Bariloche, Argentina August 2022 Report: Big Snow, Long Chutes, Fairy Forests, & Spring Corn Report from all of August 2022 August was a wild month for all of us down here at Cerro Catedral ski resort and in the backcountry of Bariloche, Argentina. There is much more snow than normal this with deep snow right to the bottom of the mountains. Our first day of the season here was August 6 and it was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 4, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2,000-Vertical-Foot, 2-Minute-Long Gorgeous Patagonian Chute Report from September 1, 2022 Today’s 2,000-vertical-foot, 2-minute-long Patagonian Chute was a beauty! It felt like it went on forever… We skied it as fast as we could and it was a blast! The last time I skied this line I crashed into that huge rock wall in the beginning on the right putting a 3″ laceration in my knee […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 2, 2022 3 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: 1-Inch “Powder Day” on the Mini-Spines Report from August 25, 2022 Yesterday morning we set out for the mini-spines we love in Patagonia. It had snowed 1-0″ the day before. The x-factor was high, or it would have been had Greggy not already gone out there the day before and scouted it for us. He reported fun, smooth, scratchy-at-times skiing that was better than a dull […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 27, 2022 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: A Gorgeous Day in Chutes & Towers Report from August 22, 2022 On Monday, Greggy and I went for a walk. We weren’t sure what we’d find out there but we had misplaced faith that a due north line we like would be just soft enough to ski. We just had a seven-day storm here last week that dropped about 6 feet of snow. Then, the sun […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 25, 2022 1 Comment
Real Talk: What It’s Really Like Skiing in Patagonia… (Like Skiing Up a Cloud’s Bu**hole!) Report from August 21, 2022 in Bariloche, Argentina “It’s like skiing up a cloud’s Butthole!” – Greggy, 8/21/22 OK. We know that we’ve been doing our best to make the skiing look good down here: Blue skies Soft snow Perfectly spaced trees No wind Wintery temps To be honest, these benevolent features are relatively rare down here. The videos above […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 24, 2022 1 Comment
[Drone VIDEO] 30-Seconds of The Spines & Lakes of Patagonia Report from August 20, 2022, in Bariloche, Argentina After 7-days of storm, snow, wind, and amazing tree skiing, the sun came out on August 19, 2022, and cooked all the snow. We ventured out in hopes of finding some soft snow on due south faces and were badly mistaken… It was a gorgeous day out there, nonetheless and we took […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 23, 2022 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Report: Fierce Winds, Tree Skiing, White Out = The Last Powder Day of the Big 7-Day Storm Report from August 18, 2022 Last Thursday, we had our last powder day of the big 7-day storm cycle that had been clobbering Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina. We think the upper mountain got about 6 feet of snow… We were high up on the mountain early on Thursday and the wind was insane…ย ย We skied the Nubes area and […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 23, 2022 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Report: Smashing 2 Killer Powder Tree Runs in the Fairy Forests of Patagonia Report from August 17, 2022 Today was day #6 of the storm that’s been battering Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina. I think about 6-feet of snow has fallen since the storm began. We started the day jumping straight onto the Sextuple and getting well up the mountain quickly. Even Punta Nevada was open despite pounding wind and blowing snow. The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 18, 2022 2 Comments