Big Mountains, Decent Snow and Skiing in July | Portillo, Chile Trip Report Skiing in the Southern Hemisphere is an experience. There is something about skiing fresh snow in July that doesn’t compute in your head…its supposed to be sunny, I’m supposed to be at the beach or something, but rather I’m skiing 5″ of fresh snow in late July in Chile…weird. Once you get over the mind block that says this isn’t right, its nothing but good, muy bueno. If you want to ski in the Southern Hemisphere during the North American summer you have two […] Conditions Report Jesse Cassidy | August 4, 2015 3 Comments
Skier Dies in Avalanche in Chile Today After Heavy Snowfall The Cronica Chillan newpaper is reporting that a 23-year old Viña del Mar, Chile named Luciano Cueneo Olhaberry died today from injuries suffered in an avalanche in the backcountry near the Nevados de Chillan ski resort in Chile. Luciano was skiing out of bounds with a foreigner who was reportedly also caught in the avalanche but escaped uninjured and was able to notify rescuers. Ski patrollers were able to locate the buried skier within 50 minutes. Luciano was not carry an avalanche transceiver, nor probe, nor shovel. Avalanche SnowBrains | August 3, 2015 3 Comments
El Colorado, Chile Conditions Report: Fast, Rocky and Firm Two weeks ago El Colorado and most of Central Chile received their first significant snowfall of the season, finally allowing the resorts to open after a long wait. Nearly two weeks later though without snow and El Colorado and neighboring Valle Nevada and La Parva are in dire need of snow once more. Over the weekend El Colorado was fast and icy, half the time it was a slide for life rather than actually making turns. None the less, skiing […] Conditions Report Jesse Cassidy | July 27, 2015 1 Comment
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: Flipping Good The snow is really fun right now. The groomers are in great shape. Garganta is a blast. It’s nice and chalky and really edge-able. You have to step over some rocks to get into it, but after that it’s great. Roca Jack and Caracara have good coverage but the north facing aspects are very sun affected from the warm temperatures lately. Their is some really fun skiing to be had off the traverse on the south facing aspects. You can still find some soft nice snow. The Lake Run is also skiing really well. I talked to some people who went heli skiing on Saturday and they said it was “awesome!” […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | July 27, 2015 0 Comments
AccuWeather: “El Nino Will Bring Heavy Snow to Southern Andes This Summer” AccuWeather is calling for a big southern winter in South American ski country due to El Nino this July, August, and September. NOAA is calling for the same. The building El Nino is forecast […] Sponsored | July 21, 2015 3 Comments
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: 90% Open After 6-Foot Storm A week and a half ago a massive storm hit Ski Portillo. The storm dumped 180cm/5.9ft of snow and made it possible for Portillo to open it’s doors for the sixty fifth time. The conditions are great at the moment. Approximately 90% of the skiable terrain is open. The groomers are in great shape and perfect for laying over some carved turns and the off-piste skiing is awesome. The south […] Conditions Report Andrew Rumph | July 20, 2015 0 Comments
Chile Surf & Culture Report: Barreling Waves & Penguins I spent the first two weeks of July surfing at Punta de Lobos, Chile. I surfed with two penguins on my second day. The water is crystal clear, cold (56ºF), and full of waves. This may be one of the most consistent waves in the world since a large point to the south of the wave blocks the prevailing south winds. The only thing that ruins the wave here is a north wind, which we unfortunately got a healthy dose of this July. When I was here last October, the wave was great 20 out of 21 days. This month for me it was 50/50. […] Surf Miles Clark | July 18, 2015 0 Comments
Nevados de Chillan, Chile Conditions Report: The Deep… Nevados de Chillan is the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere. It’s snow a lot here and it comes in big, deep dumps. Last weekend Chillan got 35″ of new snow up top with 100% of its terrain and chairlifts open. The forecast looks good for more snowfall this week with 23″ of snow in the forecast the next few days. It’s game on at Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Nevados de Chillan is the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere. It’s snow a lot here and it comes in big, deep dumps. Last weekend Chillan got 35″ of new snow up top with 100% of […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | July 16, 2015 0 Comments
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