smallest range of ski lifts (57) and ski slopes (150 km) in the Trois Vallées. The lowest point in the Méribel ski area is only 600 m in Brides-les-Bains , which is connected to the center of Méribel by a three-section gondola lift. However, you can only ski down to Les Allues at 1100 m. The highest ski peak is the Mont du Vallon at 2950 m above sea level.
Méribel prides itself on being the station with the highest number of cable cars ( télécabines ). The ski area belongs to the ski station operator Compagnie des Alpes .
Sports
ice Hockey
The Patinoire du Parc Olympique ice rink was built in Méribel for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . The 1992 Olympic ice hockey tournament was held there.
The stadium is regularly used by the French national team for training camps. In addition, tournaments of the Junior Ice Hockey World Championships take place in Méribel, most recently in 2018 the Division IA of the U20 World Championship (together with Courchevel ).
Alpine skiing
The season finale took place in Méribel in the 2014/15 season. In 2017 they applied for the Alpine Ski World Championship 2023 together with Courchevel .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cortina Saalbach and Courchevel-Meribel apply for the 2023 World Ski Championships , APA report on derstandard.at of May 3, 2017, accessed on May 4, 2017.
