Skier Triggered Avalanche at Catedral Ski Resort in Bariloche, Argentina Today: A 20 minute hike from the Del Bosque chair at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina brings you to La Laguna. La Laguna is the backcountry. No avalanche control, no patrollers, no medical equipment, no nothing. Today, there was a skier triggered avalanche at the top of La Laguna. A skier skied into this line and triggered the avalanche. He fortunately didn’t get caught in the slide. He was lucky. About 90% of the humans who hike into La Laguna have no backpacks, no […] Avalanche Miles Clark | August 7, 2014 4 Comments
2 Foot Powder Day in Bariloche, Argentina: As Good As It Gets Today was a great day at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. The snow was about as good as it gets here. It snowed hard and blew hard yesterday leaving us with up to two feet of semi dense, wind-pressed snow. The kind of snow you can open it up in, but can still speed check in anytime. It was also good for hucking provided you had a steep landing. It didn’t give much on flat landings… I started the day with two laps on the mellow terrain Punta Nevada […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 6, 2014 7 Comments
Las Lenas, Argentina July Recap/Long Range Forecast: To avoid beating around the bush, July was a complete bust. They may have manged one meter the entire month, with the biggest storm dropping 40 cm (16 inches). So much for the Weatherbrains prediction of a big July. The fantasy charts from the timing perspective performed really well but from the intensity perspective failed miserably. All the storms were trying to come through the ridge, instead of using the ridge as a steering […] Weather WeatherBrains | August 5, 2014 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry & Avalanche Report: Powder & Insane Vistas Today was bluebird at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. After getting 6 feet of snow and a lot of rain in the past week, the mountain has been left with fresh snow and a lot of X-factor ice. You could open up up high, but down low, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 4, 2014 7 Comments
6+ Feet of New Snow in a Week in Bariloche, Argentina | Report: Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina has been closed for the past 5 days. Ripping wind, dumping snow, and pouring rain made lift operations unrealistic. It’s been a wild ride. Last weekend, Catedral got 40cms of snow right down to the base. Then it got warm, but the upper mountain still got 40cms (17 inches) on July 28th, 50cms (20 inches) on July 29th, 65cms (25 inches) on July 30th, 30cms (20 inches) on August 1st, and 20cms (8 inches) on August 2nd. That adds up to 205 cms […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 3, 2014 1 Comment
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: La Laguna is Ready With the upper mountain open there is plenty of riding to be found and you can access runs from the Top at Nubes chair down to Princesa 1 chair. The pistes have good snow coverage however in places there are icy patches so be aware although this softens up throughout the day! For the more adventurous of you La Laguna is a short hike and some great snow can be found at the top with riding down to the bottom of Del Bosque chair which was open today for the first time in two weeks. But the really great news is Bariloche is braced to receive a big dump of snow this […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 28, 2014 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: 3-Foot Base Up Top Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina is starting to build up enough snowpack to make things interesting. Actually, from these photos, the upper mountain is looking damn good. One of our reporters there, local ripper Julian, just sent us these photos and this report. He’s reporting that there is over a 3 foot base at the top and that you can ski to the bottom. Many years, you can never ski all the way to the bottom. Sounds like […] Conditions Report Guest Author | July 18, 2014 0 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Powder Day & Photo Tour Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina has had a bumpy start. They opened, then had to close again after a big rain storm. Today, it’s lookin’ like things are shaping up again. New snow has fallen and the upper mountain and things are lookin’ ok up there. Still looks like there is a ways to go before people are truly freeriding, but at least you can hit the groomers and there is a bit of pow. We’ll have a reporter stationed in Bariloche beginning in […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 3, 2014 0 Comments
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