Road Tripe to Les Gets
Discussion
This Friday, my family and I are driving to Les Gets. First time ever driving to a ski resort.
We are taking our Mitsubishi Barbarian and I have equipped it with some nice winter tyres.
I have ordered the euro kit with the triangle, breathalyser etc.
Advised our insurance company
Calling the AA today to check we have euro cover.
Looking to head down the A26.
Have I missed anything or does anyone have any advice?
We are taking our Mitsubishi Barbarian and I have equipped it with some nice winter tyres.
I have ordered the euro kit with the triangle, breathalyser etc.
Advised our insurance company
Calling the AA today to check we have euro cover.
Looking to head down the A26.
Have I missed anything or does anyone have any advice?
Nobby Diesel said:
The drive is easy enough.
All of these are personal preference, but here you go:-
Food - on the way can be extortionate in the services and the queues can be horrible. We take a few supermarket sarnies, salads, drinks etc. in a cold bag.
Fuel - it seems that everyone wants to fill up at the same place at the same time over half term weekend. Probably worse on Saturday and Sunday. We queued for 45 to fuel up s couple of years ago, on the AutoRoute. Much quicker to leave the autoroute and fill up in a town, very close to the autoroute.
Chains - for the cost, I would take them. Granted, you may only need them for a few miles, but when that few miles is trying to leave the resort in a weeks time, it's good to know you will be able to do it. Practice putting the chains on. Put gloves and a head torch in the chains bag - it WILL be cold and dark when you try to fit them.
TAG - too late to get your own, but can you borrow one. Can save you loads of time.
Map - get an up to date one. The French love to change road numbers and the sat nav don't always have it right.
Screenwash - up the concentration to stop it freezing or add a little meths. Carry some extra.
Have a good trip - snow looks like it isn't going to stop!
Some great advice in there, thank you very much. All of these are personal preference, but here you go:-
Food - on the way can be extortionate in the services and the queues can be horrible. We take a few supermarket sarnies, salads, drinks etc. in a cold bag.
Fuel - it seems that everyone wants to fill up at the same place at the same time over half term weekend. Probably worse on Saturday and Sunday. We queued for 45 to fuel up s couple of years ago, on the AutoRoute. Much quicker to leave the autoroute and fill up in a town, very close to the autoroute.
Chains - for the cost, I would take them. Granted, you may only need them for a few miles, but when that few miles is trying to leave the resort in a weeks time, it's good to know you will be able to do it. Practice putting the chains on. Put gloves and a head torch in the chains bag - it WILL be cold and dark when you try to fit them.
TAG - too late to get your own, but can you borrow one. Can save you loads of time.
Map - get an up to date one. The French love to change road numbers and the sat nav don't always have it right.
Screenwash - up the concentration to stop it freezing or add a little meths. Carry some extra.
Have a good trip - snow looks like it isn't going to stop!
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that gave advice.
We had a fantastic holiday.
Broke the driving down over two days. Stopped over in an Ibis in Reims and this doesn't really affect how long we had as we set out on the Friday when the kids came back from school.
I did buy snow chains, which weren't cheap for L200 size tyres, but I guess its something I can keep for the future. We didn't need them this time as the roads are obviously kept very clear. We did have to go up a very steep side road to the chalet and it was covered in a foot of snow when we arrived on the Saturday, but the 4x4 and winter tyres worked very well. It was cleared in the morning with no opportunity to turn to ice, so all good.
The kids loved the Choucas run, we did it daily as they couldn't get enough of it. I really liked Mont Chery, riding the red back down that crossed the roads was a whole new experience and I fear my snowboard may require some touching up at the ski shop :O
By Driving instead of having a package holiday allowed us better accomodation, we had a chalet on the edge of Piste B, which takes you down to Morzine, it was just 50m from the Chalet, so fantastic location.
The only mistake I made, was we ordered the lift passes online and I assumed we would get them from the ticket office under the ski lift (the one with the escalator) However, pre-ordered passes are held at the tourist information office. Something I only found out after standing in a queue for 30 mins.
This was our first trip in the school holidays, wow I have never seen lift queues like it. We found it best to stay away from some of the more common runs where possible, as the kids can do a fair bit of mileage now, taking them away from the masses was a good move. Mont Chery was very quiet compared to runs near the Pleney.
Had an awesome Braserade in the Cow place in Les Gets. In fact just thinking about it is making my mouth water.
Total mileage for us was just over 1400 miles. I would 100% do it again, it was no where near as bad as I thought and lovely to be pleasing ourselves rather than being hearded like sheep on and off planes and coaches.
Many thanks for all the helpful tips you all gave.
Andy
We had a fantastic holiday.
Broke the driving down over two days. Stopped over in an Ibis in Reims and this doesn't really affect how long we had as we set out on the Friday when the kids came back from school.
I did buy snow chains, which weren't cheap for L200 size tyres, but I guess its something I can keep for the future. We didn't need them this time as the roads are obviously kept very clear. We did have to go up a very steep side road to the chalet and it was covered in a foot of snow when we arrived on the Saturday, but the 4x4 and winter tyres worked very well. It was cleared in the morning with no opportunity to turn to ice, so all good.
The kids loved the Choucas run, we did it daily as they couldn't get enough of it. I really liked Mont Chery, riding the red back down that crossed the roads was a whole new experience and I fear my snowboard may require some touching up at the ski shop :O
By Driving instead of having a package holiday allowed us better accomodation, we had a chalet on the edge of Piste B, which takes you down to Morzine, it was just 50m from the Chalet, so fantastic location.
The only mistake I made, was we ordered the lift passes online and I assumed we would get them from the ticket office under the ski lift (the one with the escalator) However, pre-ordered passes are held at the tourist information office. Something I only found out after standing in a queue for 30 mins.
This was our first trip in the school holidays, wow I have never seen lift queues like it. We found it best to stay away from some of the more common runs where possible, as the kids can do a fair bit of mileage now, taking them away from the masses was a good move. Mont Chery was very quiet compared to runs near the Pleney.
Had an awesome Braserade in the Cow place in Les Gets. In fact just thinking about it is making my mouth water.
Total mileage for us was just over 1400 miles. I would 100% do it again, it was no where near as bad as I thought and lovely to be pleasing ourselves rather than being hearded like sheep on and off planes and coaches.
Many thanks for all the helpful tips you all gave.
Andy
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