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I'm still on my quest to sort out a trip for my sixth form to Cern/skiing. One of the companies has suggested Meringen. Has anyone been there? What is it like? Is it reasonably snowsure? Thanks in anticipation 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've no information on the skiing. However, two points of trivia concerning Meiringen:
In fiction, it was where Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson stayed before Holmes' death struggle at the nearby Reichenbach Falls with his arch-enemy Prof. Moriarty  I believe the locals have used this link to promote tourism e.g there may be a Sherlock Holmes bar or similar in the village.
Fact: It was where the Meringue was invented (hence the name!)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm afraid I've only ever been in summertime, it's a pretty enough place but I'm not sure it would be suited to a bunch of students, what about Lauterbrunnen ?
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Meiringen ought to be called Holmes-ville. Sherlock Holmes bar, Sherlock Holmes museum, statue of good ol' Sherlock in the main street. There's even a road called Baker Street.
Nice place, pretty quiet though. Small ski area. Oh, and the funicular to the Reichenbach Falls is closed during winter.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi, Posted this last year - don't know if it helps. Were here at New Year 2003/2004. Had our six year old second weeker in tow, so am only really qualified to give the beginner/family view but here goes...
Dead easy to get to from Zurich, either by rail or road. We hired a car from Sixti and got a brand new Ford focus for about £140.00 including all the CDW's etc. Watch out for the cameras out of Zurich though, 6kmh over the limit cost us £70.00!
Meiringen itself is a nice village where every second shop sells the famed meringues, it's a bit more 'lived in' than many resorts but there isn't much in the way of apres ski...not that we found anyway, though with aforementioned son we weren't looking too hard. If you need to hire equipment, try Intersport under the Hotel Sherpa, they were really brilliant with us and worked hard to get us the best boot fit etc. Most accommodation within easy walk of lift and there's a ski bus morning and afternoon too. Very friendly and given that they don't have a huge British market, English is widely spoken - the tourist office is close to fluent.
Hasliberg, just up the mountain is a more convenient base which was ski back to just about at New Year. It has more of a station feel about it.
As for the skiing, I hesitate to give too much of an opinion as it sounds like you're a good bit higher up the ski food chain than us. I'd definately echo most of the guides that label it as intermediate. It's not terribly beginner friendly as the areas within it are not terribly well linked by easier runs and they have a habit of labelling a run blue on the piste map and you get to the top of the lift and find it's red..sometimes very red! Agree with ise that there are quite a few flat bits too.
and watch out for the sledges...they're everywhere!
All in all though, a nice time, well kept slopes, excellent ski school, relatively inexpensive and not busy. Would consider it again but probably not as our main skiing holiday and not until our son's a bit more competent.
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