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
[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
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Opens Today for Skiing | First Time Ever Open in April In a shock announcement yesterday, Catedral Alta Patagonia in Argentina said it will open for skiing today, the first time it’s ever opened in April. The resort usually opens in June. Related: [PHOTOS] Big Snow Blankets South American Ski Areas—Is 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
Continued Border Closures Restrict Travel to South America South America instituted some of the world’s strictest lockdowns due to Covid-19. International travel was completely shut off when several countries instituted border closures. Popular ski resorts such as Portillo, Chile, Valle Nevado, Chile, and Las Lenas, Argentina never opened due to restrictions or announced before the season started they wouldn’t open for the South American winter season. While most […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | September 9, 2020 0 Comments
3 More Argentinian Ski Resorts Open for Winter 2020 | Cerro Bayo, Chapelco, and Cerro Castor Now Open The coronavirus can only do so much to keep ski resorts closed in Argentina, which just opened three more of its ski resorts for the 2020 ski season. Success — so far… The tweet above reads that Chapelco is now open for the 2020 winter season. The ski resort of Chapelco said in a written statement regarding their opening: “Cerro […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | August 4, 2020 0 Comments
Chief of Patrol at Cerro Catedral, Argentina Killed During Avalanche Mitigation Today The Chief of Patrol at Cerro Catedral, Argentina died today after being caught in an avalanche while conducting avalanche mitigation work. Mario Ruiz and his team were carrying out pre-opening tasks this morning when the avalanche occurred in the northern sector of Catedral in an area named “Avalancha”. The ski area has seen large accumulations of snow in the last […] Avalanche AvyBrains | July 27, 2020 1 Comment
Cerro Catedral, Argentina to Open July 21st | First South American Resort to Open Cerro Catedral has announced that they will open next week, on Monday, July 21st, becoming the first resort in South America to start their lifts turning. With no domestic nor international flights in or out of Argentina, locals will have their own private powder playground. The opening of Cerro Catedral will take place next week after a request from the municipality […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 16, 2020 0 Comments
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