Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: World Class Tree Skiing

The world’s best tree skiing?  Maybe.  Certainly the best tree skiing I’ve ever experienced anywhere…

Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina received 3+ feet of snow on the upper mountain over the weekend.  Today was sunny and bright and was likely better than any single day we had here last season.

There was snow to the bottom of the mountain (which we never had last season) today which meant you could ski the incredible old growth Lenga tree forests on the lower mountain.

These trees are large, very widely spaced, the have no low branches, they have iridescent Spanish moss hanging from their branches, and they have no leaves in winter so there are no tree wells.  The tree skiing here is world class and rivals the tree skiing anywhere.  Once the forest fills in a bit more, there’s no end to the great jumps to fly off of when the stumps and downed trees are fully covered.

SNOW QUALITY TODAY:

I did my very first run on Nubes, the highest chair on the mountain.  The chair was closed, so I hiked up and found fast, fun, very wind-pressed snow.  I hit one air and the landing was pretty firm.

In the trees where the above video was filmed, the snow was soft, unaffected by the wind, and pretty damn near perfect in my book.  The trees was the place to be today.

CATEDRAL FORECAST:

The forecast for Catedral is for snow all week with a healthy dump on Thursday night.