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We are in Le Lac at the moment and with a hire car and a late return flight from GVA on Sunday night we are debating whether we could drive to the airport via Chamonix for a ride up the Midi cable-car.

A couple of questions :

- what's the drive like and how long would it take?
- do we just turn-up at the Midi or do we need to book a ticket in advance?

Many thanks.

Tony
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Drive is a bit more tortuous because the Gorges D'Arly was blocked by a rockfall some months ago and is still blocked. So allow more time and prepare for some narrowish roads! Its about 3 and a bit hours via Ugine. Going via the tunnel adds a lot of cost
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franga, you are best booking a lift,probably,... Ymmv
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chocksaway, it's not possible to go via the tunnel - you'd have to go over the Petit Saint Bernard first!
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Bear in mind the Midi is 50e a pop. Not cheap. A full day-pass inc. Midi is 56. I know which I'd choose.
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http://www.valdarly-montblanc.com/fr/hiver/infos-pratiques-ski/acces/info-route
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
franga, so the val d'Arly route is still showing shortest even with 15 mins extra...

For a Sunday, even at this time of year, best reserve... http://www.compagniedumontblanc.fr/fr/forfaits/reservations
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stevomcd wrote:
chocksaway, it's not possible to go via the tunnel - you'd have to go over the Petit Saint Bernard first!


its open for the summer already.....
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eddiethebus wrote:
stevomcd wrote:
chocksaway, it's not possible to go via the tunnel - you'd have to go over the Petit Saint Bernard first!


its open for the summer already.....

It wasn't when I cycled there on tuesday! There was a piste crossing the road. You can check the status of the cols here: http://savoie-route.fr/
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I thought i saw the sign saying it was open when i drove past the weekend. might be wrong though....
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franga, the Val d'Arly route would be best, IMV - the deviation is not too bad and quite interesting. Far better than a long and expensive motorway - and the Arly Valley is looking very pretty at the moment.

However, the key factor has to be weather. It's not worth paying a fortune to go up if the weather isn't 100% clear and sunny. and preferably fairly warm, or you spend too much time in the (very uninspiring) café, rather than out on the (very inspiring) observation platforms.
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Hmmm, the best Chamonix forecast which isn't actually metfrance is maybe not so encouraging http://chamonix-meteo.com/chamonix-mont-blanc/weather/forecast/morning/5_days_weather_forecast.php

Although I might get some dusty, crusty, turns in on Saturday...
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Thanks very much everyone.

Very useful.

We'll check weather forecast at some point on Saturday and then book the cable-car ride.

Thanks again.
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 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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its open for the summer already.....


Without even looking at any signs or official info, I am very, very confident that this is not the case! Doesn't open until June and is almost certainly still skiable on the Italian side.
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