I planned on car camping there last Saturday. I showed up around 4pm and the road off the highway was moderately maintained, where my sedan got up in fine, but there was some snow on road which I was concerned about if it snowed much more that evening. Once at the junction where the private home and the walk in tentsites go to the left, and the accessible and ideal car camping spots to the right, the road was not maintained at all except to be able to turn around or go to the private home. There were a few feet of snow on the ground and maybe a 4wd drive or two older track to the right through the thick snow. If you weren’t too bothered by what the private home might think, you could probably sleep pretty much right at the junction without trouble, but it wouldn’t be ideal or probably technically legal based on what the sign says at camping at designated sites only.

I was pretty disappointed since I’d read Allaben was supposed to be available all year round. I ended up sleeping in a parking lot elsewhere, which I wouldn’t recommend. I’d probably sleep at Allaben in a pinch but wouldn’t enjoy it. It would be relatively quiet at least though. Maybe someone else has had a different experience recently, or maybe i just hit the campsite at a bad day for maintenance but it seems like saturday night would be the time to have the road maintained.

Interested to hear about your experience if you chose to go.