Patagonia Backcountry Report: Perfect F’ing Powder in Scary Chute Report from September 20, 2022 Tuesday was the penultimate day of our southern ski season. After learning the previous day that it was south faces or bust (other aspects were already sun cooked), we went for Scary Chute – a due south-facing chute with a fun rollover, rocks, and a wide-open runout. Scary Chute is often precisely that, scary. Firm, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 23, 2022 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: One of the Coolest Chutes We’ve Ever Skied – ‘T Daddy’ Report from September 12, 2022 Yesterday, we finally went for the crown jewel line in our mini spring project – The Patagonia Chutes & Corn Project. We’re calling this line ‘T Daddy’. It’s big, it’s long, it’s steep, and it’s spicy. This was chute #3 in our current 6-chute project. Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: Chute #2 of 6 in Our […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 13, 2022 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: Chute #2 of 6 in Our Patagonia Chutes & Corn Project 2022 Report from September 10, 2022 Our Patagonia Chutes & Corn Project 2022 lives on! There are six different long chutes in this very small zone. One of the chutes was so good that we skied it three days in a row last week. [VIDEO] 2,000-Vertical-Foot, 2-Minute-Long Gorgeous Patagonian Chute [VIDEO] Skiing A Whale of a Chute in the Patagonia Backcountry […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 11, 2022 0 Comments
Body of 23-Year Old Backcountry Skier Found in Snowy Mountains, Australia The body of what is believed to be a 23-year-old missing backcountry skier from Canberra was retrieved this Tuesday, September 6th morning. The body is yet to be formally identified, but police believe it to be that of Andrew Seton, who went backcountry skiing on his own on September 3rd and had been missing for three nights. Andrew had been reported […] Backcountry Julia Schneemann | September 6, 2022 0 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 Report: Shredding Cream Cheese Spines Through the Misty Mythical Fairy Forest! Report from August 16, 2022 This storm has been raging for 5-days at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina. There was a brief break in the snow this morning, but not in the wind nor mist. We showed up early and were on the lifts by 9:15am. On the ride up the mountain, we looked at each other in disbelief over […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 17, 2022 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Report: Some of the Best Tree Skiing on Earth… Report from August 15, 2022 It’s been storming here at Cerro Catedral for the past 3-days. Fierce storming at times with 1-inch diameter snowflakes – or clumps of snowflakes – coming down hard. The mountain has been more or less closed for 3-days due to fierce winds and avalanche danger. Somewhere around 3-4 feet of snow had already fallen by […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 16, 2022 2 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: Drone Shot of Endless Soft Powder Chute Skiing in Evening Light Report from August 10, 2022 Wednesday was our third bluebird powder day in a row here in Patagonia. Well, it wasn’t exactly bluebird all day. The sun didn’t show up until 1pm – before that it was foggy, cloudy, and socked in. And yeah, it also wasn’t exactly a powder day either… Most of the snow had been cooked by […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 12, 2022 0 Comments
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