Poster: A snowHead
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Hello peops...anyone had to use chains in mid Feb to get from 800ish meters in allemont up to vaujany at 1400ish meters?....and is parking likely to be an issue at vaujany station round mid term?
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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 have done that drive in pretty snowy conditions and it is quite steep and narrow in places. Chains and/or proper winter tyres recommended
There is quite a lot of parking in and around Vaujany. If you want to park right outside your accommodation or by the lift, it might be tricky but there is a good sized car park below the lift station
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@Arno, thanks Arno. We are staying in allemont so will have to drive up to lift each morn...cant be arsed lugging skiis onto navette
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Arno wrote: |
I have done that drive in pretty snowy conditions and it is quite steep and narrow in places. Chains and/or proper winter tyres recommended
There is quite a lot of parking in and around Vaujany. If you want to park right outside your accommodation or by the lift, it might be tricky but there is a good sized car park below the lift station |
Yes there is the traffic light controlled one way bit between some houses ? You don't want to be stuck in there when the downhill light changes to green.
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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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I suppose you have the fallback of the navette if you don't buy chains. It is not entirely impossible that you would need chains to get to Allemont in February.
Wouldn't Oz be an easier drive?
At the moment I'm driving on snow all the time above 1000 meters and I couldn't do that without winter tires but the ski resort roads do tend to be kept pretty clear. As Arno says, Vaujany is just the place you might have trouble accessing without chains.
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Do you have winter tyres, @Harvamnia? It is a myth that roads are kept clear of snow. Small roads often have snow/ice on them for days despite being ploughed, when it is too cold for much, if any, melting. Ploughs don't scrape it all off.
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Last time I stayed in Allemont there was loads of snow and I used the bus precisely because I couldn’t face doing the drive myself
The road up to Oz is better but I have done it plenty of times where not having winter equipment would have made it “emotional”
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We did not need to use chains the year we stayed in Allememont over the Xmas hols and into early Jan, but I would not have liked to have been caught in poor conditions without them!
I seem to remember a nice leisure centre/pool somewhere near the bottom of the lifts?
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CaravanSkier wrote: |
We did not need to use chains the year we stayed in Allememont over the Xmas hols and into early Jan, but I would not have liked to have been caught in poor conditions without them!
I seem to remember a nice leisure centre/pool somewhere near the bottom of the lifts? |
That would have been in Vaujany. There is only an outdoor pool in Allemont and I know you guys are tough but it's closed in the winter.
Edit there is a pool in OZ too.
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Thanks folks...I have chains...just scoping the options. Thanks. Bus might be option if the parking is an issue during the mid term crowds.
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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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Harvamnia wrote: |
Thanks folks...I have chains...just scoping the options. Thanks. Bus might be option if the parking is an issue during the mid term crowds. |
I have parked in Vaujany at half-term as well, does get busy and you might have to park on the lower road, nearer the pool, and get the lift up to the cable car (for OZ and Alpe d'Huez) or bubbles (for montfrais). Unless you have a reason to be in Vaujany I would try Villard Reculas one day, big car park and take a short lift up to the chairlift to Alpe d'Huez. Ski back to the car. Longer drive, but easier.
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You know it makes sense.
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No, no lifts in Allemont. Although I believe there were once, when winters were winters and all that, and there is the plan for the lift to OZ, about which much has already been written
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