Portillo, Chile Just Got 6.5-FEET of Snow “Over the last seven days we received six and a half feet of snow, and half of that came in the last 48 hours,” Ski Portillo via a press release this morning Portillo, Chile is arguably the most famous ski resort in South America and it holds some of South America’s best terrain. They literally had 0.00″ of snow on the ground last week. This week, they have 6.5 feet of snow on the ground after a huge snowstorm clobbered the place this past weekend. Just up the hill from Portillo is the border between Chile and Argentina and a high mountain pass called Libertadores. The border patrol is claiming they received 9-feet of snow this past week on […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 13, 2015 5 Comments
80-Inches of Snow Forecast for Chile This Week: Northern Chile has had a slow start to the ski season this summer. That may all be about to change as 80″ of snow is forecast for ski resorts in northern Chile. Valle Nevado, one of the most popular ski areas in Chile that sits just outside of Chile’s capital city of Santiago is forecast to receive 207cms (81″) of snow this week by snow-forecast.com. If this snowfall comes through the way its forecast to, northern Chilean ski resorts will certainly be able to get open this week. […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 6, 2015 0 Comments
Chile Declares “Enviro-Emergency” Due to Intense Smog in Santiago The Chilean government has declared an environmental emergency for the Santiago metropolitan area today, Monday, June 22nd, 2015. They have forced 900 industries to shut down today as well as 40% of Santiago’s 1.7 million cars. The horrible air pollution in Santiago is being blamed on the lack of storm, wind, and rain in Santiago this year. So far, Santiago has received only 1.2 centimeters of rain this year putting them at only 14% of normal precipitation. “We’re currently facing unusual conditions, with one of the driest Junes […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 22, 2015 1 Comment
Chilean Ski Resorts are Getting “California-ed” Despite the first day of winter arriving yesterday, the majority of Chilean ski resorts are yet to get their first sticking snowfall of the season this year. Northern Chile is doing especially poor this season with ski resort giants such a Portillo & Valle Nevado completely devoid of snow right now. “In all my years here, the snow has never taken so long to arrive or the season so long to start.” – Haydee Pereira, 15-year Valle Nevado employee These ski resorts in Northern Chile planned to open on June 20th. Due to the lack of snow, their opening dates are To Be Determined. Chile has been experiencing a drought for the past 8 years. Chile’s […] SnowBrains | June 22, 2015 3 Comments
Stunning 4K Video of Chile’s April Volcano Eruption Chile is the land of natural disasters – some more beautiful than others. Enormous earthquakes and huge volcanic explosions seem the norm in Chile. Pucon ski resort is closed for the season after the volcano it lives on erupted this year. This Calbuco eruption captured on 4K in southern Chile is simply spectacular to watch. This eruption closed down the Bariloche, Argentina airport and threw ash into town. In 2011 […] SnowBrains | June 16, 2015 0 Comments
Skiing Thy Myth & Majesty of Patagonia’s Cerro San Lorenzo Patagonian is known as place of vast lands, emptiness and specially by its two icon peaks Cerro Torre and Fitz roy that both rounds the 3200/ 3300 mts, and are famous for their golden granite and ice mushrooms fantasy terrain that they offer. But usually, people dont talk much about the Skiing peaks in Patagonia, which are a golden jewell as well. First we have Cerro San Valentin barely touching the 4200 mts, in the middle of the Northern Patagonia Ice Cap, a mountain that holds a lot of bad weather for most of the […] Guest Author | June 10, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Portillo, Chile 2014 Season Highlights I spent my fourth season ski instructing, coaching, and freeskiing in the legendary Ski Portillo, Chile. It sits along the edge of La Lugana del Inca surrounded by jagged and awe inspiring 13,000 foot peaks. The views are amazing and the skiing is even better. Portillo offers some of the best off-piste skiing in the world. There is everything from steep technical chutes to wide open bowls. With a little bit of hiking the possibilities are […] Andrew Rumph | June 3, 2015 1 Comment
First Snow of the Year for South America | Photo Tour: Are you starting to think about the South American winter season? South America is. So much that she just experienced her first snow of the season in the southern latitudes. Baguales, Bariloche, Catedral, Cerro Chapelco, Corralco, Villarica and more all just got their first hit of snow of the 2015 winter season. It’ll surely melt away before the next snowfall, but it’s a sign of the changing of the seasons and you’ve gotta like that. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | April 20, 2015 0 Comments
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