This year was my 6th trip to Meribel and each time I have taken my own ice skates to be able to skate on this lovely rink. As someone who normally skates regularly on a very small rink it is such a treat to be able to skate on this Olympic size rink. I did have some criticism about this year's visit though. They now open at 4pm instead of 3pm which is not very convenient when you're staying in a chalet that serves tea and cake at 4.30. I can't ski all day and used to spend 1.5 hours on the ice most days but this year I had to reduce that to 30 - 40 minutes or miss tea which was a nuisance. Normally the ice is very well maintained so it was disappointing to go one afternoon to find that the ice was very cut up after being used for hockey training I think. They didn't bother to re-do the ice before the public session started. On the whole though this is a fab rink with good quality ice and it's not too expensive.

This ice rink is a good place to take the kids when the weather is bad. It's nothing special, but the ice is well maintained and the equipment available for hire is perfectly serviceable.