Do I need snow chains to go to Vaujany around Chrismas time?

It is first tim to take a car to go to Vaujany for skiing. What do I have to prepare t0 drive to Vaujany? Do I need desperately snow chains? Please give me any advice. I am taking my small children there. Anybody knows road conditions during the winter? My visiting is between 19/12 - 26/12/2010. Thanks a lot.

yes you need chains, unless you have snow tyres,you can not drive in bad conditions without them

There's lots of information on the internet about driving abroad, rules, regulations, snow chains etc.

OH used his snow chains here last week to get to & from work & I used mine to get my car to the garage 3 miles away. Having seen how quickly roads can become treacherous, I wouldn't even think of not taking chains.

This is a useful site:-

http://driving.drive-alive.co.uk/winter_driving.htm

Actually Aero0707, today my OH has written a list of 'car' things to pack for our jouney to France just before Christmas, which may be of help. Some of this is always in the car anyway, but there are quite a few extras:-

Fire Extinguisher
WD40
Spare bulbs
Fluorescent jackets
Snow shovel
Gaffer tape
Beam benders
Screen wash
Antifreeze
Water & sponge or cloth
Oil
Snowchains
Gloves
Plastic bag/mat (to kneel on when attaching chains)
Basic tool kit
Sat Nav with French maps
French road atlas
Screen cover (frost protection)
Brush (for clearing car & skis)
Scraper
Torch
Head torch
Documents (driving licence, reg.document, insurance, breakdown cover).

His list of stuff to pack in his bag is considerably shorter :roll:

Is there anything he's forgotten?

A bag of salt.

What no wine gums ?
You can't do a long car journey without wine gums!!!!!

Salski wrote:Is there anything he's forgotten?

Spare batteries for the torches / anything else important.

Thanks Salski, I was about to write that list this morning! 8)

Keep the stuff you might need near the back of the boot, nothing worse than un packing luggage to find those gloves.
Also do practice with snow chains before you leave.
Actually, trying to work out how to put snow chains on at dusk, in the dirty snow, by the side of a road IS worse than hunting for gloves!