Snowboard Parks In Meribel & Board Parks in the 3 Valleys France.
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A Choice of 7 Snow Board Parks in The Three Valleys France |
- Snow Parks :
Meribel. (1) Snowboard & Ski
Mottaret (1) Snowboard & Ski
Courchevel Board Parks (3)
Les Menuires Board Park (1)
Val Thorens Board Park (1)
Meribel &
Mottaret Snow board parks.There are two terrain parks in Meribel Valley for riders and freeriders of varying ability.
- Meribel Moon Park. Tougnète.
Meribel Moon
board park has two halfpipes. One of them is maintained at
competition level. It has plenty of different level jumps, plus a 1300m boardercross
with a vertical drop of 200m. In addition there is a fun park . You can
purchase a Moon Board Park 3 day ticket which allows access from
the Plan de L'Homme chairlift at Chaudanne. The snow board park is served by
its own Arpasson drag lift and is usually kept in really excellent condition for free riding.
- Meribel-Mottaret Snowpark. Plattieres.
- This is the main Snow board park in the Meribel valley and is very popular
with both snowboarders and skiers. Take Plattieres gondola and jump off
at the 2nd station. The board park is situated between Plattieres 1 & 2 and is
served by its own chairlift. It has a vertical drop of more than 300m
with 2 half pipes, 2 quarter pipes, 3 tables and 1 spine. It also has a
700m long 4 man border cross plus a test equipment chalet alongside.
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- Courchevel 1850.
The best snowboard park in
Courchevel is on the Loze sector between the Plantrey chairlift and the
Epicea draglift. The Parc Plantery has baby and half-pipes, tables, hips,
and more. There is also some interesting and fun natural bumps to
be found by
Verdons-Biolley under the Biolley chairlift in the area officially known as Zones Thermatiques du Biolley et des
Verdons. There is more of this natural terrain under the Pralong
chair nearby.
Lunch:
L'Arc-en Ciel at the base of the Saulire Cable car. Reasonable lunch by
Courchevel standards for €12.80.
Val Thorens:
A dedicated snow board park is to be
found alongside the Cascades chairlift. Access from the top of Cascades then
take the Dalles run down. This snowpark features a 500-meter boardercross, with half-pipe,
high jumps, tabletops, fun boxes, rails, and lots more. It is also open to
skiers. There is also a border cross in the 4th Maurienne valley
accessed by the Grand Fond Funitel.
Lunch:
La Marine just below top of Cascades. Lovely Plat du Jour approx.16 Euros.
A useful and much cheaper self-service area is located downstairs. In
the centre of VT by the tourist office are numerous inexpensive
sandwich and burger bars.
Les Menuires:
This resort is very popular
with snowboarders. It has a superb snow board park by the Boyes Piste at the top of the Doron chair. The half pipe is always kept in good
condition and the park has been awarded "Air Space" quality by the French
Snowboarders Association. There are easy table and quarter pipes plus the
long half pipe that sees real action throughout the season when many major
competitions are held here. Well worth making the trip over here.
Lunch:
Les Fermes at Reberty village for an excellent meal for €10 or try the
delicious "Bavette". Steak in onions for €12.
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