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28 Apr 2008
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I'm heading down to Riva del Garda for a couple of days and doing the Stelvio and Rombo passes as a day trip
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Craig - if next month is May / early June don't bank on the Stelvio being snow free.
Over at alpineroads.com they're having bets about when it will open - somewhere between
May20th and June 15th they think.
Check it yourself at WebCam - Banca Popolare di Sondrio
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free camp whereever you feel like it - almost
onya max.
we aussies aren't all that cashed up when it comes to euopean prices either, but my girlfriend and i last year travelled five months in europe and only paid for accommodation 14 times, including campgrounds. sure we have a number of friends too but only couch surfed another month or so in total. that's several months of free accomm, great laughs and a different european adventure.
rest of the time we just camped more or lkess where we felt like it, keepng a low profile at times and respecting private property when it was clear that was what it was. thing is, when we asked permission to camp on their land, people usually kindly sent us to the local campground. they just didn't seem to clock what we wanted to do. made for some laughs!
check out our blog for tips and a laugh (different entries despite the name): Out for a spin: Free camping
and: Out for a spin: Free camping
keep it upright, enjoy,
andy.
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Craig - if next month is May / early June don't bank on the Stelvio being snow free.
Over at alpineroads.com they're having bets about when it will open - somewhere between
May20th and June 15th they think.
Check it yourself at WebCam - Banca Popolare di Sondrio
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Thanks for the link. I leave on the 21st of May and probably reach Riva somewhere around the 24/25th. I did have a idea that it may be snowblocked but didn't really consider it too much until I'd already booked the ferry and time off work.
I have read somewhere that the Giro d' Italia cycle race is using it in the 1st week of June and afterwards, it will open to all traffic. Still plenty of other places to visit if it's not, maybe Monza.
Last time I was there, I almost convinced the guy in the paddock office to let me have a couple of slow laps round the circuit, that was until he realised the car belonged to Hertz and not me.
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