Opening Dates for South American Ski Resorts | One is ALREADY OPEN: Are you guys freaked out about this at all? South America is getting record early season snowfall this year. Ski resorts are going to start opening this weekend down there and the conditions aren’t going to be bad. Oh, yeah, and one ski resort, a good one, El Colorado, is already open… In other words, you could get on a plane tomorrow and […] SnowBrains | June 10, 2014 2 Comments
Will El Nino = Big Snow for South America? | Early Storm Hits the Andes… Las Lenas and the Andes got hit pretty hard by an early season storm at the beginning of this month. Most of the energy hit Las Lenas north into the Santiago mountains. This last storm that hit was not particularly a cold storm it started off with some wet paste, and then turned to rain briefly at the base of Las Lenas, which sits at 7,349. The […] Weather WeatherBrains | May 5, 2014 1 Comment
The First Snow of the Year at Las Lenas, Argentina is a BIG One: Las Lenas, Argentina just got their first significant snowfall of the 2014 winter season. It appears that they got about a foot of at the base and there is likely about 3 feet of snow up top. It’s only early May right now and Las Lenas generally doesn’t open until late June or so. Will all this snow melt away before the next snowfall? Definitely. Freezing levels are going to be above 12,000 feet most of the coming week. […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | May 5, 2014 5 Comments
CASA Tours 2013 South American Powder Highlights You can sit around and be bummed there’s no snow all winter… or you can head to South America and ski pow on great terrain. This video displays some of the highlights experienced this summer with CASA Tours in Chile & Argentina. All these guys do is chase snow and make people smile. Check out CASA Tours if you’re down for a fun South America ski trip this summer. CASA Tours is also now offering trips to Japan. […] SnowBrains | January 6, 2014 0 Comments
Las Leñas Ski Resort in Argentina is CLOSED for the Season Las Leñas ski resort in Argentina is closed for the 2013 season. Las Leñas ususally stays open until the middle of October if not longer. This season was cut 3 weeks short when Las Leñas was forced to close early on September 14th, 2013 due to a major lack of snow. Warm temperatures and very few snowstorms plagued Las Leñas all season resulting in […] SnowBrains | September 16, 2013 6 Comments
Chile Conditions Report & Photo Tour via CASA Tours | August 18th – 24th, 2013 Words and photos by Gomez & CASA Tours To learn more about taking a trip with CASA Tours click here: CASA Tours August 18, 2013 – Bluebird day at Portillo, Chile. No wind, deep blue skies and super fun spring snow with a mixture of south facing chalk and north facing corn. We worked the Roca […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | September 1, 2013 4 Comments
Top 10 Aprés Ski Activities in Portillo, Chile This is truly and amazing experience. The sunsets in Portillo are nothing short of stunning. Pair this with a hot tub full of Chilean women and bearded ski bums; it becomes an experience not to forget. 2. Enjoy free drinks at the beginning of the week cocktail party. Kick-start your week of incredible skiing at Portillo with 100% free drink service in the hotel common room. Be careful though, I must warn you, the Pisco Sours are STRONG! You don’t want to start your first full day of skiing hungover… or do you? 3. Listen to live music at the […] Bevan Waite | August 27, 2013 2 Comments
Stupid Fun Pow Day in Bariloche, Argentina Today | Photo Tour Catedral ski resort in Bariloche, Argentina got a couple of feet of snow 2 nights ago. It all dropped in about 8 hours, it snowed 8 inches at the base, but didn’t exactly clear out afterwards. The storm lingered yesterday with high winds, snow showers, and low clouds. We had a blast skiing the trees all yesterday right until the sun […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | August 22, 2013 10 Comments
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