How 4-season are 4 seasons Lances?

JimK-NY wrote:
This whole idea sounds like a nightmare to me. I have to ask, why?

I would not want to take a trip with 2 adults and 3 teenagers jammed into a small RV even in the Summer. In Winter with temps down to the teens, that is likely to be a miserable experience. You have already heard about some of the issues; e.g, trying to heat the RV, moisture and condensation issues, RVs that are really not well insulated or designed for that sort of use. At the end of a ski day, where are you planning on putting all of that wet gear, skies, boots, clothing?

If you do attempt this insanity, I highly recommend you stay at a campground with hookups. At least you will have electricity to run the furnace and you can even substitute space heaters instead of the furnace. Regardless of the insulation, you are going to need plenty of heat so that you can bring in lots of outside air to try to fight the humidity problem.

Again, why even consider this? The cost for a handful of trips a year is going to be much higher than overnight stays in hotels/motels or even nice resorts.

Mobile ski base. That's why.


I don't ski a couple of trips a year. I ski 2-3 times a week. For the add on of $250 bucks I can Ski in several places all over the country, here in NY there are several places in that range within 2-3 hours. Add in 6 hour drive and now you've added even more options.

I also fish on the Salmon River and I've done in it while it was snowing.

I work remotely. My kids are going off to college (one in a 2 years the others shortly after). I travel a lot especially in the NE for my job. They primarily won't be with me 90% of the time, like I said it'd be mostly my wife. We have a lake house for "family time".

I can easily drive to a ski resort, find a place to boondock, ski, work and drive home on a Wednesday for example (I've taken conferece calls at the ski slope and standing in a river). I was in Concord MA last week for business. In the winter there were 4-5 ski slopes I could have easily stopped at.

I don't seem to experience the wetness like you are describing. I drive with my Ski's and boots in the trunk of my car (arm rest pass through) and never have problems with moisture. My ski pants and jacket are generally pretty dry too, although this season we did get a lot of rain. My plan was to put the boots in the tub, and hang the rest on a coat hanger like I normally do. I throw my boots on a dryer when I get home, but don't know if I'd do that when traveling.


If I'm asking too much, I get that. It maybe just me dry camping then. Kenny of All Trades seems to do just fine dry camping. Even an afternoon of heat in the parking lot at a ski resort is fine for my wife. I tend to ski way longer than she does, and if she could kick back and read a book after she's done that would suit her well.