Lifts Remain Stationary as South America Experiences Best Start to a Season in 15-Years The lifts remain stationary at resorts in South America while the snow piles up on the slopes in what locals are saying is the best snowy start to a season in 15-years. ✨ Beautiful day gives us the mountain range ⛄️❄️ what was so lacking in our mountain 🏂🏔⛷ It has not snowed in this way for 15 years and […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 1, 2020 0 Comments
Ski Portillo, Chile, Postpones Opening “Indefinitely” Normally, adventure-seekers and snow junkies would be delighted to hear that it’s been snowing hard recently in the region of the Andes Mountains home to world-class ski resort Ski Portillo. But this is no normal year. Because the heartbreaking news left Chile this week that Ski Portillo might not be opening for their 2020 winter season. The ski resort has […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | June 23, 2020 0 Comments
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: El Colorado, Farellones, Chile In the corner of the world, there is a country that was born from the wide Pacific Ocean, it walks through desert and forests and finally rises on the high peaks of the Andes mountains. Chile is a long ski of 2,672-miles (4,300km) located in the South East of South America and it’s considered one the best places to do […] Industry News Sebastian Opazo | June 19, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: [MTB] 3 Hot Minutes of Pedro Burns in Chile Pedro Burns is seriously pushing the envelope down in Chili. And the variety of terrain he attacks is truly impressive. He keeps a wicked high pace on loose and gross scree while maintaining silky flow, then rips into an all-out urban line, and finishes mowing through deep techy ruts in the forest. Pedro is definitely on another level. Elliot Levey | June 17, 2020 0 Comments
Las Leñas Ski Resort, Argentina Will Not Open for the 2020 Ski Season Due to Coronavirus Las Leñas ski resort in Argentina announced today that they will not be opening for the 2020 winter ski season. The premier ski resort nestled in the high Andes of Argentina said that it will not open for the 2020 winter ski season because of coronavirus concerns. Las Leñas is arguably the best ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere due […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | May 20, 2020 0 Comments
Everything is Connected: Glaciers In New Zealand Contaminated With Australian Bushfire’s Ashes Last Wednesday, the first of January 2020, people in the South Island of New Zealand woke up to what has been described as an “orange haze and red sun”, caused by the drifting smoke coming from the bushfires in Australia. The wildfires have been burning for more than 2 months, more specifically in the states of New South Wales and […] Brains Micho | January 3, 2020 1 Comment
Chile Air Force Plane With 38 Onboard Heading to Antarctica Missing in Notorious Drake’s Passage Chile’s air force lost radio contact with a transport plane en-route to Antarctica carrying 38 people on Monday evening, and authorities indicated several hours later that they were not optimistic about the aircraft’s fate, reports the AP. The C-130 Hercules was carrying 17 crew members and 21 passengers, including three civilians. The personnel were going to check on a floating […] SnowBrains | December 11, 2019 0 Comments
UPDATED: Chilean Ski Resort, Valle Nevado, Just Opened A Brand New Bike Park In The Andes One of Chile’s most popular ski resort, Valle Nevado, is expanding its operations and has just announced “Valle Bike”, a whole new bike experience that might have something for every mountain bike enthusiast out there. The whole idea is to create an area where Downhill, Enduro, and Cross country can be practiced. The vast terrain available makes it possible to […] Cycle Micho | December 6, 2019 1 Comment
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