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Bariloche, Argentina Conditions Report: 3-Feet of Fresh Snow & Literally No One Out

Jared Åkerström ripping the trees today at Catedral today. photo: TJ David

Catedral ski resort is reporting 50cms (20″) in the past two days. We climbed up today and measured over 3-feet of new snow in spots. The snow came with big wind that was strong enough to shut the ski resort for most of the day today. This afternoon, they were able to get the lower mountain open but the mid and upper mountains remained closed. Yes, we as skiers and riders overuse the term “no one out”. But today, we really mean it. Since the mountain was shutdown, I hiked up to […]
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Miles Clark |
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El Colorado, Chile Conditions Report: Fast, Rocky and Firm

Two weeks ago El Colorado and most of Central Chile received their first significant snowfall of the season, finally allowing the resorts to open after a long wait. Nearly two weeks later though without snow and El Colorado and neighboring Valle Nevada and La Parva are in dire need of snow once more. Over the weekend El Colorado was fast and icy, half the time it was a slide for life rather than actually making turns. None the less, skiing […]
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Jesse Cassidy |
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Portillo, Chile Conditions Report: Flipping Good

portillo chile backflip

The snow is really fun right now. The groomers are in great shape. Garganta is a blast. It’s nice and chalky and really edge-able. You have to step over some rocks to get into it, but after that it’s great. Roca Jack and Caracara have good coverage but the north facing aspects are very sun affected from the warm temperatures lately. Their is some really fun skiing to be had off the traverse on the south facing aspects. You can still find some soft nice snow. The Lake Run is also skiing really well. I talked to some people who went heli skiing on Saturday and they said it was “awesome!” […]
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Andrew Rumph |
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First Snow of the Year for South America | Photo Tour:

First Snow of the Year in South America.

Are you starting to think about the South American winter season? South America is. So much that she just experienced her first snow of the season in the southern latitudes. Baguales, Bariloche, Catedral, Cerro Chapelco, Corralco, Villarica and more all just got their first hit of snow of the 2015 winter season. It’ll surely melt away before the next snowfall, but it’s a sign of the changing of the seasons and you’ve gotta like that. […]
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2014 South America Recap: Nevados de Chillan and Las Leñas

 I spent two months skiing in South America this summer, and it was fun! My trip took me to Nevados de Chillan for two weeks, Las Leñas for a month, and the Cordon del Plata for a week. I’ve been coming down here for nine years now, which makes me feel kind of old, but also very fortunate. The majority of these photos were taken by Moritz Morlok. Thanks Boyscout! I arrived in Santiago in the middle of August. Typically I head straight to Las Leñas, but things were looking a bit dry and warm there, so I decided to go south to Nevados de Chillan instead. I’ve been hearing good things about Nevados in recent years, and it seems to be the […]
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Lee Lyon |
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