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How much snow would it take to get snowed in/out of Tignes? Is this likely, or does it happen often?
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Val D'isere was closed on Monday 15th..apparently close to 80cm fell in one dump and a bit of slide closed the access road into the village.
No idea about tignes unfortunately
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I think the road up closed due to an avalanche around the 16/17th Dec this month and I would have thought a storm for 2 days would get close to doing that. Maybe they were looking at upto a metre..........
You'll get snowed out if you can't make the hill up when it is snowing and you'll need chains or winter tyes.. Arrive late at night and they might not have a chance to clear the road and you be waiting down in the valley. That is my best guestimate.
Otherwise, mountain roads get cleared pretty quickly and they are geared up for it.
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There was a bad Saturday a few years ago when a big landslide closed the road up from BSM and nothing could get up. All the folk driving, or arriving on the train, had to doss down somewhere - they opened sports halls etc as emergency dormitories. I would imagine that landslips would close that road at least as often as actual snowfall (and are less easily ploughed to the side) though there was also an awful lot of snow around that night.
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Well fingers crossed for plenty of snow at the end of our holiday along with infastructure strikes (good on the French and their striking!) - another few days frolicking in the white stuff would be lovely!
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