Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: Backcountry Bliss Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina just got a 2-foot storm. Yesterday, the snow was light and fluffy in La Laguna and just about everywhere on the mountain. As always happens in the Andes, the wind blew last night and pressed the snow pretty good in most spots. Upper and Lower La Laguna held up to the wind well and stayed relatively light and fluffy. The Playground got wind pressed and the afternoon sun that came out yesterday cooked it pretty good. The snow was punchy and catchy in the Playground today. Lower Laguna was stellar […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 10, 2014 1 Comment
Las Lenas, Argentina Video Report: Proof That Wet Snow is Better Than Dry Snow Las Lenas generally has dry snow and is a rocky, sharky, ski destroying land. Last week, they got 5 feet of wet snow. The wet snow covered rocks, created pillows and filled things in like never before. People who love dry snow don’t understand that wet snow can make magic happen. If you know Las Lenas, you’ll be shocked by this video. Those rocks Adria is doing 360s off are usually bare, […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 9, 2014 1 Comment
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: From Bone Dry to Powder Fly This video proves, once again, that Portillo has incredible terrain. Wow. Northern Chile has had a dry winter this year. Portillo is the furthest north ski resort in Chile that we know of. It sits at the same latitude as San Diego, CA. Just last week Portillo released this statement on their Facebook page and their website: “Most of our lifts are functioning and all of the major slopes have adequate snow […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 27, 2014 3 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report: 17-Inch Powder Day With 40 cm of new snow in 24 hours and over 1.5 meters over the past week we headed to Treble Cone to find some pow. You could see the snow line was much lower today and it was quite cold. The first obstacle of the day was the chain requirement from the bottom of the dirt road for all 2wd vehicles including our JUCY Box. The views from the access road were even more spectacular today: a deep blue sky, bright sun and a bit of fog mixed in. Treble Cone has only 2 chair lifts and one feeds the other. Obstacle number 2: a long line. Don’t people work anymore? It took about 25 minutes to get on the 6-pack chair. The goal was to get over to […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 12, 2014 0 Comments
2 Foot Powder Day in Bariloche, Argentina: As Good As It Gets Today was a great day at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. The snow was about as good as it gets here. It snowed hard and blew hard yesterday leaving us with up to two feet of semi dense, wind-pressed snow. The kind of snow you can open it up in, but can still speed check in anytime. It was also good for hucking provided you had a steep landing. It didn’t give much on flat landings… I started the day with two laps on the mellow terrain Punta Nevada […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 6, 2014 7 Comments
VIDEO: Bat Caca Crazy Ripping in Las Lenas This Week… This video is our boy Adira Millan getting bat caca crazy at Las Lenas, Argentina on August 4th, 2014. Think this guy knows these lines well… Whoa! These words are by our boy Eike Poppelmeier. Marte Powder Day Monday 4th of august After a few rain/snow storms in the past week the upper part of the mountain has finaly filled in nicely. With no wind in the forecast – a blue bird […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 6, 2014 2 Comments
Bariloche, Argentina Backcountry & Avalanche Report: Powder & Insane Vistas Today was bluebird at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina. After getting 6 feet of snow and a lot of rain in the past week, the mountain has been left with fresh snow and a lot of X-factor ice. You could open up up high, but down low, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 4, 2014 7 Comments
Treble Cone, NZ Conditions Report: Rain, Lightning, Sketchy Pow, & Korean Food It rained since we arrived in Wanaka on Tuesday and we patiently waited for the wind and lightning to stop by eating at the local Korean restaurant and fishing in the nearby rivers and making a day trip to Queenstown about an 1 hour west. Finally, the weather turned and Treble Cone reopened on Sunday and a huge crowd showed up. Only the lower mountain was open in the morning, as they were de-icing and prepping the Saddle Basin chair and terrain. There are so many obstacles and the coverage is so thin that we saw 2 ski patroller sleds come down with injured people BEFORE 10 am […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 3, 2014 0 Comments
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