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Meribel for Half Term
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My daughter has recently started work as a teacher, so unfortunately we are locked into skiing once again at half term.

We are planning to drive out, my question to snowheads is, what is the best time on half term Saturday (11th Feb) to pass Chambery ... am I better travelling through Friday night to arrive in Meribel Saturday AM, or sleep the night in Ashford/Folkestone and transit France early on Saturday morning, arriving in Meribel early evening?

If memory serves me right I dont wan't to be on the motorway out of Chambery between 10AM and 4PM.

Any thoughts from Snowheads?
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sleep the night in Ashford/Folkestone and transit France early on Saturday morning, arriving in Meribel early evening?

I think that would be my choice. Good luck.... I wouldn't aim to arrive Meribel before 6 pm.
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DavidYacht, Go for early morning. After that who knows. Seen a 50 mile tail back through Chambery in the middle of the day it would have taken hours and hours for it to clear. Go for morning.
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one problem with an early arrival plan is that if anything goes wrong - even a minor delay - it can land you in the midst of the worst of the traffic. That happened to a niece borrowing our apartment last half term. they had not bargained for a 3 hour delay at Eurotunnel. On another occasion friends spent hours at 40 mph in heavy snow in northern France.

If you build in enough contingency time to cope with such ordinary sort of buggeration factors and then everything goes swimmingly you have hours to wait before the lifts open. wink

Also, of course, accommodation may not be available till relatively late in the day. Typically 3 or 4 pm for French rented accommodation. Which can be fine for well-organised skiers but needs a bit of thinking about in advance, and isn't great with kids.
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Having seen Chambery with a 50 mile tailback I would prefer to be waiting for a lift to open

Also last year we assumed that the 1st week of January was off peak as it had been for the last few years but several European countries were still on school holidays so our normal lazy drive through France in the middle of the day was awful. Took over 2 hours extra. IMO aim for early morning or very late evening. If a delay happens then poo-poo happens.
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