Snowsure: 4.8
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Les Menuires is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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December 21, 2011
Peter
Peter
I will be going to Les Menuires next week, after a fantastic week last year. We stayed in the Belhambra Neige et Ciel, which is great for families, with a very good buffet.
Skiing in Les Trois Vallées is simply fantastic. The infrastructure in Les Menuires is very good (with shorter queues at the lifts then in Méribel), but I find the views in Val Thorens Better.
My interest goes to skiing and not to the apres-ski (we have a 6 year old daughter), so I can't write much about that. Ski-passes are expensive, but for 600 km of well-maintained pistes, I find it worth the money.
September 23, 2011
Bex from
United Kingdom
Bex from
United Kingdom
Feb28 - Mar 5 2011
We stayed in Les Balcon d'Olympie, Preyerand, found great apartment at great price, everything we needed and nothing too far away. We decided on these dates out of UK half term...hmm, not such a great idea, we didn't know that the French have 3 split half-term weeks so we hit the BUSIEST week EVER!!! OMG, it was SO busy!
We did have a dumping of snow on the night of arrival which was great until the sun melted, it then froze overnight and left with really icy conditions, that mixed with chaos made me as a learner, not make the best of my holiday.
We ate out every day and found costs on a par with UK except you get really great food and absolutely massive amounts. Would recommend La Ruade, a great family run restaurant, bit pricier that a lot but you leave feeling over satisfied. We also had a great little place (don't remember the name) right outside our apartment down some steps, the raclette was amazing.
After reading the comments on here about the rudeness of the French, we didn't have any rudeness from restaurants or shops, we did try to speak French...badly. On the slopes...slightly different, they do cut you up, they do push and not queue, I learnt very quickly to behave the way that they do, they aren't rude verbally, it seems that it is just their way.
We are going back to the same apartment next year but this time a month earlier to avoid all those lovely families during their holidays!!
February 07, 2011
Cormac from
France
Cormac from
France
Reasonable value in Les Menuires for food and drink, in comparison to any of the other 3 valley locations anyway. Skipass for 3 valleys is exorbitant at €234 for 6 days, I've been in a number of great places in Switzerland where ski pass is half that price. Lots of good runs, looks like great off-piste options but for us this year there was no fresh snow (29thJan - 5thFeb 2011-no snow for 2+ plus weeks). So it was rock hard and fairly icy but I'd say with fresh snow it would be heavenly. Val Thorens was easily accessible, as was Meribel and Courcheval. Self catering accommodation (Chalet Dame Blanche) was in great condition, had sauna and the beds were comfortable.
Personally, I find the French extremely rude which would put me off going back to French Alps but maybe it's a cultural misunderstanding. This applies to service and encounters on the slopes.
We rented gear from InterSport Troxler. The boots were junk which looked liked they'd been picked out of a skip somewhere (mine leaked when the snow melted on them), the boards were alright although definitely a few years old and they didn't have a helmet to fit me comfortably (my head isn't small but it's not extraordinary). All of this I could live with if there was some comforting words, but again with the French attitude all I got was a hmmmph and a shrug of the shoulders.
Overall, it looks like great mountains for fresh snow but pricier, less welcoming and definitely less professional than equally good resorts in Switzerland (pending the exchange rate returning to normal levels).
January 12, 2011
Peter from
France
Peter from
France
Les Menuires is for me the place to be. Not because of the village by itself, (ugly buildings as you can see on the webcam) but the area around it. Skiing is great everywhere. Val Thorens (lots of crazy young people) great high pistes. Meribel (trees averywhere) Courchevel, (just to see the rich and famous.) Buy a Trois Vallees skipass and you have almost 200 lifts and 600km piste to go.
Apres-ski? No, then Les Menuires is not your place to be. And 10 bucks for a vin chaud? Never found that place.... Even not on the top of La Masse.
December 12, 2010
Stephen ROGERS from
United Kingdom
Stephen ROGERS from
United Kingdom
I spent all of last season in Les Menuires and will be going just after Xmas for this season. The last entry states £10 for a coffee or vin chaud in Les Menuires, where?
Le Skilt on the Croisette: 3 Euro, whilst many others: 4 maybe 5 Euro but £10, no.
This is a great location for skiing. If you want to eat on a budget go to "Le Croc" snack bar. Burgers, kebabs, chips: 5 to 6 Euro, if not, there are plenty of restaurants that suite all price ranges and believe me, there are some little gems hidden away serving good filling meals usually. The 'plat du jour' is around 12 to 14 Euro, some including a drink. One I can think of serves you that for 10 Euro. Look around and use the vouchers out of the weekly program, it all helps because, lets face it, skiing isn't the cheapest of sports in the first place.
September 10, 2010
Simon Davies from
United Kingdom
Simon Davies from
United Kingdom
January 23, 2010
Richard from
Germany
Richard from
Germany
I was coming to Les Menuires since 1984, sometimes staying 2 or 3 weeks in a row. In recent years the experience was that they don't care at all about customers and all about maximising profits. Ski lift company takes every excuse to close lifts. You can see with the bare eye that in Val Thorens the funitel runs all the way to 3200m, you see people arriving in Les Menuires from Meribel/Mottaret but in Les Menuires nothing runs above 2600m and the few opened lifts are totally overcrowded.
That used to be different 10 years ago. Apparently, since the split up of the 3v lift company into smaller units things are running down.
As of accommodation - it is "French". Beds are short and often miserable, equipment tends to break and for every broken piece of equipment you have to complain persistently for several days to get it repaired.
Last year I wanted to sue Agence des Alpes, one of the worst accommodation providers I did ever come across (I have been to Africa!). The French lawyer told me that while I would win the case hands down the French law does not provide adequate recuperation of lawyer and court fees to the winning party. That means if I win a court case in France I still have to pay for it.
October 27, 2009
Caroline from
United Kingdom
Caroline from
United Kingdom
I have spent holidays in Les Trois Vallees for years and rate the skiing as the very best for mixed ability groups. There is really excellent skiing and enough never to get bored. Les Menuires is very user friendly but very ugly. I stay in an apartment in Bettex/le Bettaix, one of the traditional villages between Les Menuires and Saint-Martin de Belleville. You get the best of all worlds with beautiful tranquil surroundings yet it is linked by chairlift to all the downhill skiing and cross-country trails and walks. There are no shops but there is an excellent restaurant with a bar upstairs which sells fresh bread and croissants in the mornings. It's only a very short drive to all the amenities of Les Menuires and Saint-Martin but I do a big shop in Moutiers on my way and top up in my rucksack before skiing home ( green/blue) each day. To be highly recommended. If you prefer catered accommodation, there are chalets in Le Bettaix/Bettex as well.
December 30, 2007
ryan from
United Kingdom
ryan from
United Kingdom
Stayed in a fully catered chalet in March 07. Had great time, 6 blokes boarding, 1 skier, untold amount of runs and no matter how hard you try you could never do it all in a week, and we tried very hard!!!! Resort is quiet but there are a few lively bars to try out. Going back in Jan with girlfriend as plenty of gentle slopes for her.
April 24, 2006
Tomas from
USA - California
Tomas from
USA - California
stayed in the Hotel des Alpes. Perfect location on foot of slopes. The food did not have a large choice but was still very nice. Plus the hotel was very cheap and with very friendly staff. It is very easy to ski to both Meribel and Val Thorens and beyond! BUT, for my friend and I at night there was hardly anything to do. it was "dead".
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