'Circuitos' já feitos... 1 - Intermediates, i.e. Capable, red piste skiers

High altitude Three Valleys circuit including lunch at the Bel Air restaurant (Courcheval) Intermediates, i.e. Capable, red piste skiers. Allow 2½ hours to get to the Bel Air, skiing at reasonable peace.

1) Take the Bruyeres gondola to the top station, then follow the Lac de la Chambre piste (red) to the bottom of the Mont Vallon gondola.
2) Take the Mont Vallon gondola and ski the Combes Vallon piste (red). At the bottom of the Mures Rouges chairlift, follow the blue piste, Ours, into Meribel Mottaret.
3) Take the Pas du Lac gondola to the top (Saulire) and follow the Creux piste (red) to the Chanrossa chairlift.
4) Take the Chanrossa chairlift, then the Roc Merlet (red) and Pyramide (blue) pistes. Pass across the top of the Combe drag lift from where you will see the Bel Air restaurant on the right.
5) From the Bel Air, take the green piste to the Combe drag lift.
6) From the top of the Combe drag take the Grandes Bosses (blue) piste to the bottom of the Pyramide drag lifts but don't take these lifts, instead follow the red piste to the Aguille du Fruit chairlift.
7) From the top of the Aguille du Fruit chairlift, either take the Park City (red) piste or the Suisses (black) piste to the Suisses chairlift.
8) From the top of the Suisses chairlift, follow the path signposted to Meribel. At the large rock (unmissable) at the junction between Courcheval and Meribel, take the Niverolle (red) piste to the Pas du Lac gondola mid-station. From here take the Aigle (blue) into Meribel Mottaret.
9) Take the Plattieres gondola to the top and take the Allemandes (red) piste until you reach the Menuires Stade du Slalom, then follow the Petit Creux (blue) piste to the top of the Doron chairlift.
10) Follow signs for Reberty to arrive back at the apartment.
1b.Variation including Maurienne for advanced (and fit!) skiers.
10) At stage 9 of the previous route, leave the Plattieres gondola at the second mid-station and take the red to the Cote Brune chair.
11) From the top of Cote Brune, follow the red piste signposted for Val Thorens, then take the Marielle (black) piste to the top of the Trois Vallees 1 chairlift. Then follow the Plein Sud (blue) piste into Val Thorens and keep going until you reach the Caron gondola.
12) Take the Cime Caron gondola, then the Caron cable car.
13) From the top of Caron, follow the black piste into Maurienne and to the Rosael chairlift.
14) Take the Rosael chairlift then follow the Chamois (black) piste until it joins the red which returns to the bottom of the Cime Caron cable car. From here, follow the Gentians (blue) piste, then take the Boulevard Cumin (red) piste back to the bottom of Masse. Return to Reberty via the Doron chair lift.