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Living amongst the Pennines for most of my life And on top of a 2 miles long 10% hill
You get used to changeing down & listening to the engine - still listen now when I have a rev counter
Good brakes for descending
& make sure the cooling system is up to it - Hoses & clips (used to carry spares
Get the CC Caravaning Europe It has all the major mountain routes listed Gradeient, width , road surface
Also we always aim for an early start on the major climb of the day - so as to get away befroe the queues
Think ! My old van would have been 20 years old now & about 150,000 - 200,000+ miles old
We used to take that over the Peninnes until we sold it & they are about the longest/ steepest in this country
Mostly, you should have no problem. The hills are generally long (very long) rather than steep (some exceptions). Be prepared to take rests both up and down, use the same gear and speed coming down as you did going up.
The Alps are a doddle compared to Norway's Trollstiggen!
Excellent site at Inertkirchen (Camping Grund) (well we loved it anyway) good walk into Meiringhem (Reichenbach Falls), train to interlaken and Lucerne
thanx for all the advice..... i think we will get everything checked proir to leaving and give the mountains a go! if anyone passes a smoking talbot on the side of a swiss mountain road - stop in and say hi!
Hi philandnic, I'll be touring Switzerland and the Italian Lakes in May and June so I'll keep an eye out for you.
One other thing that I did not mention earlier, you will find that the main roads and motorways over, through and along the Alps are not usually steep or narrow. There are, however, some very long climbs and descents over some of the passes, for example the Brenner Pass. It is only when you leave the main roads or motorways that you come across particularly steep and narrow roads that might cause you problems.
Mmmm the GrossGlockner, I've been over that road both ways 4 times, twice by car ( an Automatic, so not much engine braking ) and twice in the van. Managed to boil the brakes every time, even though I went sooo careful. Never overheated though, I suppose the scenery is so magnificent that every one is going quite slow on the way up admiring the views and stopping every few hundred yards ( ooops metres ) to take photos and videos.
Hi Pete, I didn't know they closed it during the winter. I've been over when it was snowing, but that was in June
Another time the snow on either side of the road was, I guess, about 10 feet high and we were virtually following the snow ploughs as they kept the road clear. Great fun, wouldn't have missed it for the world.
I would certainly recommend anyone to try and visit, even if it's only to go into the multistorey carpark at the top.
Last time there we ( inadvertently ) went past a sign we couldn't understand and went to the top of the Edelweissspitze, much to the annoyance of all the car drivers who gesticulated wildly at us because the sign said 'NO MOTORHOMES' or something like that.
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