Lost Alaskan RV Park, Alpine, Texas
Planning a trip to Big Bend area in March. Looking at Lost Alaskan RV Park as a place to stay for about a week. Looks good on the website but I would like any info from someone who has stayed there ...
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Getting into the Basin isn't difficult. I've seen several 40' Class A's and 55' long fiver/tow truck combinations in the Lodge parking lot. 45' tour busses come up the road several times each week.
Just need to be very careful with the switchbacks. I was very happy that if I had to stop on the 12% grade, my truck has the torque to pull the rig from a standing start.
(It helped that the Law Enforcement rangers escorted us up the basin road to the campground. But we didn't have anyone when we left.)
The surprise was after they got me into the campground and setup in the very nice host spot. Walking the lower two loops of the campground, I realized it would be impossible to turn my rig around in the campground below the first loop.
So I had to back-up the hill until I was clear enough to turn.
Now a fiver would be in the same situation. A 32 foot trailer of another host was able to make the second loop turn, but only avoided scraping on rocks by a couple inches. It really depends upon how the particular trailer/ truck combination swings/ tracks inside the tight turns.
Another host with a 40' Monaco also has to back up the hill.
I had to back seven different rigs out of the bottom of the campground, because they couldn't turn around and the driver's didn't know how to backup very far. The worst was a long bed pickup and a 17ft Casita.
(One secret - we didnt' turn into or out of the campground at the entrance - but went straight across to/ from the amphitheater parking lot.)
Just need to be very careful with the switchbacks. I was very happy that if I had to stop on the 12% grade, my truck has the torque to pull the rig from a standing start.
(It helped that the Law Enforcement rangers escorted us up the basin road to the campground. But we didn't have anyone when we left.)
The surprise was after they got me into the campground and setup in the very nice host spot. Walking the lower two loops of the campground, I realized it would be impossible to turn my rig around in the campground below the first loop.
So I had to back-up the hill until I was clear enough to turn.
Now a fiver would be in the same situation. A 32 foot trailer of another host was able to make the second loop turn, but only avoided scraping on rocks by a couple inches. It really depends upon how the particular trailer/ truck combination swings/ tracks inside the tight turns.
Another host with a 40' Monaco also has to back up the hill.
I had to back seven different rigs out of the bottom of the campground, because they couldn't turn around and the driver's didn't know how to backup very far. The worst was a long bed pickup and a 17ft Casita.
(One secret - we didnt' turn into or out of the campground at the entrance - but went straight across to/ from the amphitheater parking lot.)
