Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
I am going for a quick break in Morzine from 20th-23rd of December and was wondering if i absolutely need to take snow chains?
I have a four wheel drive car and what with Morzine being low down I can't remember ever needed them in the past?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Morzine is indeed fairly low and it is unlikely you'd need them. However it would depend on the route you are taking to get to Morzine, and also the latest forecasts are hinting at the possibility of a big dump of snow round about that time. Not at all certain of course as it's so far out, but I'd take chains to be on the safe side.
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For Morzine in particular it has to snow pretty hard and low to need chains in a 4x4. The road up to Avoriaz is when you'd most tend to need them. You'd probably be let off given a 4x4 with winter tyres, but it depends how bad it is and whether you look like you should know better. Depends what time of day you expect to be around there too.
Anyway, yeah, do a search.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Snow chains are required by law I think!!! I have a renault Clio with winter tyres and rarely use my chains but the police won't let you go further than they decide if you don't have chains and its snowing....and the chains sell out quick in verey local places when this is happening as you can imagine. I would get some as you could have to make a big detour to find chains if it were nessesary!!!
my guess is you won't use them though but there is always next year or ebay!!!!
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keep an eye on the weather, and identify where you can get the chains you need for your wheels/vehicle. Some, especially the bigger kind, are not found in every French supermarket. You will very rarely need chains, given that Morzine is low, and you have 4WD, but when you need them, you really, really, really need them. Bot nobody can tell you on 9 December - and it does look like there might be quite a lot of weather around then. Just as well too, as there's sod all snow in Morzine at the moment.
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