Lambeth Cali
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That’s all very useful thank you. I’ll look at the route. We are overnighting in Dijon and managed to book a car park in 2000 called Mont Blanc which should be ok.We have driven to Les Arcs about ten times now, first in a car later in the Cali, family of four. We drive from the north west so a bit further than you I think. We use the channel tunnel and we head for Reims stay the night in a hotel and then drive Reims to Bourg St Maurice in about seven hours. We go either Lyon, Chambery, Albertville or come off near Dijon onto the A39 and go Bourg-en-Bresse, Annecy, Chambery, Albertville. They are both similar journey times but the scenery is better on the Annecy route. Yesterday due to farmers demonstrations we had a terrible journey home but it was a one off.
Easter is not particularly busy in French ski resorts, from my experience the French don't head to the mountains much after February. The weather will be warm and the pistes should still be in good condition and spring like.
Snow socks or chains will be fine, this late in the season you'll most likely not need them but if you do it'll most likely be for the last few Km's up the mountain, we have winter tyres but from looking at other peoples tyres in the car parks (strange past time I know) most don't and use chains/socks if required. The road is kept as clear as possible and there are plenty of places to pull in and put chains on.
Arc 2000 underground car park is 1.83m there is an outside car park that you can use. If you want to park undercover drop your stuff off in 2000 then drive the short distance down to Arc 1950, their car park it is over 2m and easily fits the Cali. You can book a spot in here in advance. You then use the Cabriolet lift to get up to Arc 2000.
We always do a shop in BSM Super U and fill up with diesel here too just to make sure we have no problems with freezing and diesel.
Hope this is useful. Any other questions just ask.
Hopefully this will be the first trip of many so we can finesse the route. I feel we are doing the ‘wrong’ thing by driving for hours and hours in daylight. Everyone else seems to drive at night or v early morning. But I find it difficult driving for a very long time in the dark without dozing off.