 Poster: A snowHead
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We are hiring a car and driving from Munich to Obergurl just before Christmas.
The vehicle comes with winter tyres but I seem to be getting conflicting oponions are to whether we need snow chains as well
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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 suspect you will continue to get conflicting advice on here too!
I am always in the 'I'd rather have them with me than get stuck' camp. Winter tyres are good enough for most situations, but I have three times been in a scenario in Austria where it has literally been impossible to carry on without chains - all three times the police have been stopping cars without them and making them wait until the roads have been cleared.
Obergurgl is quite a long way up a valley road which is quite twisty and turny in parts, and some of the accommodation can be up or down quite steep hills from the main road, so if it were me, I'd take chains too.
Chances are you may not need them, but if you don't take them, you'll feel pretty silly if you can't get your car to and from the resort.
So you could arrange to hire them with the ca, or you could wait until you have a weather/roads report and just buy some out there if you need them. They're pretty cheap in service stations etc.
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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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matthews24, Welcome to snowHeads 
There are several Austrian residents posting here so a definitive reply will be along shortly.
In France you are required to have chains in your vehicle (irrespective of type or tyres) in Alpine areas.
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matthews24, do a wee search. We have debated this to death elsewhere...you are not the first... 
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Deliaskis, thanks
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David Murdoch, thanks will do
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matthews24, some roads you are legally required to carry them. Contact the resort or your accommodation and ask them if you need them for the roads to Obergurl. I dont know the area so cant really help. If you do have them - make sure you know how to fit them - some are easier than others. 
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Deliaskis, got it in one. Regardless of the legal situation, it's much better to have chains, and know how to fit them. The cost is annoying, if you don't use them, but this is a ski holiday. How much would the loss of even half a day cost? some guests visiting my apartment last year, when we weren't there, didn't have chains with car hired from Geneva, and couldn't get them. I strongly advised buying them en route, then when snow was threatened towards the end of their week, urged them yet again to buy them. They decided to take "local advice", somebody said they didn't think it was going to snow, so they didn't bother. They couldn't get to the only place to buy chains, because of the snow next morning, were badly delayed, missed their flight home. It's just daft. I have four snow tyres but have several times needed to put on chains as well. When you've got them, a big snow fall on your way to a resort is a harbinger of a great week. When you haven't, it's a nightmare.
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