hi there

just planing on a cross europe trip from ndl down over the alps to the med sea, through france germany belgium switserland italy (not necesarily in that order) just thinking about the gear we have and the temps that we may encounter in the alps, we are traveling then first 2 weeks of sept,

does anyone have any experience of what we can expect up there, (ive only been into the alps to ski jan-march an its cold then....)

i know it could be anything but any coments would be good
cheers
iain

The waether should not be worse than now, the snow falling limit will be around 2000 m this weekend, raining and snowing most of the day.
So I would be prepared to temps of 0° during the night in the valleys, if you camp on the pass it could be colder. But you might be lucky with sunshine during the whole time, so don`t forget sunprotection as well.
Some gloves for the descents would be fine, as well as a cap.
Enjoy the alps
greetings from Bavaria

hi dcjf

isn't 0°C in the valleys a little pessimistic? After all when it's cold in summertime it's also rainy/cloudy, so temperatures shouldn't drop too much during the night; i think highs would be more affected.
But any Transalp rider should certainly take the winter outfit with him/her, no question about that

Hi,
when you want to go in september to the alps you have to be of course prepared to 0 degrees. Usually (not this year, as it allready snowed a little) the first snowfall is around end of august begining of september,the snow won't rest, but overnight you have to count on 0 degrees on 1400 m, what is especially if you want to make some high passes the height of the valley.

oh, I was thinking an altitude around 700m, that explains the differences