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Hello there!
We are road trip enthusiasts and have done roadtrips in Switzerland before however, never during winter. After reading some posts about tire safety and black ice on roads, I have questions about which are the main roads I could plan to travel on the following routes (I try to avoid secondary small roads): Gruyeres-Chamonix; Chamonix-Beatenberg, Beatenberg-Luzern. Also, overall are these roads safe at the end of December?
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Main roads will be fine. Routes are always cleared efficiently following snowfall (if there is any). You just need to follow the rules regarding use of snow tyres or snow chains where applicable.
Gruyeres – Chamonix entails a short journey from Gruyeres to the motorway at Bulle, then Motorway Bulle – Vevey – Martigny, then you need to take the Col de la Forclaz pass road. This road is kept open in winter as it is a key link and the col is at comparatively low altitude (1527m) .
From Chamonix to Beatenberg, you have a choice of two routes
- Chamonix – Forclaz – Martigny – Goppenstein – Lotschberg rail tunnel car carrier service – Kandersteg – Spiez – Interlaken – Beatenberg
- Chamonix – Martigny – motorway via Vevey to Bern – Bern – Thun – Beatenberg
From Beatenberg to Luzern join the A8 at Interlaken and it goes direct to Luzern via the Briunig pass route
Hello anelisemuniq,
Welcome to MySwissAlps.
Yes, most main roads should be accessible.
Here is a useful link in regard to driving in Switzerland during winter. Within, you will be able to read about what to be aware of, tips, traffic information and more.
This website will be handy too: https://alpen-paesse.ch/en/
Kind regards,
Yolanda
Thank you for all the info! Very helpful!
Thank you Yolanda! Yes, I’ll check the links.
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