Deleted User Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 First heavy snow on the Stelvio today.Just a reminder when someone suggests running the 10CR on the same weekend as the RBRR in two years time.By the way, we've had earlier snow on the Stelvio in the past.Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenV8Machine Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 why couldnt we have gone in the snowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I love the snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Yes love the snow too, but not the truck loads of salt they use to get it of the road 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Quoted from MWG445 ... By the way, we've had earlier snow on the Stelvio in the past ... Not only on the Stelvio ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Work started yesterday clearing the Stelvio Pass.This morning, the progress is quite impressive given that the snow is between 8 and 10 feet deep.Makes our efforts over the winter seem somewhat feeble.Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Halfway through May and it still looks like that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jackson (2) Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 For those of us who haven't been over the Stelvio, is there and up dircetion and down direction or is it a question of up one side and down the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 It's not one way if that's what you mean Nick.So you can do it from the Italian to the Austrian side and then come back again - either way is very very good with some saying Austria to Italy is the best I'll be there myself this August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 Quoted Text I'll be there myself this August Pack the snow chains, Raider! Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jackson (2) Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 No I didn't mean was it one way! Is one direction predominantly uphill and the other downhill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 Quoted Text Halfway through May and it still looks like that!! Don,We had snow on the Pentland Hills right down to the Edinburgh City By-pass on Wednesday!Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Too tight for rain then McJim? Quoted Text Is one direction predominantly uphill and the other downhill? Err...well, yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 Quoted from Nick Jackson No I didn't mean was it one way! Is one direction predominantly uphill and the other downhill? I Think if you go up you`ve got to come down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Talking of snow, did anyone notice the snow on the top of High Peak, on the A57 Snake Pass, during the HCR? It was mini-glacier shaped, in a shadowy crevice on the left hand side just before you descend into Glossop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Quoted from Raider I'll be there myself this August So will I. I tried in 2008, but didn't do my homework and went at the end of May. 836 miles and it was shut. This year going in August to guarantee it's open (famous last words?). I expect to be there on the 11th. Doing my own 10CR, but taking 9 days. Call me a lightweight if you like! It's happened before.UKFranceBelgiumHollandGermany - do the 'ring hopefullyLuxembourgAustriaLiechensteinSwitzerlandand ItalyGlen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 Well I am celebrating my 50th by visiting some great places - mainly in the Alps but also including the Nurburgring.We will arrive at Lake Garda on the night of August 15th (my brithday), stay on a campsite for 3 nights so that we can do some Alpine passes in the vicinity and then return via Switzerland andd France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 No further progress on the snow clearing.June 1st before it's open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 From previous years, they bring all the snow in the adjacent areas down to the point where it has been dumped on the picture, then tip it over the edge with the face shovel.June 1st may be optimistic although the slopes in the background are starting to clear.I do hope the 2011 10CR goes back to the Stelvio.It's like a pilgramage to go there and pay your respects to the builders of one of the most amazing roads in the world.Wouldn't guess I was in civil engineering road construction, would you? Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyk5614 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Quoted from Freebird So will I. I tried in 2008, but didn't do my homework and went at the end of May. 836 miles and it was shut. This year going in August to guarantee it's open (famous last words?). I expect to be there on the 11th. Doing my own 10CR, but taking 9 days. Call me a lightweight if you like! It's happened before.UKFranceBelgiumHollandGermany - do the 'ring hopefullyLuxembourgAustriaLiechensteinSwitzerlandand ItalyGlen. I'm in those parts from the 11th to the 18th. Might bump into one another! (although not literally hopefully!).What are the best Alpine passes and the like worth doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don cook1 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 STELVIO!!!Fun but ultimately dissapointing. This is what my co-driver Steve wrote about the Stelvio at the 2007 10CR. Note the reference to the Gavia Pass and the photo below where Triumph met Audi high on the Gavia."Seeing the odd Triumph here and there we managed to get on the road to Stelvio again and found that quite a bunch had started to arrive at Stelvio at the same time. Unknowingly, we had found the Gavia Pass first which to my mind tested the nerve a lot more that the more popular and easier Stelvio. If you want White Knuckle then Gavia did it for me. Being a co driver you don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 That's Tim and I behind you!Ah yes, I remember it like it was yesterday.How we were held up by a red GT6 driven by a granny, I suppose, all the way up the Gavia! jonnyk5614, check out:http://www.alpineroads.com/alpmap.phpBest site around for Alpine pass information.Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Quoted from sparky_spit Talking of snow, did anyone notice the snow on the top of High Peak, on the A57 Snake Pass, during the HCR? It was mini-glacier shaped, in a shadowy crevice on the left hand side just before you descend into Glossop. Who drives with night vision goggles then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Don't mk2 GT6s look the nuts when photographed from head on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Quoted from Velocita Rosso Who drives with night vision goggles then? Yes, that is a good point... I bumbled across there at 4pm on the Saturday afternoon. You wern't admiring the scenery then when you drove it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky_spit Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Quoted from timbancroft61 Don't mk2 GT6s look the nuts when photographed from head on! Yes they do, but not quite the nuts as a Mk1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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