Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Backcountry Bliss Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina just got a 2-foot storm. Yesterday, the snow was light and fluffy in La Laguna and just about everywhere on the mountain. As always happens in the Andes, the wind blew last night and pressed the snow pretty good in most spots. Upper and Lower La Laguna held up to the wind well and stayed relatively light and fluffy. The Playground got wind pressed and the afternoon sun that came out yesterday cooked it pretty good. The snow was punchy and catchy in the Playground today. Lower Laguna was stellar […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 10, 2014 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: “Big September Powder” We’ve been waiting for a while for a big powder day here in Bariloche, Argentina. A big storm rolled in late Sunday night with big snow, big wind, and big cold. Snow levels dropped into town and the wind was ripping. The wind ripped hard enough to close Catedral ski resort all day yesterday. This morning, the wind died down just enough for Catedral to get many of the upper mountain chairs open. It was cold, windy, and visibility was tough in during […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 9, 2014 3 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Mini-Powder-Days Galore Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina has been getting small, daily storms for the past week. Just a few inches per day or so, but it’s been enough to give each day a mini refresh. The real key to having fun at a ski resort is being able to ski off-piste terrain hard. If you can charge and make speed check turns anywhere you like, you’re gonna have a blast. Today was that way. Yesterday was that way. The day before yesterday was like that. It’s been a fun week. Today, we saw the biggest snowfall […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 3, 2014 4 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Mini Powder Day Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina got about 3-4 inches of snow last night. It wasn’t quite enough to bury the hard layer underneath, but it did make things fun. You could ski the whole mountain again and the shatter underneath quieted down every run as the sun softened things up throughout the day. The Nubes chair was the call today in the bright sunshine. We’ve had about a week of funky weather, so it was great to just have a pure […] SnowBrains | August 25, 2014 1 Comment
VIDEO: Bariloche, Argentina August Highlight Reel by SGT This video was made by our friends at Sass Global Travel (SGT). We has nothing but powder here in Bariloche, Argentina during the first two weeks of August. SGT captured it well. The Southern Hemisphere provided the necessary winter weather for the first two sold-out sessions of the season. With less than desirable winter conditions elsewhere throughout the Andes, SASS figured out how to utilize the amazing alpine terrain at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina. The skier crew started their summer shred with SASS’s standard avalanche awareness program and […] SnowBrains | August 21, 2014 3 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Big Mountain Park Skiing Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina has a chairlift called Nubes. It’s a high speed quad that rises 2,000-feet to the top of the mountain. It accesses steep, jagged terrain, cliff hucks, cruisy groomers, wide open bowls, natural halfpipes, and the terrain park. Nubes would be a solid chair anywhere. Nubes is the key to days like today. Like Tahoe, Bariloche experiences mid-winter springtimes. If you embrace them, they’re […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 21, 2014 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: Wind-Swept Beauty Bariloche had a big, sunny wind storm yesterday. It close the ski resort down for most the day. It buffed things out a bit and definitely pressed the snow down. I didn’t see any snow today that wasn’t wind affected in some way. I headed back out to Alaskita today. On the ski out there, I ran into the SGT crew. SGT is a ski/snowboard camp here in Bariloche that guides skiers and riders both inbounds and out. Today, they did a sweet tour. Alasita Run = Short Spines, Big Convex Face, to Fingers & Chutes. I made it to the top of Alaskita in about an hour after an uneventful ski and skin. The views today were precisoa. Temperatures were on the warm […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 13, 2014 2 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Cliff-Hucking Good Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina was closed yesterday due to high winds and a wet storm. Snow levels were high. It likely rained to the top yesterday. As the storm was ending, it got cold and dropped some good snow. This morning was bluebird. I ran straight up Nubes and found ok snow. It was very wind pressed and punchy and I nailed a rock on my first lap. As I was coming down Nubes they opened the chair. I stayed and got in 3 more runs before deciding to check out La Laguna. When I got to Laguna I realized that […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 10, 2014 2 Comments
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