Alpe d'Huez news

sami_glasgow wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Yes, she left Gatwick, but didnt end up in Grenoble as planned. A massive storm socked in, and they diverted to Lyon. She texted me to say the conditions are dreadful as they have got to Grenoble. Airport is closed for the time being, and they have been warned this may not change until 18th Jan.
Effing fantastic.

oh my god

i knew the airport was closed today, but was hoping it might reopen by tomorrow.

can anyone suggest the ebst way to get from london to ADH tomorrow if the airport is still shut? i booked a ryanair flight.

very worried

If you are on Ryanair, book another flight as they wont be going. The charters will divert, but Ryanair will probably just cancel I imagine.
You want to fly to Lyon or Turin to give yourself a chance really.
It seriously is not looking very good at all based on the info I have been given, sorry.

Tony_H wrote:

sami_glasgow wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Yes, she left Gatwick, but didnt end up in Grenoble as planned. A massive storm socked in, and they diverted to Lyon. She texted me to say the conditions are dreadful as they have got to Grenoble. Airport is closed for the time being, and they have been warned this may not change until 18th Jan.
Effing fantastic.

oh my god

i knew the airport was closed today, but was hoping it might reopen by tomorrow.

can anyone suggest the ebst way to get from london to ADH tomorrow if the airport is still shut? i booked a ryanair flight.

very worried

If you are on Ryanair, book another flight as they wont be going. The charters will divert, but Ryanair will probably just cancel I imagine.
You want to fly to Lyon or Turin to give yourself a chance really.
It seriously is not looking very good at all based on the info I have been given, sorry.

Wow so your fairly certain it is a no go? oh dear. this is going to be expensive....

thanks

Latest news announcement is that half the Eurostar trains have been cancelled/delayed, presumably because one got stuck in the tunnel again.

I hope you all manage to get out to Alpe d'Huez (and Snowbandit manages to get back in time for her interviews).

This cold weather is pretty amazing. I couldn't get out of our door today (the only external door we have) because it was so cold something seemed to have shrunk and it wouldn't open until I left our inner porch door open for about half an hour - which also melted the ice frozen on the inside of the glass outer door :shock:

And the stream on our beach was frozen right down to the sea - I haven't seen that before - it doesn't usually freeze because the stream is moving and the beach is naturally all covered in salt :shock:

Ally

right - a couple of qestions:

edit - it seems that if we fly to lyon we then get a train to grenoble and a bus from there to ADH is that right?

also, would there be any airports or airlines to avoid if im looking for flights from london to lyon? a budget airline if offering about £90 per person but a budget airline seems to have got me into this mess in the first place

this is dreadful news.
I really hope you all make it out there. everything crossed.

Sami

Before you do all of this, make sure you have checked with Ryanair first.
You dont want to waste all that money and then realise that there were no problems.

If you have a problem, then check the weather at various airports and see where you can fly from.

That would be my advice.
If the flight is diverted then the airline is responsible to get you to the designated airport at least.

Stewart Dowling wrote:Sami

Before you do all of this, make sure you have checked with Ryanair first.
You dont want to waste all that money and then realise that there were no problems.

If you have a problem, then check the weather at various airports and see where you can fly from.

That would be my advice.
If the flight is diverted then the airline is responsible to get you to the designated airport at least.

Ok,

Ive looked on the Ryanair website and it only has information about today - saying Grenoble is closed. I dont know where to go to find out if it will be open tomorrow. Any ideas?

Also, Turin and Lyon both have forecasts for heavy snow.

I am afraid it is a case of wait and see but it doesnt look good for tomorrow.
Call Ryanair and clarify what the procedure is if the airport remains closed.
Will they divert to another airport or cancel the flight?
I guess that depends on whether the airport is open whilst in transit or not.