Cerro Catedral Ski Resort, Argentina, Closed All Weekend After Lift Engineer Lost Leg and Died While Working A 47-year-old lift mechanic died from blood loss on Saturday after a chairlift cable sliced off his leg while working on it. The horrific incident occurred on Saturday at 8:45 am before the resort had opened for the day. Germรกn Cofiรกn, a worker at Catedral Alta Patagonia, was working on the Condor II chairlift to fix an electrical problem, according […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 1, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Over 400 People Stranded After Blizzard Slams Andes Mountain Pass While the storm dumping multiple feet of snow in the Andes is good for skiers and riders, it was not so good for these motorists. Related: [VIDEOS] Ski Portillo in Chile Got 3.5 Feet of New Snow Last Weekend Apocalypse in Chile! More than 400 people stranded in a dramatic snowstorm in Los Andes, Chile More than 400 people including […] SnowBrains | July 12, 2022 1 Comment
[PHOTOS] Dumping in Bariloche, Argentina | 2-Feet of Fresh Snow Falls at Base of Cerro Catedral Winter has well and truly arrived in the Andes, with ski resorts in Argentina reporting fresh snow in excess of two feet deep. Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina, has seen over two feet from this latest storm. And that’s at the base. The upper mountain has been closed this week due to avalanche risk and high winds so there’s likely […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 7, 2022 0 Comments
2 Skiers Suffer Serious Injuries After Inbounds Avalanche at Las Leรฑas, Argentina Two people were rescued and hospitalized on Sunday after triggering and getting caught in an inbounds avalanche at Las Leรฑas ski resort in Argentina, local media is reporting. โThere was an avalanche and so far there are two injured who were transferred to the Malargรผe hospital, and police personnel with personnel from the complex are still being searched at the […] Avalanche AvyBrains | July 5, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Woman Injured by Avalanche in Argentina Rescued After 7 Hours ๏ปฟ A woman injured by an avalanche near Ushuaia, Argentina, yesterday was successfully extracted by rescuers after a grueling seven-hour rescue in the midst of a snow storm. The woman was unable to walk and had to be pulled off the mountainside in a sled. Skiers in the Cerro Godoy area near the Martial Glacierโthe same area as the woman […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | June 22, 2022 0 Comments
Catedral Alta Patagonia, Argentina, Opens Tomorrow June 17th Catedral Alta Patagonia in Argentina will kick off its winter 2022 season tomorrow, June 17th. The resort opened for a surprise weekend in April, the first time ever, following five feet of snow, but then closed again. Related: How To Do a Season in Bariloche, Argentina Right | Tips From a Patagonian Ski Bum According to a Facebook post, the […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 16, 2022 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Opens Today for Skiing | First Time Ever Open in April In a shock announcement yesterday,ย Catedral Alta Patagonia in Argentina said it will open for skiing today, the first time it’s ever opened in April.ย The resort usually opens in June. Related: [PHOTOS] Big Snow Blankets South American Ski AreasโIs This a Sign of Things to Come? We Sure Hope So Kicking off the southern hemisphere ski season, Catedral Alta Patagonia has […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 29, 2022 4 Comments
The Top 5 Ski Resorts in South America: South America is huge and the Andes mountain range is the longest mountain range in the world with the tallest mountain on Earth outside the Himalayas. The good skiing in the Andes is mostly in the south and can be phenomenal. On the right year, it can be non-stop snowstorms in the south and incredibly long, smooth descents in the north. South America is raw, rad, and wild. If the snow isn’t just right, the culture most certainly is. Seven nights a week there is a raging party waiting for you at Wilkenny, Dusk, or any of the other of the many night clubs in town. Combine these clubs with how good looking Argentines are and […] SnowBrains | April 8, 2022 23 Comments