i am traveling to manchester very early tomorrow morning,
i need to know if the snake pass is open before i set off,
anybody know where to look, either ont net or on teletext,
i have tried to look on google but cant seem to find what i need

www.theaa.co.uk or try googling RAC

snake will prob be open by 9am the gritters have been up there every hour so far

i will be going on snake pass at 4.30am so gritters will be too late

Woodhead is clear, I've just come back that way. Virtually no snow whatsoever.

i will go that way then,
thankyou

The good old BBC provide a reasonable service - www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews.

If you consider going on the train instead check www.nationalrail.co.uk.

Try here too:
http://www.highways.gov.uk/news/breakingnews.aspx

Good luck!! :thumbsup:

I've been working in Liverpool, Preston, Blackpool, Lytham St Annes and Warrington for the past month and have travelled over the Pennines almost daily. The best route I've found so far is to go up the M1 To Junc 38, head through Huddersfield, and pick up the M62 on the other side of it. Avoids that horrendous bottleneck that you get where the Snake and Woodhead Pass meet up just before the M57, and also cuts out the M1/M62 junction which seems to be permanently snarled up. Of course, you'll still get stuck around the M60, snow or not!!