Outdoor activities in Meribel holidays, courses & experiences

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Alpine Elements discount: 10% off snowboarding holidays

Alpine Elements provide high quality ski and snowboard chalet holidays at reasonable prices. Made even more readable by a 10% discount for AWE365 members. They have be operating for over 17 years, and are a trusted medium size operator that sends 20,… Sorry but only AWE365 Club members can view…

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SkiBro Discount: 10% off snowboard lessons and guiding in the Alps

SkiBro is an innovative new platform that enables you to find your perfect instructor, mountain guide, ski school or adventure and book instantly. Each provider has a comprehensive profile including video & customer reviews, so you know exactly w… Sorry but only AWE365 Club members can view this content. However…

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Les Menuires snowboarding review: Friendly, freeride & 3 Valleys

Last season I headed to the Three Valleys for the first time in over a decade. I was there to visit Les Menuires which is below Val Thorens one valley over from Meribel. In this Les Menuires snowboarding review I will give three reasons why I would like to return: friendliness, freeride and the Three…

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Skiing holidays in France: 13 of the best French ski resorts

Skiing holidays in France are more popular than ski trips to any other country. But with over 300 resorts in France to choose from where should you go? Lucky for you we’ve pulled together this list of 13 of the best French ski resorts. Skiing holidays in France Accessibility plays a…

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Tips for planning solo ski holidays

Are you aching to get back out on the slopes but your usual ski partner can’t make it? Maybe your ski buddies can’t get time off work, can’t afford it or simply don’t fancy it? Well don’t lose all hope, we have some ideas to tips for planning solo ski holidays…

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Guide to the best Three Valleys ski holidays in Meribel

In this guide to the best Three Valleys ski holidays in Meribel, we’ll introduce you to one of the most popular ski resorts in the Alps. Meribel is famed for its lively party scene and authentic chalets, and is part of the enormous ‘Les Trois Vallees’ (Three Valleys) ski area….

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Brief guide to France mountain biking holidays

From Alpe d’Huez to Valloire and nearly every letter in between France mountain biking holidays offers a great destination for MTB riders. Ski resorts that transform to professionally run mountain bike parks with trails that feel as though they could run forever will leave you spoilt for choice. France mountain…

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Travel Action Discount: 5% off Skiing

Skiing & snowboard chalet & hotel holiday packages in Europe. Catered ski chalets and half board hotels and clubhotels in the best ski resorts in Europe. Packages include UK flights, transfers, 7 nights hotel and chalet with half bo… Sorry but only AWE365 Club members can view this content. However…

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Mark Warner discount: 5% off skiing holidays

Mark Warner have been providing skiing holidays since the 1970s, so they know a thing or two about providing great ski trips. They operate in nine snow sure resorts that have the best skiing in the French, Austrian and Italian Alps. In France, Mar… Sorry but only AWE365 Club members can view this…

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Alpine Elements discount: 10% off skiing holidays

Alpine Elements provide high quality chalet skiing holidays in France and Austria for a reasonable price. Their competitive prices are made even better by this 10% discount for AWE365 members. Alpine Elements are a medium sized independent operator. … Sorry but only AWE365 Club members can view this content. However it free, quick…

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10 of the best luxury ski chalets in Europe

Skiing and luxury are inextricably linked. Despite the fact that there are plenty of affordable options, there’s something about a ski holiday that goes hand in hand with the very finest things in life. With that in mind, we’ve uncovered 10 of the best luxury ski chalets in Europe. We’re talking about the…

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Guide to France skiing holidays and snowboarding vacations

From the heights of Mont Blanc to the less-crowded peaks of the Pyrenees, France offers a winter wonderland of reliably snowy slopes and cosy chalets all year round. The perennial snows, easy access and high altitude make the French Alps the most popular from the UK. In this guide to France skiing holidays…

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Mark Warner discount: 5% off snowboarding holidays

Mark Warner have been offering ski holidays since the 70s and were already a popular ski operator by the time snowboarding came on the scene. Quick to embrace the new sport they have close relationships with snowboarding schools in all nine of the sn… Sorry but only AWE365 Club members…

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Travel Action Discount: 5% off Snowboarding

Skiing & snowboard chalet & hotel holiday packages in Europe. Catered ski chalets and half board hotels and clubhotels in the best ski resorts in Europe. Packages include UK flights, transfers, 7 nights hotel and chalet with half board… Sorry but only AWE365 Club members can view this content. However it…

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Guide to France trekking holidays

France is a country with plenty of contrast and lots of open space. That makes it ideal for trekking. Whether you want to scramble up mountains, explore windswept coasts, or hike through green countryside, you’ll find the France trekking itinerary for you. If it’s mountains you’re after, France has plenty….

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Planning snowboarding weekends independently vs packaged

Planning snowboarding weekends independently is never easy. I should know as for the last 8 years I have been planning them ‘with’ my mates. I say ‘with’ but the reality is they give opinions not solutions, and being the only one associated with the industry I get the job of…

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Ski the height of Mont Blanc or Everest for charity

Ski holiday specialists Alpine Elements and iGOSKI will be staging a Ski 4 Cancer challenge in the French ski resort of La Tania on both Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th of March 2014. Individuals or teams will be challenged to ski the vertical height of either Mont Blanc…

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The 10 biggest ski resorts in the world

It’s a question that’s decades old in the skiing world: Which are the 10 biggest ski resorts in the world? The answer is not really disputed, the 3 Valleys in France with 600km of lift-linked piste in resorts such as Meribel, Courcheval, La Tania and Val Thorens is the biggest….

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Interesting Snowboarding News 2014: Week 7 – avalanche danger off the scale

It has been a sensationally snowy week in the Alps, the Dolomites and the Rockies, with worrying reports that too much snow is building up. The phrase avalanche danger off the scale is not one any snowboarder or skier wants to hear. Even closer to home in Scotland, our local…

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Alpine Elements snowboarding holidays

If you’re looking to build and create your very own snowboarding trip at some of the best resorts in the French and Austrian Alps then Alpine Elements snowboarding holidays come highly recommended. Combining the freedom of choice associated with bespoke packages and affordable mainstream snowboarding trip rates, you can get…

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Alpine Elements skiing holidays

If you’ve ever booked a skiing holiday you’ll know that there’s a big distinction between niche operators and mainstream packages. For one, niche ski trips tend to cost a whole lot more but then they do offer far more freedom of choice than a mainstream package. With Alpine Elements skiing…

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Fly to Grenoble for your winter sports fix

Thanks to its outstanding natural, historical and cultural assets the Rhone-Alpes region in south-east France has a deserved reputation as a prime tourist destination. Flights to Grenoble take you from the UK to mountains in under 2 hours and it’s these peaks that are the region’s main draw with almost…