MOTORHOME TRAVEL WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING FOR SKIING

Winter has taken hold this year. That's no reason to let your motorhome sleep! Going skiing in a motorhome is an excellent way to enjoy winter sports! However, you will need to equip your vehicle to reach the top of the slopes! Here are our top 5 pieces of equipment for going skiing in a motorhome!

Special Motorhome Snow Chains Or Socks, For Driving!

If you are heading to a ski resort in a motorhome, providing non-slip equipment is essential in the event of snowfall. It is even mandatory according to the Mountain Law. Your choice of winter tires (or 4 seasons, tolerated until 2024), removable chains, or textile chains, also called snow socks, will help you drive on the snowy ground with your fingers in your nose and complete safety!

In addition, a very good pair of gloves will be very useful for installing all this in the cold! And a little tip to finish, if you have a compressor, take it. Thus, if a chain breaks, you will be able to deflate your tires to roll more easily on the snow and you will reinflate once the asphalt is found.

A Thermal Cover, Antifreeze Liquid And Wedges, To Protect The Motorhome 

A thermal insulation cover for motorhomes

The thermal insulation cover is also another essential among equipment for going skiing in a motorhome. The latter will allow you to keep the heat inside your motorhome. Various models of tarpaulins cover either the windscreen, the hood, the entire front of the motorhome, or skirts that protect the outline of the cell. 

For the inside of the vehicle, you will also find in specialized online shops insulating curtains to be installed between the cabin and the cell of the motorhome or camper van or insulating blinds for the windscreen.

Anti-freeze treatment

The "food" antifreeze liquid is specially designed to maintain and protect water tanks and circuits that are difficult to drain. Thus, this product ensures the protection of all the fittings, pipes and the different types of the tank of your motorhome, under largely negative temperatures.

Chocks to insulate your tires

The idea is to prevent the tires from remaining in contact with frozen or snowy surfaces to protect them from temperature differences and humidity which can damage the rubber. The wintering wedges are suitable for this purpose if you go skiing in a motorhome.

Desilting Plates And A Snow Shovel

Plates

In the event of getting stuck in a thick layer of snow, nothing beats a pair of mud plates to get going again. Provide this type of plate specially adapted to the wide wheels of your vehicle t equipped with treads. You will be delighted to have someone on board to get you out of a bad patch!

A snow shovel

You may wake up in the morning and find that a lot of snow has fallen overnight. You will then have to remove the snow from your motorhome. Bring a good snow shovel!

Snow broom/brush and ice scraper

To complete this paraphernalia for a stay in the mountains, we advise you to have your choice of a broom or a snow brush, as well as an ice scraper. There are 3 in 1, also including a rubber squeegee, all for less than $20.

Auxiliary heating, for comfort and gas savings!

If you're camping and want to save gas, a little extra electric heater will be welcome when it's very cold! Inexpensive, discreet, and silent, it will heat certain parts of the cell. And when you get home, you can use it at home.

Useful Motorhome Accessories

Battery Cables

It is well known when it is cold, the battery of any vehicle can discharge more quickly in the event of prolonged parking. By providing battery cables, you will restart no matter what.

A humidity absorber

Between wet clothes on the way back from the slopes and the condensation formed by the gas heating, if you can't ventilate the vehicles, you may need a humidity absorber. 

A step

To protect the interior of the motorhome, avoid wetting the entrance to the cell. An original running board usually can suffice, but you can complete it with a plastic pallet square.

A telescopic ladder

A thick layer of snow collected on the roof can obstruct the gas outlet. To access it, the ideal is to have a small telescopic ladder to clear snow more easily.

A bucket

Motorhome owners accustomed to ski holidays are well aware of this trick which prevents the gray water tank from freezing: all you have to do is let a trickle of gray water flow provided you have a seal to recover it. It should then be emptied into the networks provided for and dedicated effect (not into the sewers!).

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