Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry Report: “Overexposed in Alaskita” Today was the first sunny day since Bariloche, Argentina’s 2-foot Monday storm. The storm was cold storm and things remained cold until today. I used the sunny weather to get out to my favorite backcountry zone in the area, Alaskita. I arrived on top of Alaskita at noon, exactly when things were heating up. I could feel it in the air and a bit in the snow. I could see the avalanche debris from a small avalache (likely caused by a small cornice collapse) near the bottom of the upper spines. It looked fresh. I felt that the upper spines of Alaskita […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 12, 2014 8 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
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: 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
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
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: 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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