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
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
Didn’t Get Enough Pow This Winter? Shred Nevados de Chillan This Summer: For many of us out West, winter wasn’t exactly what we had hoped for. We’re being left wanting more. Luckily, there’s the Southern Hemisphere winter. In the Southern Hemisphere, the place that gets the most snow is Nevados de Chillan ski resort in Las Trancas Chile. It’s the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere and it delivers. Evo knows that Nevados de Chillan delivers and they’ll be taking skiers and riders there this summer. Learn more about evo’s 2015 Chile Trip here: evo 2015 Chile Trip […] Sponsored | April 1, 2015 1 Comment
2014 South America Recap: Nevados de Chillan and Las Leñas I spent two months skiing in South America this summer, and it was fun! My trip took me to Nevados de Chillan for two weeks, Las Leñas for a month, and the Cordon del Plata for a week. I’ve been coming down here for nine years now, which makes me feel kind of old, but also very fortunate. The majority of these photos were taken by Moritz Morlok. Thanks Boyscout! I arrived in Santiago in the middle of August. Typically I head straight to Las Leñas, but things were looking a bit dry and warm there, so I decided to go south to Nevados de Chillan instead. I’ve been hearing good things about Nevados in recent years, and it seems to be the […] Backcountry Lee Lyon | October 19, 2014 3 Comments
Nevados de Chillan, Chile 2014 Highlight Video with Ingrid Backstrom & Julian Carr Nevados de Chillan is a small ski area on a big volcano in southern Chile. It’s the Mt. Baker of the Southern Hemisphere. It snows a lot here, always. This year was a low snow year most places in South America, but Chillan still got theirs. Ingrid Backstrom, Julian Carr, and Todd Ligare […] SnowBrains | October 2, 2014 3 Comments
Nevados de Chillan Conditions Report: Deep Snow, Big Wind After a few days of poor conditions around the 3 Valley resorts we decided to pull the plug and grab a last minute flight down to Nevados de Chillan to try to hook up with the Ingrid Backstrom Women’s Camp and hit the forecasted storm. We could not have timed it better. The night drive up was an adventure with about a foot of snow on the […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 8, 2014 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
Big Snow Coming to Bariloche, Argentina & Nevados de Chillan, Chile | Up to 33” Forecasted It’s been a mostly dry for the past month in Bariloche, Argentina. All anyone can talk about is the lack of snow. Conditions have been springlike and fun, but the mountain needs snow, badly. The past few days there has been snow in the forecast for this coming weekend. Now, all anyone can talk about in Bariloche is the coming […] Weather Miles Clark | August 1, 2013 3 Comments
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