While many campgrounds are winding down and shutting their gates for the winter, Whistler RV Park and Campground is looking forward to welcoming our RVs for what promises to be: a ripper of a snow season!
Yep! We are open for the winter people! After all, the folk in Whistler are used to the extreme: Snowboarding, skiing, downhill mountain biking, bungee jumping, mountain climbing, if there is a way to take advantage of lots of gravity with less friction you can be sure someone in Whistler has made it into an art form!
So why should RVing in Whistler be any different?
RVing is often seen as a summer thing, nice when the sun is shining but not so fun in the snow. Well gather round people that roam, for the times they are a changin’.
Here are some ways to get your RV ready for the an extreme Whistler Winter and keep you toasty instead of frozen in your RV.
Stuff to take:
A snow shovel,
Window scraper
Some sort of ice chipper [axe],
Rock salt or kitty litter: to sprinkle on walkways or around tires in case you end up on patches of ice or your tires freeze to the ground.
For motorize RV’s it is a good idea to check your batteries’ water level and start your engine periodically to keep it in working order.
Parking,
If you’re planning on being in one spot for a while it is good idea to park on long boards at least two feet by eight inches. The reason being as the ice thaws and freezes repeatedly under the tires it creates large ditches that can make it impossible to drive out of when you do decide to leave.
Skirting and Insulation
Some of the newer RV’s are designed to withstand the cold of winter, with specialized basements that keep the heat in. If you don’t have a basement and are planning on being in one place for a while, it is a good idea to skirt the bottom of your RV with plywood over some sort of insulation. This will help to keep your grey and black tanks from freezing and hopefully keep your floor warmer. 
Electric heat strips taped to the water hose with electrical covered with circular foam tubing will help stop your water hose from freezing. However sometimes the valve where the water enters the RV can freeze. A way around this is to hang two trouble lights with 40wat bulbs in the storage pod and plug them in when the temperate dips. The heat from the light bulbs prevents freezing.
In the likely event that your water tank is frozen in the morning [it should thaw during the day] it is a good idea to have a few liters of drinking water to see you through.
While in an RV Park it is advisable to use their facilities to shower, as you’ll need to heat less water.
Whistler RV Park and Campground has heated bathrooms with free hot showers, perfect after a long day on the slopes.
For more info on getting ready for winter visit:
www.marxrv.com/skp/survive.htm
www.rvliving.net/winter.htm
www.rverscorner.com/wintercamp.html
Stay tuned for more on Winter RVing.
Author Kym
