French and Italian Alps tour 2011

We took a short vacation to the Western Alps in Italy and France with a nice group of LJ80- friends in the early summer of 2011. Unfortunately, the engine of my car died after 3 days. I had to transport my LJ80 back home, and I have continued the trip with a rental car.  From that moment i was the codriver of Joe at the ‘offroad’ trips we made.

In 2014 we do this trip again. Go to the LJ80 Alpentour website for the latest news and picturs!

All pictures are made by Bernd and Carina!

Meeting eachother at the German / French border near Mulhouse

Coffee!

Each participant receives a shield

On the roud to the Alps

The first engine problems

Dinner at the first campingplace

Off course we grill some meat

The next day, Felix’ LJ has clutch problems we can’t solve. He switches his LJ80 for his MB Gelandewagen

Parking under the rocks

Coffeebreak

Nice vieuw over the Lake of Geneva to the Mont Blanc mountain

Lets see where we are

The Lake of Annecy

Campsite at the lake

The water isn’t cold at all!

Part of the group

The first strip into the mountains

Time for a coffee and something to eat

Not realy high, but the road is beautifull!

A Little irrigation dam

building materials are transported by cable car to the top of the mountain

Dusty roads

It was a long day, it’s dark when we eat!

At this day i had to stay at the campingplace because of my broken car which has transported back home

I have to come back here, to make this tour with my own car!

Driving over the ski slopes!

We ride above the tree line, there is still snow left

Oh yeah!

Near a ski station

Realy nice ‘roads’ to ride!

Yep, thats where we’re came from

Eat something, and enjoy the view

Back at the camping in Salbertrand (Italy)

The next day, we are on the road to Mont Jafferau

Underway, we visit Fort Pramand

At the top of the world!

Colle Sommellier. The highest place in Europ were you can drive with your car (4×4)

That’s it, my friends. Hope to travel again soon with you!