Hometown Mountain Shoutout: El Colorado, Farellones, Chile In the corner of the world, there is a country that was born from the wide Pacific Ocean, it walks through desert and forests and finally rises on the high peaks of the Andes mountains. Chile is a long ski of 2,672-miles (4,300km) located in the South East of South America and it’s considered one the best places to do […] Industry News Sebastian Opazo | June 19, 2020 0 Comments
Argentina Bans Domestic and International Flights Until September Essentially Ending Ski Season Argentina has banned all internal and international commercial flight sales until at least 1 September due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although we have yet to hear confirmation of South American ski resorts’ intentions at this time, our own experience is that August and September are THE best months to ski there. With no flights being sold to or within Argentina, it looks […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 28, 2020 0 Comments
Professional Ski Filmmaker Befriends Puppy on High Alpine Expedition in Peru In 2013, ski filmmaker Bjarne Salén and professional skier Andreas Fransson embarked upon a journey to the mountains of Peru for an alpine expedition. On their expedition, they made an unexpected friend. Salén wrote in an Instagram post: “This story is really bananas and I’m stoked to share it if you want to listen: In 2013 @andreasfransson99 and I went to Peru […] SnowBrains | April 20, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: 1960s Road Trip Across America Documented By Patagonia Founder [arve url="https://youtu.be/YxM2cOvq6s8"] Lucy Ferneyhough | April 11, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
South American Ski Resort: “We Don’t Think We’ll Open This Season” Due To Coronavirus The president of Cerro Bayo ski resort in Argentine Patagonia, Pablo Torres Garcia, just announced that he doesn’t think they’ll be open this season due to Coronavirus. “Toda la situación es incierta, estamos con una perspectiva donde la única variable es la incertidumbre, en el fondo creemos que no vamos a tener invierno, no por el clima o falta de […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 8, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Patagonian Rime Ice Mushroom Collapses The destruction caused by a rime ice mushroom in Patagonia which recently collapsed in almost unreal to watch. From far away, Cerro Torre — the natural fixture in the shape of a mushroom composed of rime ice — looks seemingly harmless. And then a part of it breaks loose, raining frozen hell on anything below. This video was captured by […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | March 6, 2020 0 Comments
The Curious Case of the Colombian Climber Dog Journal entry from Dec. 12, 2018 Since the semester ended in Barranquilla, I’ve been traveling through Colombia and having a lot of fun, doing things like surfing, rock climbing, dancing salsa, and not writing in my journal. But as I sit painfully bored in the bus en route to Ipiales to cross into Ecuador, I am reflecting back on recent […] Climbing Martin Kuprianowicz | February 27, 2020 0 Comments
UPDATED: Chilean Ski Resort, Valle Nevado, Just Opened A Brand New Bike Park In The Andes One of Chile’s most popular ski resort, Valle Nevado, is expanding its operations and has just announced “Valle Bike”, a whole new bike experience that might have something for every mountain bike enthusiast out there. The whole idea is to create an area where Downhill, Enduro, and Cross country can be practiced. The vast terrain available makes it possible to […] Cycle Micho | December 6, 2019 1 Comment
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