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 Jan 9-17, 2026

$3,565

7 nights in Meribel
Non-stop round-trip air, breakfast and dinner daily
Lift ticket not included, but available as an option.
Or, you can use an Epic Pass (details below).

$1,090

Optional 4-Night Pre-Ski Extension to Paris
Departs the U.S. Monday, Jan 5

Les Trois Vallées, the world’s largest ski area, is made up of eight resorts linked via a comprehensive network of modern ski lifts.  This includes internationally famous resorts such as Courchevel, Méribel and Val Thorens, and other more family-orientated resorts with a charm all of their own such as Les Ménuires, La Tania, Brides-les-Bains, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Orelle.  50% of the ski area’s runs are considered easy (greens and blues) with the remaining 50% suitable for more proficient skiers (reds and blacks). 

85% of the pistes are above 1,800m, enabling Les Trois Vallées to guarantee optimum snow conditions from early December to the end of April.  180 ski lifts are available to skiers, which ensure that you’ll spend more time on the slopes than in a queue. 

These eight resorts also offer a unique range of off-piste and après-ski activities, as well as myriad events and entertainment and a wide choice of restaurants.

We will stay seven nights at the 4 star Hotel Alpen Ruitor in Meribel Mottaret – the same hotel where we stayed in January 2023.  The hotel offers exclusive and ready-to-go skiing to the largest ski domain in the world.  Features:

• A Welcome Drink.
• Breakfast Buffet, daily from 7:30-11:00am
• Home-Made Pastry Buffet, daily from 3:30-5:30 pm
• Daily Dinner with starter, main course, cheese buffet, and desert. (Drinks are not included.)
• Savoyard Evening on Thursday with unlimited Fondue and Raclette.
• Access to the spa: 100 square meters of dedicated serenity with Sauna, Hamman, Jacuzzi and Sensorial Shower.
• Ski Room with individual heated lockers.
• Free WiFi.

Single Rooms:  Listed cost is for double occupancy.  A limited number of rooms may be available for single occupancy (est @ $1,235); request when registering and the trip leader will make an adjustment to your invoice if you can be confirmed.

Epic Pass Holders receive seven unrestricted and consecutive days at Les 3 Vallées ski resorts, as is explained in the Les 3 Vallées Reciprocal Agreement.  Only the "full" Epic Pass is honored.  Epic Day Passes and Military Epic Passes do not include access to Les 3 Vallées.  Collect your free skipass with your Epic Season Pass and ID from one of the Meribel lift ticket offices:

• MÉRIBEL MOTTARET (near our hotel) – Next to the Tourist Office
• MÉRIBEL CENTRE (down the hill) – La Chaudanne (under the Tougnète gondola)

Resort Lift Tickets:  Lift tickets are available as an option during the registration/signup process for skiers who don't have a full Epic Pass.  Prices reflect a modest (approx 10%) discount from the prices at the resort.  We are offering only the 6-day passes, as the cost is the same as for a 5-day pass:

Estimated prices.  Invoices will be adjusted as needed for those
already signed up, once prices are confirmed.
6-day pass costs the same as a 5-day pass

Paris Option - $1,090

4-Night Pre-Skiing Extension in Paris
Departs from the U.S. Monday, January 5

Four nights (Tue-Sat) in a 4-star hotel in central Paris (specific property to be confirmed) with daily buffet breakfast.  Features include:

• Monday Jan 5 – Depart from Dulles Airport for overnight flight to Paris.
• Tuesday, Jan 6 – Bus transfer from Paris airport to our hotel.
• Wednesday, Jan 7 – Half-day sightseeing tour of the main sites in Paris.
• Thursday/Friday Jan 8/9 – Visit the sights in Paris (on your own).
• Saturday, Jan 10 – Bus transfer to the train station in Paris for the approx three-hour ride, in First Class coaches, to Chambery.  We'll then be bussed to Meribel (about a 2-hour ride) to join up with the ski-only group who will have arrived in Geneva after their overnight flight from the U.S.

Hotel:  Our specific hotel (to be confirmed) is expected to be either the Novotel Paris Center Tour Eiffel, Mercure Paris Montmartre, or Mercure Paris Gare de Lyon TGV.

Single Rooms:  Listed cost is for double occupancy.  A limited number of rooms may be available for single occupancy (est @ $450); request when registering and the trip leader will make an adjustment to your invoice if you can be confirmed.

Air Schedule:  Flights on United Airlines (Subject to change):

Save $1140 with a package without air tickets

Save $1140 with a package without air tickets

Membership Requirement:   Your club membership must be current when signing up for the trip and throughout the duration of the trip.  The trip has been "sanctioned" through the Blue Ridge Ski Council.  Current members of other BRSC member ski clubs may register for the trip beginning August 1.

Trip Insurance:  Emergency medical, evacuation & repatriation insurance (not cancellation insurance) is included.  Note that this is not cancellation coverage and will not provide any relief if you have to cancel from the trip before it begins, whether for medical or other reasons.  You may upgrade your coverage to include cancellation insurance by clicking on this link. It will take you to a flyer describing the options available through Myra Altschuler of Travel Protectors LLC:

To upgrade to “Cancel for Any Reason” insurance, you must contact Myra Altschuler at  myra@travelprotectors.com within 14 days from the date you write your first deposit check or make your first deposit by credit card.

Payment Schedule:

We’ll confirm your registration after you've signed up (registered) for the trip and we've received your payment:  Pay online by going to our Partial Payments Page where you can make initial deposits &/or interim payments for one or more trips, and for one or more members, in a single transaction.  You may also make partial payments with credit cards at club meetings.  Note:  If you wish instead to pay for the entire trip (or to pay your remaining balance), you should make your payment directly against your trip invoice.  You can find your invoice(s) from your profile page by selecting your name in the upper right corner of the website when you are logged in.

If you prefer to pay by check, make it payable to the Pentagon Ski Club and mail it to our treasurer:  Tom Gallagher, 8203 Lazy Point Lane, Lorton, VA 22079.  Indicate which trip, and what skier(s), it is for.  Or give it to the trip leader (or to Tom) at a club meeting.

Trip Leaders:

Susie Pumphrey
wachtraum@msn.com
703-691-3944 (h)
571-224-4512 (c)