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<description>Méribel’s lifts close today after some of the best end-of-season snow conditions for many years. Ove...</description>
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<description>A new study in to ski injuries by Professor Peter Cummings of the University of Washington has concl...</description>
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<description>Band The Feeling’s outdoor April gig at le Rond Point in Méribel is to feature on the band’s forthco...</description>
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<description>Meribel recently played host to the British Ski Championships and a rather Royal guest too. Edward,...</description>
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<description>It’s all systems go for the grand finale of the X Wing challenge series for the 2008 winter season w...</description>
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<description>Provisional lift openings for the last week of the season have been announced by Méribel and Mottare...</description>
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<description>The first Coeur Blanc ski challenge – where participants attempted to take all 57 lifts in the Mérib...</description>
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<description>Following trials in the US at CopperBeech Mountain resort, French ski resorts are looking into inves...</description>
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<description>For the next two weeks Méribel hosts the Altitude Festival, offering a multitude of events including...</description>
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<description>Whatever you have planned for next Thursday (27th) – cancel it - The Feeling are playing a free gig...</description>
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<description>Was it Batman that used to say “Holy Moly”?  Well even if it wasn’t that’s the only way to describe...</description>
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<description>Several more big-name acts have recently been confirmed as appearing at Méribel’s Altitude Festival...</description>
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<description>And so it has been and gone... the 19th annual Boss des Bosses season worker's bumps competition......</description>
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<description>On April 6th, Val Thorens will be holding its first ever Toboggan Cup!  Using the longest tobogganin...</description>
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<description>After much research, an Albertville-based company has discovered a way of recycling used ski gear....</description>
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<description>Artist Anne-Marie Guerillon is exhibiting her artwork at the gallery in the tourist office in Meribe...</description>
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<description>Most tourists (especially those from the UK) whizz through Brides les Bains in the Three Valleys wit...</description>
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<description>Realli-Ski, a small team of engineers in rural Kent who manufacture an innovative ski and snowboard...</description>
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<description>The Altitude Festival 2008 is kicking off in Meribel for a fortnight at the end of the season from t...</description>
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<description>Following a meeting between employees and the directors of Courchevel's lift company S3V this mornin...</description>
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<description>When most of us are heading up the lifts in the morning, Environment Officer Maria Opelz is poking h...</description>
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