J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by admin

Le Dauphine report that nearly 15,000 people spent the night in 83 emergency accommodation shelters (schools, town halls, gyms, etc.), with many people spending the night in their cars. Services have been "circulating all night", but no emergencies reported.

Further to the above, we're hearing that pretty much all resort access roads are restricted to vehicles carrying chains and "non-equipped" cars are strongly advised not to go anywhere until the situation improves.

And another test of braking and acceleration on snow and wet roads...

For anyone still unconvinced (even after yesterday's carnage in the French Alps - in which many incidents were reported as being caused by "ill-equipped" cars), here's a couple of short videos from Auto Express that nicely illustrate the advantages of winter tyres in, er, winter...

4WD Summer Tyres versus 2WD Winter in Tamworth Snowdome!


The full Auto Express article can be found here :-
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/37870/winter-tyres-vs-summer-tyres

Thanks for that Marie - sounds like a good ski holiday, regardless of the conditions. So, where next?

andyhull wrote:Not sure if I should be reading today's forecast of 2cm as 20cm.

I don't think so, but we'll look into that - possibly it's just the quantities of extra light Japanese Pow being even more difficult to estimate than snow elsewhere... 8)

Situation easing a little by the sounds of it... with resort access roads now moving. Heavy traffic is still probable for much of today as the backlog from yesterday clears.

With fresh snow falling this morning, however, chains are likely to be needed and "non-equipped" cars will almost certainly be prevented from attempting the climb.

But yes, some super snow awaits those who made the journey... just stay on the pistes for now!

OldAndy wrote:If so would a suitable sacrifice pacify the snow gods????

Well, ordinarily I would have said that sacrificing Icy was a tad extreme. Still, needs must, greater good and all that...

p.s. Dave - can you stop dancing now? That's enough for today...

Yes, a number of roads have been closed by avalanches at times today.

With very cold temperatures over the next few days, the large volumes of snow that fell today are not going to stabilise... general avalanche risk looks like being Level 4 and very sketchy for a while.