kitesurfer
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Howdie.
Just got back from spending 3 weeks in my sprinter cruising around the french alps snowboarding. Drove the whole 2000miles there and back on waste vegetable oil and was able to free camp everywhere that i visited. In most cases parking right at the bottom of the ski run.
Got snowed in 3 times and had to use chains to get over one mountain pass. Highest altitude i camped at was 2100m and it got down to -30 degrees at night.
Great fun can't wait to repeat it next year but here are a few photos from the trip.
In the channel tunnel.
First stop over in the mountains.
Mt blanc.
Camped up at the bottom of a ski run
On the road again with views of mt blanc.
Another camping spot. Here i could board right upto the back of my van and also down to my first ski lift.
View from the van in the morning.
More views from the van, this time in the evening.
My folks came out for my birthday and so i got to go snowboarding with my Dad. Not bad for a 65 year old!
The view from the top of europes highest cable car station at 3842m.
A hugely sucessful road trip with no problems other than getting searched at every border i had to cross. I mean come on its not as if i was travelling by myself in a van with blacked out windows looking scruffy and not smelling too good is it!
KS
Just got back from spending 3 weeks in my sprinter cruising around the french alps snowboarding. Drove the whole 2000miles there and back on waste vegetable oil and was able to free camp everywhere that i visited. In most cases parking right at the bottom of the ski run.
Got snowed in 3 times and had to use chains to get over one mountain pass. Highest altitude i camped at was 2100m and it got down to -30 degrees at night.
Great fun can't wait to repeat it next year but here are a few photos from the trip.
In the channel tunnel.
First stop over in the mountains.
Mt blanc.
Camped up at the bottom of a ski run
On the road again with views of mt blanc.
Another camping spot. Here i could board right upto the back of my van and also down to my first ski lift.
View from the van in the morning.
More views from the van, this time in the evening.
My folks came out for my birthday and so i got to go snowboarding with my Dad. Not bad for a 65 year old!
The view from the top of europes highest cable car station at 3842m.
A hugely sucessful road trip with no problems other than getting searched at every border i had to cross. I mean come on its not as if i was travelling by myself in a van with blacked out windows looking scruffy and not smelling too good is it!
KS
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