Root wrote:

"AH" wrote:

I am going to be skiing at Alta/Snowbird on the 6th and 7th of December,
then driving on the 8th to Heavenly and skiing there for 2 days... Map
point says that it will take about 9 hours, which is fine..

However, what I didn't realise is that this motorway is pretty "high"
(asl) and it seems to snow there.. my question is, how likely is the
highway to be closed, and if it does snow and stay open, how much will
this affect my journey?

Also, I'm hiring a car in LA (we're doing a 3 week trip going out as far
as SLC) and I need to get some snow chains. Just need them to last three
weeks.. anyone got a suggestion about where to buy some cheap ones?

Costco has cheap chains...as does wal mart I believe. If you don't use them
you could take them back to either of them I believe. If you do use them,
sell them on ebay after. I-80 from SLC to reno may get bad but they really
don't close it. Its only around Heavenly that it might get bad. The canyon
to alta might be closed to everyone but chains and 4x4 if it keeps up like
the past 4 days! yes

I thought car rental companies frowned on the use of chains, and
apparently real made-out-of-real-chain chains don't fit in the
wheel-wells of modern cars. True? False? Somewhere in between?

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Cheers, Bev
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