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Familly friendly 4x4 tours in the alps
Does anyone know of a company offering alpine driving tours. I'm not looking for brain out off roading. Just the chance to explore off the tarmac with my family in the alps.
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Does anyone know of a company offering alpine driving tours. I'm not looking for brain out off roading. Just the chance to explore off the tarmac with my family in the alps.
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I don't think you need a tour company. That would be a waste of money, imho. The off tarmac tracks are simple enough for you to do in your own 4x4 safely.
Even if you did need assistance it would not be far away.
We spent a few days exploring last August. If you want GPS let me know.
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I don't think you need a tour company.
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This was my first thought when I read the question.
For instance, there is the classic "Stella Alpina" which can be accessed, part of the way, with just about any vehicle.
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...a-alpina-68958
It is supposed to be closed to vehicular traffic for most of the year, although seeing the state of some of the barriers this may not be the case (I have been there only for the duration of the annual bike meet-up day and I have considered returning when things are quieter).
Exploring for the sake of exploring such routes is an attractive idea to me; it's not exactly "Capt James Cook" stuff going to the ends of the known world, and beyond, but there is still a lot to be recommended about places near to home.
Dan,
For which routes do you have GPS tracks?
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Hi,
I have some tracks for some of the LKGS/Fort Central Etc and also Mount Jafferau / Fort Pramand, Also mount Sacerello.
These are on Wikiloc.
We ran out of time, all the tracks are clearly marked on IGN and IGC maps. Maps you would need to find these are here. You can get these in the UK, from Stanford maps in London or via ebay, amazon etc etc.
If we had more time we would have spent weeks just exploring the tracks and camping for free. We took a bath at the local Piscine!
Dan
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Hi,
I have some tracks for some of the LKGS/Fort Central Etc and also Mount Jafferau / Fort Pramand, Also mount Sacerello.
These are on Wikiloc.
We ran out of time, all the tracks are clearly marked on IGN and IGC maps. Maps you would need to find these are here. You can get these in the UK, from Stanford maps in London or via ebay, amazon etc etc.
If we had more time we would have spent weeks just exploring the tracks and camping for free. We took a bath at the local Piscine!
Dan
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Thanks Dan! I am not surprised that you ran out of time.
I see you went to Lake Rochemolles on the classic Stella route; beyond there, at the track junction showing in white on your Wikiloc, is the wild camping area near the mountain refuge hut (I forget the name of the latter). Thereafter, the track becomes much steeper, with far more rocks and gravel - much knarlier basically + it gets into the summer snow line.
Yes, hard to beat a decent paper map.
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Hi,
No problem
I know where you mean I had planned to pop up there. I think it is the highest Glacier you can drive to in Europe. I was a little disappointed to of missed it out.
Camping along the tracks is nice, there are plenty of potential spots and it is nice to be on your own at night. Fort Pramand is a little creepy, I think Fort Central can get busy from what I saw through my Binoculars. There are pictures etc of all the routes on our website, which you can get to via the maps link above.
Hoping to explore some more this summer, on our way hopefully to Albania.
If you guys pop up on any tracks, I would be interested to see pictures etc.
@Moggy. What are your planned dates?
Cheers
Dan
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