FAQ · VEHICLES AND CHECKS
What the vehicle categories mean, and how the board checks them against each track.
Pick the category closest to your vehicle: the board, the map and the calendar check each track’s width, weight and camper rules against it.
Motorcycles of any size, from enduros to large adventure bikes.
Width and weight limits are meant for cars and trucks, so they are not applied to motorbikes. Ordinances can still ban motorcycles or require them to stay on marked tracks: the track page names the ordinance.
E.g. BMW R 1300 GS · KTM 890 Adventure · Honda Africa Twin
Ordinary passenger cars without all-wheel drive or extra ground clearance.
They fit the width and weight limits of every track listed here, but most of these tracks are unpaved: low ground clearance and road tyres make loose gravel and ruts risky, so check the surface before you go.
E.g. VW Golf · Fiat Panda · Škoda Octavia
Road-going SUVs and crossovers, often with all-wheel drive, but without low-range gearing or much ground clearance.
They fit the width and weight limits of every track listed here. Fitting the limits does not make a track suitable, though: loose gravel, ruts and steep hairpins call for ground clearance and low range.
E.g. VW Tiguan · Toyota RAV4 · Dacia Duster
Vans with a pop-up roof or a compact camper conversion that still fit a normal parking space.
They count as campers: where an ordinance bans campers, the track shows a warning. Ordinances differ on whether a van without a fixed camper body counts, so check the wording and your registration.
E.g. VW California · Toyota HiAce
Off-road vehicles built for gravel and rough tracks, with all-wheel drive and good ground clearance, most of them with low-range gearing.
This is the category the board starts with. Its width already exceeds the narrowest tracks’ limits.
E.g. Land Rover Discovery · Toyota Land Cruiser · VW Touareg · Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
Large camper vans and motorhomes on van chassis, up to 3.5 t.
Their width and gross weight are at or above the limits narrow mountain tracks set, and they count as campers where an ordinance bans them.
E.g. Mercedes Sprinter · VW Crafter · Fiat Ducato · Hymer
Off-road trucks, most of them built as campers: the Unimog and expedition trucks on truck chassis.
Above 3.5 t they exceed every weight limit listed here, and they count as campers. Many Alpine roads also ban trucks by their own signs, which this site does not list.
E.g. Mercedes Unimog · Expedition trucks on MAN TGM · Iveco Daily 4x4
Each category stands for the width without mirrors and the gross vehicle weight of its typical vehicles, shown with each category above. A track’s ordinance sets its limits; where your category exceeds one, the track shows as not for your vehicle.
If your vehicle is narrower or wider, lighter or heavier than its category, compare its registration papers with the limits on the track page.
Some ordinances ban campers whatever their size. For the camper categories (compact camper van, RV & camper, expedition truck) those tracks show a warning rather than a block, because whether a vehicle counts as a camper depends on the ordinance’s wording and on its registration.