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Which is the quickest route down to La Plagne.
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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chect2000, Welcome to 
If you're starting from Hereford, I'd guess a flight to Lyon or Chambery, hire a car & drive - 2hrs from Lyon , 1.5hrs from Chambery. When are you going?
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chect2000, car? train? plane? give us a clue!!
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chect2000, Follow me on saturday 
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chect2000,
Private Jet & Helicopter transfer.
Or from Calais by car - Reims, Dijon, Bourg en Bresse, Lyon St.Exupery, Chambery, Albertville, Moutier, La Plagne. 8 Hours.
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Sorry for being vauge. Yes will be driving down, On Saturday 10th March. How much are the paiage's down through??
You reckon 8 hour's. What average speed is that?
Thanks Shane
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8 hrs a bit ambitious on a saturday - more like 10 I'd say
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chect2000, For our recent trip was £110 in total - return trip - for tolls
Route as outlined by Spyderman, is regarded as best by majority of , ignore any Sat Nac or route planners which seem to like going via Paris!
Calais to La Plangne is possible in 8 hours without breaking the speed limit and allowing for a few short breaks, but you do need to be at ar around 80mph when driving. Obviously any hold up and will be closer to 10 or 12. If you can I would recommend a Friday night stop, even if you can get to Calais Friday evening it will make your journey better. Worst part of the entire trip is from our house (northants) to Dover
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Thanks for the info. Wheres the last fuel stop before Plagne? Where usually on the way down are the traffic hotspots so i can maybe skirt round them if needed?
Thanks Shane
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chect2000, On a Saturday, Moutiers is the worst hotspot - & its not skirt-roundable unfortunately. We're off to Plan Peisey the same w/e, but have decided to leave on Friday 9th afternoon & aim to be in our apartment by 11pm Friday night. There's fuel just after Albertville & before Moutiers, that I can think of.
In the past, we've found Moutiers not too bad if you get there early, or after 5pm. Have a good trip
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chect2000, On a Saturday, Moutiers is the worst hotspot - & its not skirt-roundable unfortunately. We're off to Plan Peisey the same w/e, but have decided to leave on Friday 9th afternoon & aim to be in our apartment by 11pm Friday night. There's fuel just after Albertville & before Moutiers, that I can think of.
In the past, we've found Moutiers not too bad if you get there early, or after 5pm. Have a good trip |
On busy Saturdays the heavy traffic continues right through Moutiers up towards Aime and Bourg St Maurice. If we have to drive on a Saturday we try to make sure we get through Moutiers by 11am and this seems to avoid the worst of the jams.
I'm not aware of any regular spot on the main journey down the French autoroutes which is heavily congested. It seems to be luck whether you hit any roadworks or not. Having said that, the autoroute around Lyon can get a bit busy.
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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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chect2000, You'll avoid the worst of the Lyon congestion if you take Spyderman, route.
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chect2000, hopefully there'll be some more snow there by the time you arrive. It was shocking there on Wednesday, especially around the Vanoise Express and lower.
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You know it makes sense.
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chect2000, I would get petrol at the supermarket in Albertville. It is a fair bit cheaper than further up the Tarantaise valley.
If it is busy there are traffic lights that restrict the flow into Moutiers, I would rather not hit a jam here with a nearly empty tank.
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| hyweljenkins wrote: |
| chect2000, hopefully there'll be some more snow there by the time you arrive. It was shocking there on Wednesday, especially around the Vanoise Express and lower. |
Was that on the La Plagne side? I loathe that run - pierres blanches??- down to the VE  What was it like on the Peisey side?
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geri, Peisey wasn't too bad. We spent the morning there on Tuesday and had a great time. Some of the runs through the trees were a bit icy, but apart from that around the Teleseige de Peisey the runs were good. The LP side of the Vanoise Express was, frankly, depressing. We were all set to turn around and go right back to Arcs 2000.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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hyweljenkins, Did you get to Chalet d'l'Arc?
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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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geri, no. I called the rep. before we went out, but they were closed on the evening we were able to go. We didn't make it there for lunch either because it was so busy - every table was rammed. I'll put up a trip report later today - once I've unpacked and had a nap!
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When you get down to Bourg-en-Bresse do you take the N504 to Chambery or do you carry on the A40-E62 to Lyon??
Thanks for all the posts.
Shane
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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chect2000, The choice is yours! I stick to the motorway and go around Lyon others by pass it altogether.
www.viamichelin.com is a very good route planner in conjunction with a road Atlas a bonus being that they show most of the speed camera's locations!
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