The place
Méribel, with Mottaret above it, is the central valley of Les 3 Vallées. You can ski to Courchevel one way and the Belleville valley the other, which is why it works as a base when you do not need to sleep under the race hill.
It hosted events in 1992. It is not on the 2030 competition map. That is useful. When Courchevel closes a piste for downhill training, Méribel is often still a ski resort. The domain dates for winter 2026/27 put Méribel at 5 December to 18 April.
There is no published “Olympic legacy transport plan” for Méribel that this guide is willing to repeat. An old post that invented one now redirects here.
Before you book
Read the resort’s current piste map for the week you travel. A kilometre total is a brochure figure, useful for comparing domains and useless for predicting a queue. Lift passes are explained on the pass page. The Games timetable, where this resort is involved, is on the venue table.