Rebecca Merrill
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- March 25 2016
walking the Camino Frances March 26 2016 will we be able to cross route Napoleon?
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thanks, there is a post that said that the route would be close Nov until April and we have our plane tickets and cannot change nowRebecca, when you check in with the pilgrim office in St. Jean they will be able to tell you whether the weather is sufficient to attempt the Napoleonic Route.
JG
Hi Rebecca, that post correct. Closed till the end of March.thanks, there is a post that said that the route would be close Nov until April and we have our plane tickets and cannot change now
I guess we will see one can always hopeI think you might be disappointed. Unless the regional government has lifted their closure, my understanding is that Route Napoleon won't open until 1 April. I haven't seen anything yet about how they plan to deal with the possibility that the weather would allow the route to be opened earlier than 1 April.
Rebecca, my wife walked the Valcarlos route and she loved it very much. Don't worry about wich route they are both great to walk.I guess we will see one can always hope
yesRebecca the route through Valcarlos is also lovely and the older route - used by medieval pilgrims. It will be open. Very scenic and strenuous. So no need to feel disappointed.
yes you are so right ! whatever happens it will be just the way it shouldRebecca the route through Valcarlos is also lovely and the older route - used by medieval pilgrims. It will be open. Very scenic and strenuous. So no need to feel disappointed.
thank youRebecca, my wife walked the Valcarlos route and she loved it very much. Don't worry about wich route they are both great to walk.
Wish you well, Peter.
... Halfway up we were caught in a sudden blizzard, and it was very clear with a fierce wind blowing, snow coming down heavily and the temperature plummeting, that we were definitely at risk of dying then and there. It might have taken us a long time to even be found dead in the snow, as there were so few pilgrims. We sheltered behind a bit of wall we found and (obviously) survived it, feeling rather shaken and very relieved.
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Rebecca, my wife and I are starting from SJPP on 25th March. We are resigned to the fact that the route Napoleon will be closed but if it turns out to be open I will try to remember to let you know.walking the Camino Frances March 26 2016 will we be able to cross route Napoleon?
So how did you get out of that situation? Enquiring mind wants to know! In all cases, very happy that you did make it into safety! Buen Camino, SY
walking the Camino Frances March 26 2016 will we be able to cross route Napoleon?
OK. Found it thanks: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/new-camino-calendar.30392/Rebecca, my wife and I are starting from SJPP on 25th March. We are resigned to the fact that the route Napoleon will be closed but if it turns out to be open I will try to remember to let you know.
We ----my son Dart 23 and our friend Ariel 24 and me Rebecca 58 we get to SJPP on the 25 of March and hope to start that day but I do not have our train tickets yet so I do not know if we will be able to start the 25 or 26 good hiking to you and you wife !Rebecca, my wife and I are starting from SJPP on 25th March. We are resigned to the fact that the route Napoleon will be closed but if it turns out to be open I will try to remember to let you know.
good luckWe are starting April 19th and understand it to be closed. The Albergue in Orrison is also closed till then, at least we have been told. We were looking forward to that pat of the Camino also.
What if you have reservations at Orisson and the route is closed?Rebecca, when you check in with the pilgrim office in St. Jean they will be able to tell you whether the weather is sufficient to attempt the Napoleonic Route.
JG
Open April 1?thanks, there is a post that said that the route would be close Nov until April and we have our plane tickets and cannot change now
What if you have reservations at Orisson and the route is closed?
Both should be open by then. I walked over on April 11th 2015. Pass was open, just. Orrison was full to bursting.We are starting April 19th and understand it to be closed. The Albergue in Orrison is also closed till then, at least we have been told. We were looking forward to that pat of the Camino also.
Humm, so looks like you'll be starting the Camino process of letting go really early. Good beginning!walking the Camino Frances March 26 2016 will we be able to cross route Napoleon?