Cerro Castor ski resort lives in Ushuaia, Argentina – the end of the world – Tierra del Fuego.
They snow just won’t come this year and they’ve been forced to push back their opening date twice. ย Their original opening date was June 18th and they pushed it back to Jun 24th, and now they’re pushing it back to July 1st.
It’s starting to appear likely that 5 other ski resorts in the southern Andes of South America may have to push back their opening dates for the 2nd time as well.
We’ve got our fingers crossed for a big storm to bury Castor in the coming weeks but right now the forecast ain’t pretty. ย Nothing but warm temperatures and no snow forecast the next 10 days.
CERRO CASTOR, ARGENTINA FORECAST:
Cerro Castor’s Opening Day Push Back Statement:
El invierno y especialmente la nieve estรกn demorรกndose este 2016. Dadas las altas temperaturas de los รบltimos dรญas y que no se han registrado precipitaciones en forma de nieve, no llegamos al nivel de nieve para poder abrir. Es por ello que hemos decidido retrasar la apertura una semana mรกs. La nueva fecha estimada de apertura es el 1ยบ de julio.
Seguimos esperando que se cumplan los pronรณsticos favorables de frรญo de la semana entrante con posibilidad de nevadas. Este frente frรญo dejarรก temperaturas mรกs invernales lo cual nos posibilitarรก retomar con la fabricaciรณn de nieve.
Les recordamos que a partir de maรฑana viernes 17, Morada del รguila, el restaurante ubicado en la base del cerro, estarรก abierto durante el mediodรญa para poder disfrutar del mejor cordero fueguino.
Esperamos que venga la nieve pronto para poder disfrutar de una temporada mรกs en Cerro Castor.
Muchas Gracias!” – Cerro Castor, yesterday
This statement basically says that due to recent high temperatures and no snow, they don’t have enough snow to open and they’ve pushed back their opening date to July 1st, 2016.
So sad. A lovely mountain, without loud overdevelopment … hard to come by these days. The Cerro Bayo of the South.