The 26 switchbacks on the way up to Portillo, Chile and the Los Liberatadores Pass was BURIED in snow in early June. It took them 2 weeks to dig this thing out.

A huge snowstorm rolled through the Andes mountains of Chile and Argentina in early June and dropped up to 10-feet of snow in 7-days. This storm was the largest the region had seen since 1996 – that’s 20 years…

The huge storm closed the Los Libertadores Pass between Santiago, Chile and Mendoza, Argentina for 15 days. The pass just opened again 2 days ago on June 15th. They’re claiming over 13+ feet of snow on the pass making it the largest storm since 1996 on Los Liberatadores Pass. The photos of the pass show just how insane it was…

It’s a much different story in the southern Andes where opening dates have been pushed back. At one ski resort, opening dates have been pushed back twice all the way into July.