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Rikiki is quite a big chalet (22) and when we stayed there were 7 different groups so there was always someone to chat to. The rooms are clean and comfortable and even though we had one which had not had a bathroom revamp, it seemed fine to us with very good lighting, a bath and a good over bath shower. The lounge has plenty of comfy seating and meals are had at one long table. The week we were there people moved around the table on different nights which was very sociable and meant you got to talk to new people. The food was great and we always had excellent vegetables! Maybe a few too many "creamy" puddings for me (and not sure about cheesecake after a baked camembert starter) but the main meal was always so satisfying that I didn't really need the pud anyway! Wine was very good and unlimited (red, white and rose) and we had a different cooked breakfast option each morning. There was a vegan and one or two vegetarians in the chalet and Tommy always produced something tasty and non-meaty/cheesy for them. And of course there was always a lovely cake, or two, in the afternoon (with vegan option).||There is a hot tub just outside which was well used and lovely and warm (bubbles optional!) ||The resort staff (Steph and Calum), and Grace in the chalet were around and very helpful with suggestions and offers of making bookings, enquiries etc. ||The chalet is almost ski in/ski out depending on snow, and is in a pretty quiet location just out of the centre of 1650/Moriond. (Definitely the nicest of the Courchevels in our opinion!)||As essentially a non-skier I got a pedestrian (pieton) weekly lift pass for E74 and was able to go far and wide on the cable cars and occasional chair lift. You can get a special map at the tourist information which shows all the places you can get as a pedestrian and that includes right up to Mont Vallon and over to Meribel and beyond.||There are also a number of companies doing guided snow shoe walks (for example Raquette Evasion), there is a full size ice-rink at 1850 in "The Forum" which is amazingly cheap at E8 inc. skate hire, and there is the (very expensive) "Aquamotion" swimming pool etc at Courchevel 1550 (Village) which can be reached on foot using the escalators from Moriond.||Probably our only real issue was not with the chalet at all but with the ski hire (White Storm delivered to chalet) Having previously used Snowberry in Val D'Isere (again with le Ski) who were fantastic at fitting and had a great range of kit, we found White Storm very limited and in fact they only brought one boot the right size for my son and as they had not asked about "stiffness" it was far too flexible for his skiing style. As their shop is actually up at 1850 and not in Moriond we had to go up there on the first day (luckily the day it snowed quite a lot) for him to exchange the boots and even then the choice seemed to be very limited. So, the delivery and collection service to the chalet is probably quite convenient if you know exactly what you need/want and they have it. But if you need more options it might be better to use one of the rental places actually in 1650 (for example the excellent Intersport who also hire out snow shoes for just E7 a day)||But the above did not really spoil what was a great week with good company, some great laughs and fantastic snow and blue skies!
