[I want to give big props for Catedral ski resort opening the Nubes chair today. ย It’s been closed for about a week (essentially for the season) due to the trails accessing it having completely burned out. ย There was simply no snow left on the trails accessing the base of the Nubes chair. ย The recent storm droppedย enough snow for the trails to be covered and groomed once more. ย Catedral was great and opened Nubes right away this morning by 10am. ย Thanks Catedral. ย Nubes is the best chair at this mountain and I call her “The Southern Mothership”.]
Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina just experienced two days of big, late season snowfall. ย The storm completely closed the mountain down on Tuesday, we had a great storm day yesterday, and despite a forecast of more big snow today, we got bluebird.
I hiked up Nubes straight away and the snow was funky. ย It felt wind-pressed, sun-affected, and punchy. ย Still fun, buy funky for sure.
From Nubes, I headed to La Laguna’s “Playground”. ย The Playground was good, but the snow was a touch funky as well. ย Hidden rocks were everywhere and you had to be kinda dumb to jump off rocks. ย Obviously, I did and I hit a ton of rocks and had some close calls.
I did two more laps in Laguna proper and the snow had a one-inch wind crust, “carton,” on top. ย As long as you were going fast, it wasn’t much of a hinderance. ย Landings were soft and good.
After three laps in Laguna I was satisfied. ย I hooked up with Jibbin crew and charged around Nubes for a handful of laps. ย The snow was chopped up, fun, and fast. ย I actually enjoyed it more than when it was fresh that morning. ย Great to have Nubes back in action. ย We’ve only got until the 30th before she closes, so go get some.
AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS:
Testing continued to show good bonding between the old and new snow. ย I saw some very small and very shallow pockets rip out here and there but they were insignificant. ย I did not see any avalanches today.
BARILOCHE FORECAST:
