 Poster: A snowHead
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I might be crossing the Brenner Pass a couple of times next month. I've not done this route before, so wondering if its susceptible to closing due to snow if my drive coincides with a big storm?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@rob@rar, I've crossed it once (from Italy to Austria) in moderate snow. The outside lane had a bit of covering but the inside lane was clear. I was much more worried about visibility. Not a really big storm though.
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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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No. It isn't that high and it's a major autoroute so first to be cleared.
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I've been over it when it was hooning down with snow but everything kept moving OK. It would be a heck of a detour if it did ever close.
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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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@rob@rar, I don't think it gets closed very often (if at all) - it's a pretty major route - but during big storms I often hear of very slow traffic and jack-knifed lorries etc.
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Thanks all, appreciate the advice.
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@rob@rar, almost never for snow. Occasionally (very) for landslides.
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@rob@rar,
Mrs M says no, and she's usually right 
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| I might be crossing the Brenner Pass a couple of times next month. I've not done this route before, so wondering if its susceptible to closing due to snow if my drive coincides with a big storm? |
Coming back from a certain San Cass trip a couple of years ago and having done my usual fairly tight flight booking, I was a little perturbed to wakeup on the coach in the middle of a snow-storm on the Brenner in mid-march. Of well that's the pay-off for the PM ski on the way out. Still we tucked up behind a snowplough and despite only making progress at 20mph or similar we arrived at INN only about 30 minutes later than target time, strolled to the empty EasyJet desk and got on the plane no worries..
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@bertie bassett, nothing bad ever happens on those trips 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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We drove most years for probably 10 in total. We never encountered it closed, or even close to being closed. 
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