And One Day it Snowed in Argentina… A Lot… | Before & After Photos: For the last three weeks, all we’ve done is talking about dryness, global warming, lack of snow. We’ve spend entire nights without sleeping, just staring at the computer, waiting forecasts to show some snow. We’ve screamed, we cried, we cursed every ski resort; we prayed every existent God. But nothing happened. Snow wouldn’t show up. Most people will never understand […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | July 11, 2016 2 Comments
Is Snow Finally Reaching the Southern Andes? Opening dates have been delayed day-after-day for the last couple of weeks in most of South American ski resorts. Except for Valle Nevado, La Parva, El Colorado and Portillo, all of them in Chile, and Penitentes in Argentina, the Southern Andes are experiencing a huge lack of snow. However, snow forecasts are really encouraging for some resorts in the next […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | July 4, 2016 0 Comments
South American Ski Resort Opening Dates for 2016: South American ski resorts just got buried in snow. Portillo ski resort in Chile reported 118″ of snow in the past 7 days.  Penitentes in Argentina reported 60″ in a few days last week. All this new snow bumped up opening dates in Chile. El Colorado ski resort in Chile is already open.  They opened on June 1st.  Many of […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 6, 2016 4 Comments
15-FEET of Snow Forecast for Chile This Week! Today, snow started to fall in the Central Andes, and it seems it won’t stop until next Saturday. Valle Nevado ski resort in Chile’s upper mountain, for example, is forecast to receive 15-Feet of Snow (185 inches) according to snow-forecast.com. Whoa! La Parva and El Colorado, which are just next to Valle Nevado, also expect a huge amount of snowfall […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | May 29, 2016 0 Comments
REAL Snow Conditions in South America 25 days till the beginning of the season. Most ski areas in Argentina and Chile are still brown. The little snow which had fallen has already melt, except for some higher peaks. But delicately, temperatures start to decrease. That’s good news. Winter approaches slowly. Snow is just around the corner. Forecast is encouraging for the Central Andes, specially for Chile. Some […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | May 27, 2016 2 Comments
VIDEO: Shredding An Argentinian Couloir At Mach 10 Speeds Adria Millan and Aymar Navarro shred this Argentinian Couloir at Mach 10 speeds. The speed didn’t even seem to phase them, they just did their thing and showed this couloir who’s boss. The Argentinian backcountry is currently shaping up nicely and its looking like it will be another sick season. Check this video out, its totally worth the watch! Backcountry Chris Wallner | May 25, 2016 0 Comments
It SNOWED in Las Leñas, Argentina | Photo Tour 29. That is the number of days before season officialy begins in Las Leñas Ski Resort, which last night got another good layer of snow. It didn’t snow a lot, but it was enought to cover with white the whole ski resort and its surroundings. The Andes Mountains are getting ready for winter in South America! Snowfall is supposed to […] Conditions Report Matias Ricci | May 19, 2016 0 Comments
Las Leñas, Argentina Second Big Snowfall | Photo Tour: Las Leñas, one of the most important ski resorts in Argentina and South America, is supposed to open June 18th. However, the resort was covered by snow once again this weekend. Will the season begin early here? PHOTOS: Conditions Report Matias Ricci | April 25, 2016 0 Comments
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