We had some spectacular drives in the Italian West Alps (more videos at the end)
But first we spent three days in Val Cenis
Relaxing, walking and eating (fondue! 🤩)
Before continuing towards the Italian Alps
Climbing under ski lifts
Onto gravel
Lake Mont Cenis, but the gravel road was closed so turned back
Into Italy
Another narrow gravel road leading high up
Towards Le gallerie del Seguret, an old military tunnel, unfortunately too low for Hercules
Stopped before the tunnel
Coming back down
Camping Gran Bosco
Made new friends at this great place for people interested in offroading and overlanding
On our way to the Sommelier pass, the highest in Europe with 3000 meters. The pass was closed, but our question was how far up we could come with #Herculesthe6x6
A very popular route for motorbike
We stopped before the scary hairpin bends started wondering…
Would we be able to get through the many and steep hairpin bends up this hill?
Seeing an equally large van coming down again, we decided to go!
This only shows the nice bit of the ascent
We made it to the top, but the photographer was too busy to take any photos before we stood at the top
We kept going until 2600 meters and decided to turn around before the next set of even scarier hairpin bends
Hercules and the Beast as tiny dots on the road
Fridtjof found snow
And Atle found a car that had broken down. But nothing we could do
So, back to Gran Bosco for a well-deserved beer
The Offroad campsite
Fridtjof getting ready for a new day in Hercules
Max at Gran Bosco pointing to a sticker for the Norwegian Land Rover Club after former guests (yes, we did identify who that was 😅)
Day two starting from Gran Bosco, to new alpine driving
The Beast underneath the ski lift
At the top of Colle Basset, Piemonte
From the top onto the narrow road going right here
Perfect spot for lunch
Lunch with a view
Fridtjof!
Colle Costa Piana
The Beast climbing behind us
Along narrow roads and steep hills
Typical Defender passing
One life, live it!
Back into France
Camping in Briancon
A couple of videos below for a taste of driving a 6×6 Land Rover Defender on the narrow and twisted roads