Ski Portillo, Chile, Closing Day 2024, Report: Is it 2025 Yet? Report from September 21-22, 2024 Ski Portillo is just over two hours from the Santiago Airport. Although bus, private driver, and helicopter transfers are available, we opted for a rental car. The drive through the foothills was full of vineyards, which made for a great halfway stop. Once in the valley, traffic started to slow behind trucks traveling through the […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 24, 2024 1 Comment
Where in the World Will it Snow This Week? These are the Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of September 22 – October 1, 2024 It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. While waiting for the season to start in North America, we focus on where the snow will fall south of the equator. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this list […] Weather Brent Thomas | September 22, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Chapelco, Argentina, Report: Summer Skiing in the Tahoe of South America Report from Monday September 16, 2024 Skiing Cerro Chapelco is located three hours from San Carlos de Bariloche Airport. Only 25 minutes from San Martin de los Andes, it is a gem of a hidden ski town. The town is located in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped northern Patagonian mountains directly on Lago Lácar. The drive from Bariloche called […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 17, 2024 0 Comments
Where in the World Will it Snow This Week? These are the Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of September 15-24, 2024 It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. While waiting for the season to start in North America, we focus on where the snow will fall south of the equator. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing where the snow is piling up so you can live vicariously through others, this […] Weather Brent Thomas | September 15, 2024 0 Comments
Where in the World Will it Snow This Week? These are the Top 5 Forecasted Resorts for the 10 Days of September 8-17, 2024 It’s always snowing somewhere, and fresh snow is the essence of skiing and snowboarding. While waiting for the season to start in North America, we focus on where the snow will fall south of the equator. However, snowfall in Europe this week puts Austria at the top of the list. Whether you are chasing the deepest conditions or love seeing […] Weather Brent Thomas | September 8, 2024 0 Comments
Patagonia, Argentina, Backcountry Report: Lenga Tree Forest Powder Skiing & a Sad Avalanche Story Report from September 4, 2024 Tuesday night was windy as hell… The wind woke me up a few times down here in town and that has happened very few times in my 14 seasons here. I knew in the night that we’d have to downgrade our plans and be real safe out there the next day. The wind from Tuesday […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 5, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Report: Tasty Tree Skiing as Ice Finally Turns to Powder in Patagonia Report from September 2, 2024 August was a rough month here. Cold, icy, un-snowy. Our hopes were set on a snowy September and on Day 1 of September, it snowed… We got out there on Tuesday, September 2, to sample the goods. Our first run in the trees was splendid. The snow wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t deep, and we were […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 4, 2024 0 Comments
Trip Report: The Sensational Views of a Ski Adventure on Cerro Lopez, Argentina Report from August 29, 2024 One of the most gorgeous places on Earth is Bariloche, Argentina’s 6,811′ Cerro Lopez. The most breathtaking hike of my life was summiting this mountain and taking its north ridge right down into Lake Nahuel Huapi in March 2009. In July 2009, I skied from just above Refugio Lopez but never from the summit proper. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 1, 2024 0 Comments
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