Nevados de Chillan, Chile 2014 Highlight Video with Ingrid Backstrom & Julian Carr Nevados de Chillan is a small ski area on a big volcano in southern Chile. It’s the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere. It snows a lot here, always. This year was a low snow year most places in South America, but Chillan still got theirs. Ingrid Backstrom, Julian Carr, and Todd Ligare […] SnowBrains | October 2, 2014 3 Comments
Nevados de Chillan Conditions Report: Deep Snow, Big Wind After a few days of poor conditions around the 3 Valley resorts we decided to pull the plug and grab a last minute flight down to Nevados de Chillan to try to hook up with the Ingrid Backstrom Women’s Camp and hit the forecasted storm. We could not have timed it better. The night drive up was an adventure with about a foot of snow on the […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 8, 2014 1 Comment
Big Snow Coming to Bariloche, Argentina & Nevados de Chillan, Chile | Up to 33” Forecasted It’s been a mostly dry for the past month in Bariloche, Argentina. All anyone can talk about is the lack of snow. Conditions have been springlike and fun, but the mountain needs snow, badly. The past few days there has been snow in the forecast for this coming weekend. Now, all anyone can talk about in Bariloche is the coming […] Weather Miles Clark | August 1, 2013 3 Comments
The Biggest Snow Events Ever Recorded in the Andes Mountains and the Best Places to Ski It’s ski season in the Andes Mountains, and things are finally starting to fill in. The Southern half is a great way to get some powder turns in during your offseason! Related: How To Do a Season in Bariloche, Argentina Right | Tips From a Patagonian Ski Bum The snowpack in the Andes is as inconsistent as it gets. Some […] Kiley Chrisman | July 28, 2023 0 Comments
Hotel Termas Chillán Announces Dates for 2023 Southern Hemisphere Ski Season From June 24th through September 30th, guests of South America’s most luxurious ski resort will be able to enjoy snow sports amidst Chilean mountains Located at the Andean foothills, Hotel Termas Chillán announces it will be open from June 24th through September 30th for the 2023 southern hemisphere ski season. Considered one of the most luxurious mountain hotels in Chile, […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 17, 2023 0 Comments
Powder Alert: Parts of Chile and Argentina Expecting Anywhere From 3-10 Feet of New Snow Over Next 5 Days A snowstorm is on its way to Patagonia—a big one. With historically low snowfall this year likely caused by an ongoing, decade-long drought, parts of Chile and Argentina are expecting anywhere from three to ten feet of new snow over the next five days, according to a snow forecast provided by OpenSnow. Related: Satellite Images Show Historically Low Snowfall in […] Weather SnowBrains | August 16, 2021 0 Comments
Chilean Ski Resorts Get 2021 Ski Season Underway After a mostly non-existent 2020 ski season, several ski resorts in Chile have opened for the 2021 ski season. El Colorado, Valle Nevado, Corralco, La Parva and Nevados de Chillán are among those open. These late-June/ early-July openings are a bit later than normal, however, locals are stoked to be back on snow. Currently, conditions are mainly machine groomed trails […] Conditions Report Nic Stathos | July 8, 2021 0 Comments
South American 2019 Ski Season Gets Underway with Fresh Powder The 2019 South American ski season got underway with a bang this weekend as the majority of resorts started their lifts turning and riders were treated to fresh powder. Related: Why You Should Make Valle Nevado, Chile Your #1 Summer Ski Destination The storm that passed through the Andes the previous week dumped multiple feet of fresh snow on most […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 1, 2019 0 Comments