 Poster: A snowHead
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Planning to leave Lyon around 7.30am. I appreciate traffic will be busy but am i right in thinking that it will be better to travel early am rather than leave it until later in the evening?
Any route advice would be greatly appreciated 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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We are heading this way on the 29th, from Dijon, so wont get down to Lyon until late morning; I think it will build up after lunch but is bound to be busy anyway, so earlier the better. We normally cut Lyon out by going cross country via Bugey area ( good vino ) to Chambery. The first toll after Chambery gets big queues, but once you have turned off to Turin and Maurienne it`s normally quite good. Before and after Chambery are the bottlenecks. Start at 5.30, 6 am and it should be good, but think of us stuck in it !! Where are you headed?
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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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Thanks cstreat,. We are heading to Valfrejus. Usually have Christmas away but opted for New Year with friends instead. We've managed to avoid queuing traffic since our 'bad planning' at Easter 07. As the French 'do' New Year we are expecting it to be busier than our normal Christmas trips. A few of our group are travelling from Dijon on 29th, so I hope you have a problem free journey. Where are you heading?
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We are heading to Valloire for the first time, having been to Val Cenis a few times. I really like the Maurienne, having previously spent all ski hols in the mega resorts over the hill. I`m a bit worried about traffic and crowds, but trying to get in the right frame of mind as I like skiing more than crowds! We got in a big queue coming back last year at Easter where the Turin road joins the Albertville road, despite having a telepeage doofer; it was a lane muckfest, with a wife desperate for a wee, along with 1000 others.
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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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Unless I've just been lucky, I've never had a problem going from Lyon to Modane. I do it at least 1/2 dozen times a year. Lyon itself can be a bit sticky but you can avoid it by taking the road that loops around Lyon past the airport.
PS Snow chains are a must for Valloire especially given time if year and current snowfest
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alti - dude, thanks for that. We were weighing up which way to head out if Lyon! 
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Vaise to Villeurbanne then onto the motorway to Chambery. Usually, if busy, I exit at Chamnor for city center, then onto Challes les Eaux and follow the nationale road to Aiton and pick up the moroway there. If still busy, I use the nationale alle the way.
Keep your ears on the radio with updates every 15 minutes or so. Frquency is 107.7 or somehting along the lines. It is advertised on the motorways and nationale indicators.
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volklwaffen, thank you
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