Mount Cook, New Zealand, Trip Report: Befriending The Hooker October 24, 2023 A straight-laced outdoor option—and insta-classic New Zealand trek. A roundly approachable and oh-so-popular track in Aoraki / Mt. Cook National Park, Hooker Valley offers a full menu of all-ages fun at only sample platter effort. With an aim to continue trail training the micro-groms in our number, the group decided to knock out this picturesque icon […] Trip Report Paulie | October 26, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Antarctica Ski Trip 2023 | Day #3 = Nansen Island in a Fierce Blizzard, Grease Ice, and Significant Avalanches View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Antarctica Ski Day #3 Yesterday = Nansen Island in a fierce blizzard! We’d never experienced such a white-out blizzard in Antarctica before, and we gotta say that it was exhilarating, and we can’t complain about powder skiing. We’d also never experienced “grease ice” (slushy sea ice) before, […] Trip Report SnowBrains | October 25, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Antarctica Ski Trip 2023 | Day #2 = Portal Point & “The Blue Room” – Fierce Sunshine & Wild Terrain View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Antarctica Ski Day #2 Yesterday = “The Blue Room” & Portal Point. Unbelievable weather yesterday… Sunny, warm, no wind, lots of smiles. We skied on the Antarctic Continent in two separate locales yesterday, and they were both stunning. There’s nothing quite like a bluebird day in Antarctica; […] Trip Report SnowBrains | October 25, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Antarctica Ski Trip 2023 | Day #1 = Deception Island – Orcas, Penguins, & Corn in an Active Volcano View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Antarctica Ski Trip Day #1 Report from October 21, 2023 Yesterday = Deception Island! This is an active volcano (see the video of the penguins walking on the steaming beach.) To start the day, 10 orcas surrounded our ship while two large fin whales lounged in the […] Trip Report SnowBrains | October 25, 2023 0 Comments
3,600-Mile Patagonia to Antarctica Safari | Day #10 & 11 = El Chalten, ARG to Rio Gallegos, ARG to Ushuaia, ARG | Guanacos on the Fence, Rheas, Crossing The Straights of Magellan October 13, 2023 We awoke to sunshine in El Chalten, Argentina, and hit the road for Rio Gallegos. On the way, we saw likely around 1,000 Guanacos (fuzzy llamas). We also saw about 500 dead Gunacos… Day #10 & 11 Details: Miles Driven: 669 Total Miles Driven: 2,112 Hours of Driving: 13 Latitude: 49.3ºS → 54.8ºS Good Food Eaten: Isabel […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 19, 2023 0 Comments
3,600-Mile Patagonia to Antarctica Safari | Day #9 = Skiing Cerro Vespignani in El Chalten, ARG With The Fitz Roy Towers in Our Faces Report from October 12, 2023 Thursday was our last ski day in El Chalten, Argentina. Last November, I’d skied the lower flanks of Cerro Vespignani just above the electric blues of Lake Huemul and in the shadows of the 11,171′ Fitz Roy Towers. Although I’d skied it before, I really wanted to show the zone and its face-melting views to […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 16, 2023 0 Comments
3,600-Mile Patagonia to Antarctica Safari | Day #8 = Getting Married Under 10,262′ Cerro Torre in El Chalten, Argentina Report from October 11, 2023 On Wednesday, Erica, Greggy, Sasha, and I took the 6-mile hike to gawk at Cerro Torre in El Chalten, Argentina. The plan was for Erica and I to get married there at Laguna Torre. Greggy was the officiate, and Sasha was the witness and ring bearer. Cerro Torre (10,262′) is one of the mountains of […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 16, 2023 0 Comments
3,600-Mile Patagonia to Antarctica Safari | Day #7 = Skiing Powder on Cerro Creston in El Chalten, Argentina in the Shadow of the Fitz Roy Towers Report from October 10, 2023 On Tuesday, we finally got to dip into the zone this whole trip was based around. El Chalten, Argentina. My new favorite place on Earth. Jagged towers, hanging glaciers, flamingos, black-necked swans, & rugged, world-class skiing. Day #7 Details: Miles Driven: 51 Total Miles Driven: 1,300 Hours of Driving: 2 Latitude: 49.3ºS → 49.3ºS Good Food Eaten: None, […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | October 15, 2023 0 Comments
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