Italian Ski Racer in Induced Coma After Training Crash in Chile After a serious accident during training in Chile, Italian ski racer Matteo Franzoso has been hospitalized and put in an induced coma. The 25-year-old, originally from Genoa but raised on the slopes of Sestriere, is in intensive care in Santiago after a crash that caused a severe head injury. The medically induced coma after a serious brain injury is used […] Competition Julia Schneemann | September 14, 2025 0 Comments
Mountain Capital Partners Plans Takeover of Chile’s Andacor Family Owned Ski Company, Expanding Footprint Across Andes Mountain Capital Partners (MCP), the largest ski area operator in the U.S. Southwest and current operator of Valle Nevado and La Parva in Chile, has announced plans to acquire a controlling stake in Andacor S.A., a family-owned company that operates four ski areas across central and southern Chile. The proposed acquisition, announced July 2, remains subject to customary corporate and […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | July 3, 2025 0 Comments
South America’s Ski Season is Here With 2 Resorts Open and 7 Kicking Off Soon The 2025-26 ski season is a little more than five months away for most people living in the Northern Hemisphere. However, the start of June means skiing south of the equator is just about to begin. Typically, ski resorts in South America open in the first week to the second week of June, depending on the weather. Some ski resorts […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | June 15, 2025 1 Comment
Valle Nevado and La Parva, Chile, Announce Over $4 Million in Improvements, Expanded Offerings for 2025 Ski Season As anticipation builds for the 2025 winter season in the Southern Hemisphere, Valle Nevado and La Parva, two of the Andes’ most iconic ski destinations, have announced over $4 million in capital improvements and upgrades to enhance the guest experience. Both resorts are investing in lift modernization, expanded snowmaking and terrain offerings, hotel renovations, and new amenities that reflect a […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 27, 2025 0 Comments
Chilean Ski Resorts Get 2021 Ski Season Underway After a mostly non-existent 2020 ski season, several ski resorts in Chile have opened for the 2021 ski season. El Colorado, Valle Nevado, Corralco, La Parva and Nevados de Chillán are among those open. These late-June/ early-July openings are a bit later than normal, however, locals are stoked to be back on snow. Currently, conditions are mainly machine groomed trails […] Conditions Report Nic Stathos | July 8, 2021 0 Comments
El Colorado and La Parva In Chile Prepare For Opening This Week The waiting has come to an end as El Colorado and La Parva in Chile prepare for their opening this week. About two months have passed since the first snowfalls and the Ski Centers considered the season lost due to the coronavirus. Today in August the reality is different. Related: 3 More Argentinian Ski Resorts Open for Winter 2020 \ Cerro […] Industry News Sebastian Opazo | August 17, 2020 0 Comments
Trip Report: La Parva, Chile – Visiting the Neighbor Despite all the years of skiing a few feet away, I had not been given the opportunity to meet my neighbor, La Parva. Chile is in quarantine, even so, certain communes of the Capital are allowed mobility and the practice of sports with their corresponding measures. Among these communes is Lo Barnechea, which the mountain town Farellones belongs to. The […] Trip Report Sebastian Opazo | August 10, 2020 0 Comments
Lack of Snow Closes Another Chile Ski Resort | La Parva Closed on Sunday Ski resort La Parva in Chile has become the latest casualty of the exceptional dry spell affecting the central Andes. The resort closed for the season early, on Sunday 1st September, citing lack of snow as the reason. La Parva joins Chilean resorts Ski Arpa who failed to open at all and El Colorado who announced they too will be […] Weather WeatherBrains | September 3, 2019 0 Comments
Snow In Argentina and Chile, More on its Way | Photo Tour and Forecasts It had already snowed in the Andes mountain range, but the day before yesterday’s storm was the most significant so far. Most ski resorts in Argentina and Chile woke up covered with white, specially the northern ones. As opening of the southern season approaches, temperatures are decreasing, and snow is starting to fall. Las Leñas, Argentina Valle Nevado, Chile La Parva, Chile […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | May 10, 2017 0 Comments
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: 300 Earthquakes & Powder On the Sept 16 earthquake, it was 8.4 Richter, lasted over 2 minutes, and shook the hell out of La Parva. The epicenter was about 250km north of Santiago, in a relatively sparsely populated area near Illapel. There have been over 300 aftershocks, including 15 above 6.0, but most have not been perceived in Santiago. 13 dead, hundreds of homes seriously damaged, and the coastal infrastructure was trashed in particular in Tongoy, Coquimbo, and La Serena. Tsunami flowed up to 500m inland. This map shows those replicas above 4, stars are […] Conditions Report Guest Author | September 21, 2015 0 Comments
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: The Return of Powder What 25 cm of fluffy stuff can do! The base was rock hard and chocolate chips were sprouting after all the heat last week, but mondays snowfall was just enough to put things right. One of the more-skied-out runs, Las Flores: Light stuff! Clouded over later, but riding was still nice: What 25 cm of fluffy stuff can do! The base was […] Conditions Report Guest Author | September 10, 2015 0 Comments
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: Metamorphosis… No New Snow in 18 Days No new snow in 18 days, but I made the best of the metamorphosing snow in La Parva last weekend, after a couple of days of blasting winds and clouds. On Saturday, the low light was partly compensated by the dirty snow off piste, so you could see something while picking out the windpack lines amidst fields of hacked and tortured snow. Sunday the sun came out and everything looked so much better! Conditions Report Guest Author | September 2, 2015 0 Comments
Valle Nevado, Chile Snow Update: No New Snow in 2 Weeks This means either you ski the most recently groomed run possible, or go looking for bits of off piste like lower slopes that aren’t too hacked up and get warm enough to soften, or those snaking drift lines at higher altitudes where the wind packs the snow smooth and chalky. I skied Valle Nevado from La Parva yesterday and had a fun day in spite of a lack of grooming (which makes a big difference). While I try to avoid bashing ski areas, some constructive criticism is needed. VN has […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 28, 2015 1 Comment
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: After 51″ of New Snow No new snow since the light snowfall yesterday, but the high clouds broke early, the sun finally came out, and the low clouds hovered menacingly at about the altitude of Farellones. All lifts opened except Nevada (broke motor), with Las Aguilas being the last to open due to avalanche control. The packed base is between 70cm and 120cm, and is fairly evenly distributed. Seems there were high winds and a couple of warm spells during the last couple days. The runs are now being […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 9, 2015 0 Comments
Portillo, Chile Has No Snow, Pushes Back Opening Date to ??? Portillo, Chile still doesn’t have a flake of snow right now. They hoped to open by June 20th, then July 9th, and now they’ve pushed their opening date back to To Be Determined since there is still no snow and no snow in the forecast. Portillo isn’t alone in its lack of snow. Valle Nevado, Farallones, El Colorado, La Parva, and Ski Arpa are all currently without snow. Northern Chile has been experiencing a drought since 2007 and it appears to be continuing. Southern Chile is doing better. taking into account the most recent weather forecast and absence of snow for the […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 2, 2015 2 Comments
One Run in Chile in August Summer might be sweltering North of the Equator but down South the Winter is just kicking into full swing. Dive in and cool off with the simple joys of a top to bottom run with homies. No extreme shit, raw core sending, just simple joys and lots of stoke when shred fiends need it most. Shot at La Parva, Chile following the Eye of the Condor video […] Guest Author | August 20, 2013 1 Comment
Detailed Chile Conditions Reports July 31st – August 14th via CASA Tours | Arpa, Chillan, La Parva, Valle Nevado words & photos by Gomez & CASA Tours CASA Tours Andes Explorer Trip Report: July 31 – August 2: Our first group of the South American winter arrived on July 31st, 2013. We headed up to the Tres Valles region and rallied around the groomers of La Parva & Valle Nevado. Off-piste was coral reef conditions and still […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 17, 2013 3 Comments
TGR Wins “Eye of the Condor” Photo Competition in La Parva, Chile | VIDEO TGR has won the “Eye of the Condor” photography competition in La Parva, Chile. They had tough conditions right until the last day when the got some snow and visibility. Despite tough conditions, these guys threw down and got some great photos in the process. TGR’s Team: Skiers: Tim Durtschi Colter Hinchliffe Matt Philippi Film & Edit: Nick Kalisz Photos: […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 13, 2013 1 Comment
“Eye of the Condor III” Comp @ La Parva, Chile Video Update Wow, they’ve kinda made this thing look baller. Shirt collars and baseball hats? Red carpet with flash bulbs firing? Mini Coopers & TV hosts? Drinking beer? Ok, freeskiers do always drink beer, but the rest is fancy for us. Despite heinous conditions in Chile this past week, people are putting it on the line and getting the shots. A storm […] SnowBrains | August 9, 2013 2 Comments
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