Update: The road reopens on 15 October 2014
The La Tania to Méribel Village road has been closed since 7 July 2014 and is expected to be closed for around 4 months, re-opening 31 October 2014 in time for the build up to the Winter season. The diversion via Brides Les Bains and Les Allues adds around 50 minutes to the journey at present.
It’s always suffered from land slips as it clings to the side of the mountain and has required many on-going repairs over the years. This work is a major piece of engineering to sort it out properly forever hopefully.
Further disruption is expected for the next two Summers as a separate road (in effect a bridge) is created higher up and actually away from the side of the mountain where the land slide area is. There’s not as much plant and machinery (and explosives!) as there was in July and August so the road is passable at weekends on Mountain Bike we here – at your own risk of course…
Thanks to Ferg at Ski Deep for the pics.