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[QUOTE="David, post: 106266, member: 426"] Nothing wrong with taking the road route - you still have to cross that mountain! I walked over the Napoleon pass in March in the year five. It had only been opened for three days due to the snow .. was pretty raw up there. Once high the ground snow was quite deep and I had to work through it, heavy going at times, camino signs disappear in just a low level of snow and I became a little concerned at times - at one point it started to snow fairly hard so there were no footprints to follow. I hadn't enough clothes on but because of the exertion hadn't realised that I had become deeply cold. The wind was strong. After a while I came across a small dell with rocks on the windward side and went in there to open my pack to get out more clothes - then found that my hands were so stiff and unfeeling that I couldn't open my pack. After a while (armpits) I warmed them up and put on just about everything I had, including socks for gloves, then ate some sausage and bread to give me fuel (central heating fuel) and was ready to carry on. Once on the downward the snow turned to rain, warmed up (still cold) so all was well ... but .... looking back I think I was rather lucky, stupid, but lucky. But that was one day in one year - being aware of conditions and realising that they can change in a moment is the way to go. Spring can be a truly glorious warm time or still hold winter - so watch the weather forecasts. A couple of years later the snow in late March was down as far as about 60k past Logrono! But I wasn't walking that year but driving, and providing hot tea and first aid and so on. Hope I haven't scared you - I am still here, as are the other 128,000 pilgrims a year - all is well, just be aware. Buen Camino :wink: [/QUOTE]
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