 Poster: A snowHead
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please would someone be able to advise me on driving to these resorts. i have booked flights to bergamo and have a choice of accommodation in colfosco or san cassiano. i think (fingers crossed) i have managed to find a 4wd hire car with winter tyres. is the route from bergamo better in snowy conditions to colfosco or san cassiano or are they much the same? i have looked at route through selva (ss243) or going further north to brunico and coming back south using ss244 via badia
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If it's proper snowy, then the longer way round via Brunico/Bruneck (actually turn off just before). Then there's no high passes to cross.
If it's clear then going via Selva should be fine, just lots and lots of hairpins/switchbacks.
There's a site somewhere that says which Dolomiti passes are open/closed.
In that year of snowmageddon, the first snow on the road was at Corvara, coming up that road from Brunico/Bruneck. All passes were closed (quite rightly).
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It depence on the weather on Passo Gardena 2121 m http://www.ras.bz.it/it/webcams/passo-gardena/#&gid=1&pid=1 and which day of the week you drive. If it is very snowy go north around - if there is no snow and you have time for queue on saturdays go over Selva (nice drive though).
The northen route stays in the valley all the time - but the last pit up to Colfosco is up the hill. San Cassiano is no problem (but a bit isolated).
4WD and winter tyres hiring in Italy does not alwyas work out.
Passo Gardena I would not try without haven chain in my car. (you might not need them, but.....)
http://www.alpen-journal.de/alpenservice/alpenpaesse.html Passo Gardena is called Grödnerjoch in German.
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If you come back from Colfosco/San Cassiano via the Brunico route, then leave plenty of time for your journey, as that route is very busy on a Saturday. You'll likely queue just to get onto the E66/SS49 road at San Lorenzo (near Brunico) and then you'll very likely queue to get onto the A22 autoroute from the E66/SS49 road
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| jimmybog wrote: |
| If you come back from Colfosco/San Cassiano via the Brunico route, then leave plenty of time for your journey, as that route is very busy on a Saturday. You'll likely queue just to get onto the E66/SS49 road at San Lorenzo (near Brunico) and then you'll very likely queue to get onto the A22 autoroute from the E66/SS49 road |
Echo this - both are real trouble spots. Allow an extra 90 minutes at least
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Passo Gardena I would not try without haven chain in my car
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I wouldn't go anywhere in the area without chains. I had 4 good winter tyres and still needed chains, just to drive around the streets in Arabba (though admittedly the conditions were rather extreme!).
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@pam w, Right  But that was extreme. Happy I arrived the week after the Bash.
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I also arrived the week after the 'Bash' - the amount of snow in Arabba was amazing, but made for great skiing 
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@albob, Lucky us! 
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It's a pretty low snowfall area really with amazing man made facilities. However, when the weather comes up from the south east and dumps she. It hits the Dollies, you do get smokescreen - though this is rare.
You should be fine. The whole economy hinges on getting people to resort so the snow clearing is pretty good.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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"..when the weather comes up from the south east and dumps she. It hits the Dollies, you do get smokescreen - though this is rare. ..."
looks like that may be happing this weekend
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@Holidayqueen, where did you manage to hire your car from please? I'm flying into Bergamo and have had no luck so far in finding a car hire company that will guarantee winter tyres
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You know it makes sense.
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thanks all.
https://www.autoeuropa.it/rent/index.aspx?gclid=COLq2If6ytACFaoV0wodVQwGSg booked through http://www.autoeurope.co.uk/from what i have read online it doesnt seem you can rely on Italian car rental companies for anything though. my booking confirmation does say winter tires are included. i deliberated about it for ages as its only our second family ski holiday but bergamo flights were £1000 cheaper than austria and we figure that if we run into trouble we will just leave car and go rest of way by bus. from memory i think eurpocar and hertz had cars with winters tyres available on their websites also but they were hundreds £ more.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Holidayqueen, thanks for that.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just jumping on the back of this thread, drove to Selva this year and loved the Dolomites, so driving again this time to Corvara from the UK. Obviously depending on conditions on the day, travelling on a Saturday 1st weekend in March, would you drive through Selva over the Passo Gardena or take the other route via San Lorenzo..? Have winter tyres and snow chains with me.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Assuming you're coming via Innsbruck, then definitely via San Lorenzo (ie turn off the Val Pusteria road just before Brunico). I'd go that way for Corvara, Colfosco or Arabba.
If coming from the south (Bolzano), then I'd do the same if it were properly snowy.
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