Trip Report: Cerro Godoy Central Couloir | Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina Report from October 22, 2025 I arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina, via an 11-hour bus ride from Punta Arenas, Chile, 2 days ago. The previous day, we’d done the 9-hour “bog slog” to ski Monte Tarn. I did a 24-hour fast on the bus and that was a horrible idea… 3,895′ Cerro Godoy Ushuaia Tierra Del Fuego Argentina, Patagonia Summit: 3,895 […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 24, 2025 0 Comments
Patagonia Report: Party Ski on Cerro Crestón Powder on The Final Day of the SuperNatural Ski Trip Report from October 4, 2025 After 2 months in El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina, we are headed onto the road for 2 weeks. We don’t have a solid plan to be honest… We are going to an Estancia to our north for a bit to ski some mellow, unskied peaks then we head south. Well, we were going to the Estancia […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 9, 2025 0 Comments
Patagonia Report: Corrugated Powder Skiing on Cerro Crestón Report from September 16, 2025 Note: Cerro Creston is on private property and you must get permission from the refugio owners to pass through If you’re looking for a guide for this zone, please contact Patagonia Ascent After our trip up Cerro Solo, Greggy and I came down with a stomach bug that sidelined us for 3 days. Then a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 28, 2025 1 Comment
Trip Report: Skiing 6,959′ Cerro Solo | 3 Days & 2 Nights in the Shadow of Cerro Torre Report from September 6, 7, 8, 2025 We decided to go big on Friday. We didn’t know how big… The numbers were digestible, but we had no idea the style of terrain we were about to hurl ourselves in. 6,959′ Cerro Solo El Chalten Argentina, Patagonia Summit: 6,959 feet (we skied from 6,300′) House: 1,361 feet Camp: 2021 feet Vertical […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 11, 2025 0 Comments
Trip Report: Skiing The Legendary 7,162′ Cerro Electrico | El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina Report from August 31, 2025 The forecast was all over the place here in El Chalten, Argentina, for my Cerro Electrico ascent. I stayed up too late poring over it and found my brain clogged with doubt at 4 a.m. Windy and cloudy on some models—sunny and windless in others… At 4:09 a.m, I decided, “Screw it, I’m going.” 7,162′ […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 2, 2025 1 Comment
Trip Report: Skiing Powder on 5,925′ Cerro Madsen in the Shadow of the Fitzroy Towers | El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina Report from August 27 & 28, 2025 After skiing Vespignani, Creston x2, and Mosquito, we were feeling stronger and ready for a bigger mission. The weather forecast looked just about right for a trip to Cerro Madsen, adjacent to the Fitzroy Towers. Well, it did look good, but just as we were pulling the trigger, the forecast changed and looked […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 30, 2025 0 Comments
1st Powder Day of the Trip on Cerro Crestón | El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina Report from August 27, 2025 Note: Cerro Creston is on private property and you must get permission from the refugio owners to pass through 2 days after our big beatdown on Cerro Electrico, we were ready for more. We decided to go back to Crestón and see if the zone is manageable in fresh snow and elevated avalanche danger. The […] Trip Report Miles Clark | August 29, 2025 0 Comments
Trip Report: Skiing The Mosquito Zone | El Chaltén, Patagonia, Argentina Report from August 18, 2025 Last Monday, we needed a mellow day, so we went to what we understood as a mellow, non-glaciated zone: Mosquito. We’d never been here before, and we thought we’d go have a look. Turns out, the dirt trail to get to the snow is brutally steep, straight up, with no let-ups. And we had to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 26, 2025 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Rare Snow Turns Argentina’s Atlantic Beaches White for First Time Since 2013 Rare snow transformed Argentina’s Atlantic coast into a winter wonderland on Monday, as an intense polar cold front swept across the country, blanketing beaches and resort towns in Buenos Aires Province. Residents of coastal communities such as Miramar, Monte Hermoso, Mar del Plata, Costa del Este, and San Eduardo del Mar awoke to find their sandy shores and streets hidden […] Climate SnowBrains | July 1, 2025 0 Comments
Las Leñas, Argentina, Confirms June 28 Opening for 2025 Ski Season Las Leñas ski resort in Argentina has officially announced it is opening for winter 2025 on June 28, in line with traditional late‑June openings. Related: South America’s Ski Season is Here With 2 Resorts Open and 7 Kicking Off Soon “Dear all, we inform you that the scheduled opening date for the ski season is Saturday, June 28th. Based on recent […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 24, 2025 0 Comments
The Southern Lights: An Electric Adventure That Should Be on Your Bucket List The Southern Lights are an electric adventure you won’t regret waiting to see. The electromagnetic phenomenon is frankly fascinating, but it is also elusive and unpredictable by nature. Auroras Australis is an experience that you will want to add to your bucket list. Many consider viewing the Northern Lights to be one of the most impressive travel experiences, but admiring […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 2, 2025 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Cerro Bayo, Argentina, Welcomes First Significant Snow of Winter 2025 Cerro Bayo ski resort in Argentina reported its first snow of the 2025 season on Friday, April 25, marking an early sign of winter’s arrival in the southern Andes. The resort shared images of its slopes blanketed in fresh snow, with accumulations estimated up to eight inches (20 centimeters). The snowfall at Cerro Bayo comes as ski areas across the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 28, 2025 0 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 | April 20, 2025 0 Comments
Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, Report: Mt. Godoy’s West Chute = 1,500-Vertical-Feet of “Hold TF On!” Report from October 14, 2024 I woke up exhausted yesterday to cloudy, cold skies and decided to take the day off knowing just how firm the snow had been 2 days previous on a cloudy day. Then, around 11 a.m,. the sun erupted throughout the heavens. I rounded up my gear, called a cab, and zipped up to the Martial […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 16, 2024 0 Comments
Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, Report: Sunshine, Snow, Rain, Wind, & Weird Snow = A Normal Fuegino Day :) Report from October 13, 2024 Awoke to blazing sunshine here in Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, yesterday morning. Sunshine is a rarity in these latitudes… I ate, threw my gear together, and ran out the door. The previous day I’d skied corrugated ice snow that humbled me to my bones. Yesterday, I decided to give it a little time to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 14, 2024 1 Comment
Cerro Bayo, Argentina, Report: The Most Scenic Ski Resort in The World? Report from Tuesday, September 17, 2024 We drove two hours from San Martin de Los Andes along the Ruta de Los Siete Lagos to get to the base of Cerro Bayo. The drive was filled with stunning miradors of the lakes along the route. It was necessary to drive slowly as cows decided our lane was the best place to […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 20, 2024 1 Comment
Patagonia, Argentina, Backcountry Report: Lenga Tree Forest Powder Skiing & a Sad Avalanche Story Report from September 4, 2024 Tuesday night was windy as hell… The wind woke me up a few times down here in town and that has happened very few times in my 14 seasons here. I knew in the night that we’d have to downgrade our plans and be real safe out there the next day. The wind from Tuesday […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 5, 2024 0 Comments
1 Dead, 1 Buried, and 1 Self-Rescued Following Avalanche Near Bariloche, Argentina An avalanche struck Cerro López mountain near Bariloche, Argentina, on Wednesday afternoon, killing a British woman and burying one person while leaving another missing, reports La Nacion. The incident occurred during a cross-country skiing expedition in the popular Nahuel Huapi National Park. Related: The Science Behind Avalanches Emergency services rushed to the scene after the avalanche was reported at 5:40 […] Avalanche AvyBrains | September 5, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Report: Tasty Tree Skiing as Ice Finally Turns to Powder in Patagonia Report from September 2, 2024 August was a rough month here. Cold, icy, un-snowy. Our hopes were set on a snowy September and on Day 1 of September, it snowed… We got out there on Tuesday, September 2, to sample the goods. Our first run in the trees was splendid. The snow wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t deep, and we were […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 4, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: The Sensational Views of a Ski Adventure on Cerro Lopez, Argentina Report from August 29, 2024 One of the most gorgeous places on Earth is Bariloche, Argentina’s 6,811′ Cerro Lopez. The most breathtaking hike of my life was summiting this mountain and taking its north ridge right down into Lake Nahuel Huapi in March 2009. In July 2009, I skied from just above Refugio Lopez but never from the summit proper. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 1, 2024 0 Comments
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