 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
Just found "SnowHeads" while searching for a Web site that I can use to get up to the minute road conditions through the passes when I drive down to Puy St Vincent in a couple of weeks.
Did the trip last year without any problems.
But it would be nice if there was a Web site (or information phone line - in english ;o) I could check on the way down to understand what the road conditions are like through the Col du Montgenevre and surrounding area.
I'll have Winter tyres (and chains just in case) but if it was very bad I think I'd like to know about it enroute, so I could make an informed decision about whether to go a bit further via Gap instead of taking the Frejus tunnel.
Has anyone come accross any information service like this ?
Thanks and regards,
Ian
PS - I like the Web site very much !
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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piddi, welcome to SnowHeads 
The traffic Line for Col du Lauteret and Col du Montgenere +33 (0)4 92 24 44 44 , think it is just in French though.
The website is http://www.inforoute05.fr/cg05en.html
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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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Thank you Helen - and the site is in English too ;o)
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piddi,
Hi, We are driving to Puy in a few weeks for the first time, where is the best place to get directions from Calais?
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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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LoveRossi, I use Viamichelin.com
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I've found http://www.viamichelin.com good for routes across France.
From what I remember from last year you have to decide which route to take for the last leg through mountains.
I think the most direct two routes are via the Frejus tunnel or via the Col du Lautaret. We took the Frejus tunnel last year as although its more money in tolls, I was advised that more of it is motorway. We've done Turin to Puy St Vincent by coach before and almost everyone felt some degree of travell sickness from the windy roads on the last 2 hours or so through the mountains.
The tunnel seemed likely to be the easiest route on my boys' tummys.
If the weather is particularly bad, I understand you can travel via Gap which has a lower route through the mountains but is 45 mins or so longer.
The viamichelin recommended route is via the Frejus tunnel.
We used Tomtom all the way last time, although I had program it to go via the tunnel otherwise it would have takern us over the Col du Lautaret.
Hope this helps.
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piddi, road between Vizille and Gap although lower is very long and windy,put an hour and a bit onto my journey. I did it recently when weather closed the Col du Lauteret for a short while and I had to get to Grenoble. On the return trip to Serre Chevalier, I just wen for the Lauteret as it was open again.
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Hi Helen, do you prefer the Col du Lauteret route to the Fejus tunnel ?
Regards, Ian
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piddi, we've done both, but for us, going to Monetier, the Frejus is much longer. I don't suppose it would make a lot of time difference if you are going to Puy. We inevitably take the Lauteret unless it is actually closed, even if the conditions are delicate or difficult. But we have a 4x4 with winter tyres, and it is rock solid in snow, and I haven't needed to put on the chains in 4 years of three trips a year. I suppose it depends on how confident you are at driving in snow, being brought up near Consett, Co. Durham, I was already used to it.
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FAQ
Eventually we got stuck - just as the police stopped anyone without chains from attempting to go any further.
