17″ of Snow Forecast for Las Lenas, Argentina Next 3 Days: Las Lenas, Argentina is having the season that so many people have dreamed about for so long. It’s been a bit windy and stormy this year (read: Marte closed, there are no trees here, white out, basically staying home and not skiing) but some long time locals are saying it’s the best season since 2011.It’s been snowing for 3 days or so, then clearing up for a week or so. This is the perfect pattern for Lenas because you need those clear days to settle the avalanche danger and get deep into the incredible backcountry there. In the next 3 days, Las Lenas is forecast to get 17″ of new snow. Then, it’s gonna clear up and be potentially perfect. […] Weather SnowBrains | September 14, 2015 5 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
NOAA’s El Nino Outlook Looking GOOD for South American Winter: NOAA just released their Summer El Nino Outlook and it’s looking very good for South American ski resorts. When you look at the NOAA map above, find the green circle in southwestern South America. That green circle indicates a forecast of wetter than average conditions this southern winter in the southern Andes mountains. That green circle holds all the best ski resorts in Chile and Argentina including Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina and Las Lenas, Argentina. The best time to ski the Andes is approximately August 1st […] Weather Sponsored | June 2, 2015 4 Comments
Will El Nino = Big Snow for South America? | Early Storm Hits the Andes… Las Lenas and the Andes got hit pretty hard by an early season storm at the beginning of this month. Most of the energy hit Las Lenas north into the Santiago mountains. This last storm that hit was not particularly a cold storm it started off with some wet paste, and then turned to rain briefly at the base of Las Lenas, which sits at 7,349. The […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 5, 2014 1 Comment
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