 Poster: A snowHead
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T Bar, bad luck !!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Driving to La Rosiere on Friday, get into Calais at around 7am then heading to Albertville for the night before an early Sat morning trip up to the slopes for a day of super quiet pistes hopefully!
Any tips? We are goign to follow my Tom Tom with Europe mapping! 
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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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Is about 12 hours correct from Calais to La Ros?
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samharris, sounds a bit long.
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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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ViaMichelin says 9 hours. You got the right La ROs, postcode 73700
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Most probably not Helen so that's great! Will have to work out how to input into TomTom.
Only 9 hours, that's not too bad at all! Bearing in mind we'll be stopping prior to La Ros too.........
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I used Google Map to check Calais, France to La Rosiere, Tarentaise and the route shows 944km and 9 hours 0 minutes.
On enlarging it I found the access is from the Italian La Thuile side (fast route using Mont Blanc tunnel). Well the Petit St Bernard pass between La Rosiere and La Thuile is not open in the winter but skiable with Run No. 7 (called San Bernado). So either you carry the luggage while skiing from La Thuile to La Rosiere or try the route through Albertville which is 995km long and requires 9 hours and 15 minutes.
Sat Nav is good but the damn thing does not have a database of which road close in winter!
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Boredsurfing, Patch, Many thanks.
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Don't trust Tom Tom for La Rosiere as it generally routes you via Mont Blanc Tunnel which is great for La Thuile not so for la Rosiere until at least June!!!
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Cracking! How about Calais to Albertville. Then onto La Ros from there?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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samharris, check out the route on viamichelin.com, it doesn't send you through any closed roads as far as I can see.
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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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A SatNav doesn't make mistakes itself. It might play death when you cross a tunnel.
A "navigator" can tell you to turn when it is too late to do so. If the person is your partner then you put unnecesary stress on the relationship.
Also you can ski with a "navigator" but a SatNav is useless on a slope.
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saikee, I couldn't have put it better myself!  Besides, the navigator is much better looking and doesn't speak with a funny voice unless under the influence!
GordenFreeman, our return from StA this year was the shortest at 590miles to Calais, via Bregenz, Friedrichshafen, Freiburg, Colmar, Strasbourg, Metz and Reims. Ten and three quarters actual driving time. Comfort, petrol and lunch breaks for us adds around 1.5 hours.
I still prefer driving although we only had a week this year. I am one of those who hates airports although I don't mind flying in the least. I think probably the best flying route would be to Friedrichsafen then train it straight to StA. The station is about a ten minute walk from the Galzig lift. One day I may give it a go.
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My Sat Nav took me through a French chicken farm on route to LDA a couple of years ago!! It basically cut from one main road to another any way it could! Nearly wrecked the car and killed a load of free roaming chickens on the road! 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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CEM, nice !!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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CEM, Nice Motel. I couldnt see a per hour room rate on the website though 
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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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Enjoy. 
