La Parva, Chile Conditions Report: After 51″ of New Snow No new snow since the light snowfall yesterday, but the high clouds broke early, the sun finally came out, and the low clouds hovered menacingly at about the altitude of Farellones. All lifts opened except Nevada (broke motor), with Las Aguilas being the last to open due to avalanche control. The packed base is between 70cm and 120cm, and is fairly evenly distributed. Seems there were high winds and a couple of warm spells during the last couple days. The runs are now being […] Conditions Report Guest Author | August 9, 2015 0 Comments
Las Lenas, Argentina Conditions Report: More Terrain Opens After 70″ of Snow Las Lenas, Argentina received 37″ of new snow this week. Here’s a quick Las Lenas, Argentina ski report from SnowBrains’ Las Lenas reporter Victor Cancinos yesterday: Hoy por fin abrio Caris TS. Esta ultima tormenta dejo cerca de un metro de la nieve mas rica de los Andes sudamericamos!!! A ultima hora de la tarde se corrieron un poco las nubes dejando ver avalanchas provocadas por los pisteros… Algunasdejaron enormes depositos como se puede ver en la foto del Cerro Collar! They finally opened Caris TS. This last storm left about a meter (40″) of the best snow in the Andes. In the last hours of the day, the clouds […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 9, 2015 0 Comments
Yeah, It Snowed a Lot at Las Lenas, Argentina Last Night: Las Lenas got 37 inches of snow at mid-mountain from the storm that hit there the past 48 hours and today was sunny and blue, but none of the good chairlifts were able to open up. Here is a quick Las Lenas, Argentina ski resort update from our buddy Victor Cancinos: “Hoy las leñas amanecio con un increible claro de medio dia q dejo ver las toneladas de nieve q dejo esta primer ola de.la secuencia de tormentas q estan llegando estos ultimos dias… La montaña permanecio cerrada casi en su totalidad, solo Urano TK, Vesta TS y Eros […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 7, 2015 1 Comment
The Monster South American Storm Continues | Snow Totals & Photo Tour: The large storm originally forecast to drop 19-feet of snow on central Chile in 4 days is continuing today. So far, ski resorts are reporting numbers around 40-50″ of new snow from the past two days. Most of these ski resorts are terrible about reporting snow numbers, but we dug up everything we could find. This storm is big, it’s strong, and it’s forecast to stay around for a few more days. This storm was strong enough to keep Portillo closed all day yesterday and most likely they’ll be closed again today. Weather SnowBrains | August 7, 2015 0 Comments
A Strike, a Ski Resort Shut Down, a Huge Brawl, and a Reopening Today in Bariloche, Argentina Wow. Things got crazy at Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina today. striking lifites shut down the ski resort for the second day in a row asking for a 30% raise. 200 ski instructors and local business owners got into a brawl with the striking lifties that the police had to break up. Then, at 4pm local time, an agreement was reached between the striking lifties and Catedral’s […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 6, 2015 3 Comments
Monster Storm Slamming South America Now | Ski Resort Snow Total & Photo Tour: Chile and Argentina are getting hammered right now. Some weather men are saying this may be the largest storm to hit central Chile in the past 5 years. Originally, central Chile had 19-feet of snow forecast in 4 days this week. It likely won’t add up that high, but it’s still gonna be deep and already is. It’s starting to appear that El Nino is kicking in South America and this very well may be the year to get yourself down to Chile & Argentina and start taking advantage of it. SASS Global Travel‘s flagship SASS Argentina program is poised and ready to get you down here and stuff you into the big powder […] Weather SnowBrains | August 6, 2015 2 Comments
Aerial Footage Conditions Report for Las Lenas, Argentina This drone footage was taken at Las Lenas ski resort in Argentina between August 3rd and 5th, 2015. This is a cool way to see the valley and to know exactly how the snow is filling in at Las Lenas right now. As we speak, a strong storm is hitting Las Lenas that is forecast to receive 20″ of snow today. Sorprendete con estas imágenes en 4K nunca antes vistas del Centro de Ski de Las Leñas, Mendoza en Argentina. – primashock TRANSLATION: “Surprising never before seen aerial images of Las Lenas ski resort in Medoza, Argentina.” Conditions Report SnowBrains | August 6, 2015 2 Comments
Big Mountains, Decent Snow and Skiing in July | Portillo, Chile Trip Report Skiing in the Southern Hemisphere is an experience. There is something about skiing fresh snow in July that doesn’t compute in your head…its supposed to be sunny, I’m supposed to be at the beach or something, but rather I’m skiing 5″ of fresh snow in late July in Chile…weird. Once you get over the mind block that says this isn’t right, its nothing but good, muy bueno. If you want to ski in the Southern Hemisphere during the North American summer you have two […] Conditions Report Jesse Cassidy | August 4, 2015 3 Comments
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