Ski RV's, who's sleeping in parking lots?

[mooseknuckles]

Sticking with the current theme...

[willywhit]

my buddy is glamping in vail/beaver creek right now, in a Tesla.
natural hot springs hot tub. some crazy uber battery set up for running a tv, hair dryer, heat. big pimpin'

[jacob_dbu]

That is epic.

[willywhit]

That is epic.

yup. and he hooked up with a gosling's promo. ripping on a jeremy jones board, with rum

[DanoT]

Parking our Chinook Concourse at Kicking Horse this week, my son Gerrit woke to find this rig parked next to him!

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I parked my truck camper beside this guy last week in the Revy parking lot.
He bought the rig already converted to 4X4 but said it required a lot of fixing: back axle was 1 ton, front end 1/2 ton. He also dropped in a Cummins diesel engine.

He found that the propane heater wasn't keeping the Chinook warm (big windows, little insulation) so he added a Wabasco diesel heater, plumbed in to the fuel tank and it throws out lots of heat.

That rig is very bad ass.

[subtle plague]

This is our little rv. Double floor, heatable "garage". We have to test it with water yet. But since we're heating all day and take turns because of our little 8 month old. It should be OK. We'll test it on the next bigger trip.

We use the generator to recharge the battery. 2x11l Propane gives us 5-6 days of heat (24/7 on because of the little one)

[powdrhound]

I ‘forgot’ to leave this one cabinet door open on Thursday night... I knew my water system would freeze on an 8 degree night without doing that.
That’s why we have backups. And heaters.

[stayalert]

Just arrived in Rossland BC - town ramped up for Winter Carnaval - any tips on where to park our van at Red tonight? (First time in Rossland/Red)

[Ale_capone]

Parked behind the old filson's in seattle.

[CelebratedSkier]

https://www.facebook.com/HotRodHarry...5429370273160/

Shag and Fireplace...

[B6Fischer]

ASPEN OVERNIGHT - Our Chinook Concourse was in Aspen this weekend for the X Games. My son reports he had no problems sleeping each night at the Aspen Airport Lot B. $6 per day. Secure. No hassles. Bus stop in front of airport if needed.

[Rideski]

[DanoT]

Just arrived in Rossland BC - town ramped up for Winter Carnaval - any tips on where to park our van at Red tonight? (First time in Rossland/Red)

You may have already found this out by now: Red Mountain allows free RV parking in one of their parking lots.

[stayalert]

I did thanks! Moved back to whitewater (less rain but no interwebs) but currently in nelson planning next move!

[DanoT]

I did thanks! Moved back to whitewater (less rain but no interwebs) but currently in nelson planning next move!

Whitewater use to charge $10/night for RV plug-in but now it is $25 just to park an RV overnight and $40/night if you want a plug-in. So are there any spots around Nelson to say in an RV overnight without paying or hassle?

When I drove from Whitewater to Red, I kept looking for pullouts that might work for overnight parking but didn't spot any. I did see a sign in Salmo saying "Overnight RV Parking" and an arrow but I didn't follow the arrow to see if it was open in winter.

[mooseknuckles]

Those Whitewater jump in nightly rates are significant. I hope they put in 50amp outlets at that price point. If they are charging $40/night to still run a 15amp extension cord to an outlet in the shed, piss off.

[DanoT]

Those Whitewater jump in nightly rates are significant. I hope they put in 50amp outlets at that price point. If they are charging $40/night to still run a 15amp extension cord to an outlet in the shed, piss off.

Same 15 amp plug and I think only 3 operable plug-ins.

I don't get it. I would think that when a resort has no on hill accommodation like WW that they would encourage RV visitors. And I do understand that if they had overnight rooms to sell then discouraging RV's and pushing rooms might make sense. Whitewater has it backwards.

[mooseknuckles]

This sounds like a decision made by the road maintenance crew who had enough of plowing around rigs. If we jack up the fees, they will stay away...

[stayalert]

In Revelstoke now.....If you see me or my wife at our van (White Ford E-350 with 2 ski boxes on top) with Vermont plates - say hello and join us for a shot ski. (5 station orange and black Kastle 215cm)

[skiing-in-jackson]

join us for a shot ski. (5 station orange and black Kastle 215cm)

Wow.... I skied a two-o-something Kastle in ~1992. What a great ski. It was called the Kastle Extreme- also orange and black. Great memories there.

[oftpiste]

I'll just leave this here.

[AdironRider]

I'll just leave this here.

If left to my own devices, aka not married, I'd be building a ski shack in Irwin, CO and using that as my lift.

[Jong Lafitte]

I'll just leave this here.

that's pretty cool.

"OK, you drive down this time."
"But, I drove down last time."
"pretty sure I drove down last time. Trust me, I'll drive it down next time"
"you said that the last seven times now."

[pfluffenmeister]

Vid of van in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnnl...ature=youtu.be

[skiing-in-jackson]

I live on a ranch that has a 1974 Thiokol. Pretty rad. Pics and vid to follow if we ever get a enough snow to actually use it this year.