List of Opening Dates for South America as Storms Drop Feet of Snow Who’s excited about another ski season? Yes, we know there are some North American resorts with lifts still turning, but if you want real winter, real snowfall, and really freezing temperatures that require more than just a t-shirt for shredding, you need to head south of the equator to South America. New Zealand is leading the way with lifts turning […] Weather WeatherBrains | June 5, 2018 2 Comments
Valle Nevado, Chile – Going Beyond the Boundary Valle Nevado, Chile is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and while it’s often touted as one of the best resorts in the Southern Hemisphere, with epic terrain and an awesome infrastructure (and amazing food, wine and accommodations), one of its true gems lies beyond the ski area boundary. And the options are truly endless, with everything from boot packs […] D’Arcy McLeish | June 1, 2018 0 Comments
Summer Stoke: Skiing in the Southern Hemisphere [arve url="https://vimeo.com/133572364"] Greg Obernesser | May 21, 2018 15 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
In 2017, Costa Rica Has Gone 300+ Days Running Off Of Renewable Energy According to ICE, Costa Rica has run almost entirely off of renewable energy in 2017. For over 300 days, the country has derived 100% of its power from renewable energy sources. This comes nearly a decade after they set a goal to become completely carbon neutral by 2012. Thus far in 2017, 78.26% of electricity came from hydropower, 10.29% from wind, 10.23% from geothermal energy, […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 5, 2017 1 Comment
VIDEO: Argentina | Southern Hemisphere Winter With SASS Global Travel & JANKYfilms If you weren’t in South America this summer you should be having major FoMo. JANKYfilms headed South for an endless winter and boy did they hit it right. It was an insanely good season in Argentina. Room For Improvement, “Argentina”, Webisode #4 From JANKYfilms “It was a great summer spent in the backcountry surrounding Cerro Catedral – Catedral Alta Patagonia with SASS Global Travel and the […] LadyBrains | November 1, 2017 0 Comments
25-Year-Old US Mountain Guide Dies After Skiing Into Deep Crevasse in Chile on Sunday According to BioBioChile, a 25-year-old US Mountain Guide died after skiing into a deep crevasse on 17,050′ Cerro Cortaderas in Chile. Caleb Ladue, a mountain guide at RMI Expeditions, was out skiing with 5 friends when he fell 160′ into a crevasse at the base of the glacier on Sunday, October 22nd, 2017. His group was unable to locate him in the crevasse at […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 26, 2017 2 Comments
The Mountain Collective Pass | 16 Destinations, 5 Continents, 6800″ of Powder, and the World’s Best Road Trip [sponsored by The Mountain Collective] So you’re finally doing it, you’ve decided on a season of skiing. You’ve picked your destination and plan on staying there the whole winter, becoming a local and shredding every single day. Only thing is, the snow doesn’t come where you are, whilst the next state over is getting free refills. Daily. Don’t take that risk, […] Industry News Steven Agar | October 16, 2017 0 Comments
42″ of Snow Forecast in Bariloche, Argentina This Week! I just left Bariloche, Argentina on Saturday and just discovered today that they are about to get dumped on… They have 109cms (42″) of snow forecast in the next 6 days! Cerro Catedral ski resort is open until October 8th, 2017. Catedral had a phenomenal season this year with 33 powder days in a row from August 7th – September […] Weather WeatherBrains | October 2, 2017 0 Comments
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