Guide to Skiing the Refugio Frey Backcountry in Bariloche, Argentina: So, you’ve booked a flight to Buenos Aires. The plan is to go ski in South America – The dream is coming true! However, as the trip gets closer you start realizing a few things. 1) You haven’t actually planned anything. 2) You aren’t a baller and your Northern Hemisphere winter job at a restaurant in a ski town isn’t going to allow you to ski the lifts for more than a few days. 3) The reports are coming in from down south that they are having the […] Featured Article Aaron Rice | July 25, 2018 7 Comments
VIDEO: Skiing Patagonia Powder from Refugio Frey, Bariloche, Argentina Skiing Patagonia is the dream for many skiers. Taking off from the heat, the stress, and the crowds that come with summer to shred pow in South America and escape from reality, for whatever amount of time is affordable, can shift the state of mind for the rest of the summer season. In the webisode series South Lines, Adria Millan […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | September 27, 2016 0 Comments
Refugio Frey, Patagonia Backcountry Hut Report: Wind, Powder, & Pizza We set off from the base of Catedral on a adventure of epic proportions. It was Ashley, our guide Lucas Jacobson who is a Bariloche local, and Alex Lemieux a guide from Utah who also joined for the quick trip to the hut. First challenge on Tuesday was the high winds and closed lifts on the mountain. We could have taken the summer trail but it would m have been half the fun. We set off and skinned from the base to the top ridge near the Nubes Chair. Once at the ridge we were faced with 60+ mile per hour winds and an icy traverse across a sketch patch. Falling was not an option. […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 17, 2014 2 Comments
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