La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: 300 Earthquakes & Powder On the Sept 16 earthquake, it was 8.4 Richter, lasted over 2 minutes, and shook the hell out of La Parva. The epicenter was about 250km north of Santiago, in a relatively sparsely populated area near Illapel. There have been over 300 aftershocks, including 15 above 6.0, but most have not been perceived in Santiago. 13 dead, hundreds of homes seriously damaged, and the coastal infrastructure was trashed in particular in Tongoy, Coquimbo, and La Serena. Tsunami flowed up to 500m inland. This map shows those replicas above 4, stars are […] Conditions Report Guest Author | September 21, 2015 0 Comments
Filling the Void left by Tahoe last Season in Argentina After dedicating his winter and all of his hard earned summer cash to being back in Tahoe last season and in return Tahoe saw its lowest snow year on record, Dylan Cautela was left with something to be desired in the form of skiing. The Maine native up and moved to Tahoe to work and ride at Squaw 4 years ago at the tender age of 18, giving up the things at […] Ryan Mulcahy | September 21, 2015 0 Comments
17″ of Snow Forecast for Las Lenas, Argentina Next 3 Days: Las Lenas, Argentina is having the season that so many people have dreamed about for so long. It’s been a bit windy and stormy this year (read: Marte closed, there are no trees here, white out, basically staying home and not skiing) but some long time locals are saying it’s the best season since 2011.It’s been snowing for 3 days or so, then clearing up for a week or so. This is the perfect pattern for Lenas because you need those clear days to settle the avalanche danger and get deep into the incredible backcountry there. In the next 3 days, Las Lenas is forecast to get 17″ of new snow. Then, it’s gonna clear up and be potentially perfect. […] Weather SnowBrains | September 14, 2015 5 Comments
Valle Nevado, Chile Conditions Report: Champagne Powder! After seeing a storm up north we knew we had to bite the bullet and take busses all the way from El Bolson, Argentina to Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Although the new snow didn’t quite justify the 24 hours of bus travel, we were lucky enough to see another big storm coming into the Santiago region and hopped on another few busses to catch some epic conditions in Valle Nevado. The storm this week blew in a foot to a few feet of cold snow, depending on the wind. Friday was cold and cloudless. It brought a day of sunshine and dry powder. Conditions Report Guest Author | September 12, 2015 1 Comment
La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: The Return of Powder What 25 cm of fluffy stuff can do! The base was rock hard and chocolate chips were sprouting after all the heat last week, but mondays snowfall was just enough to put things right. One of the more-skied-out runs, Las Flores: Light stuff! Clouded over later, but riding was still nice: What 25 cm of fluffy stuff can do! The base was […] Conditions Report Guest Author | September 10, 2015 0 Comments
Detailed Las Lenas, Argentina Report: The Corn Machine is On! With rain to the top Friday night I was not eager for first chair. However, with a new week underway there was a ticket line that took about 10 minutes. Heading toward Marte on the Venus chair was another 10-minute line because the parallel poma lift broke down sometime last week (A-factor). Marte itself was not all that busy when I first boarded it a little before 10AM. The upper part of Marte shows evidence that the rain reached the top. Conditions Report Guest Author | September 2, 2015 1 Comment
Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: Wind Buff is Good Stuff It’s been another great week here in Portillo, the weather has been unsettled with a few cloudy days and a little snow. Off piste it’s been pretty firm low down, so the smart skiers have been hiking to the higher shadier aspects to find soft snow. The classic chute ‘Super C’ has been skiing really well recently with powder at the start of the week, and smooth wind buff today. On the groomed runs the coverage is still fantastic with good snow all the way down to the base of Juncallilo, the conditions are getting springlike, so the runs are hard and fast in the mornings then soften as the days progress. Conditions Report Guest Author | September 1, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Getting Dangerous in Las Lenas |The Les Couloir This is as tight as a couloir can get. The move that Aymar makes in the cruz is pretty nuts… The consequence was really high. Was this a good idea? Was it worth it? SnowBrains | September 1, 2015 5 Comments
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