Refugio López, Argentina Backcountry Report: Incredible Late Season Skiing In South America Report from September 17-18, 2024 Day 1 We started the morning in San Martin de Los Andes, where we spent the previous day at Cerro Chapelco, a four-hour drive from Cerro López. The drive during daylight along the Ruta de Los Siete Lagos was incredible. Passing through national parks, stunning miradors of calm lakes reflecting the Andes, and the occasional […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 20, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Bayo, Argentina, Report: The Most Scenic Ski Resort in The World? Report from Tuesday, September 17, 2024 We drove two hours from San Martin de Los Andes along the Ruta de Los Siete Lagos to get to the base of Cerro Bayo. The drive was filled with stunning miradors of the lakes along the route. It was necessary to drive slowly as cows decided our lane was the best place to […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 20, 2024 1 Comment
Cerro Chapelco, Argentina, Report: Summer Skiing in the Tahoe of South America Report from Monday September 16, 2024 Skiing Cerro Chapelco is located three hours from San Carlos de Bariloche Airport. Only 25 minutes from San Martin de los Andes, it is a gem of a hidden ski town. The town is located in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped northern Patagonian mountains directly on Lago Lácar. The drive from Bariloche called […] Conditions Report Brett Ploss | September 17, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Ohau Snow Fields, New Zealand Report: POW! Wicked Storm Cell Wallops Southern Alps Report from September 13, 2024 Far out fantastic-ness has been the general state of ski and snowboard affairs at Ohau Snow Fields, nestled within the Southern Alps of Aotearoa New Zealand. As the stats read, these peaks received a zesty one-foot refresh and we’re pretty darn sure that’s an under-report, going off how deep she skied. It continues to be […] Conditions Report Paulie | September 13, 2024 0 Comments
Patagonia, Argentina, Backcountry Report: Lenga Tree Forest Powder Skiing & a Sad Avalanche Story Report from September 4, 2024 Tuesday night was windy as hell… The wind woke me up a few times down here in town and that has happened very few times in my 14 seasons here. I knew in the night that we’d have to downgrade our plans and be real safe out there the next day. The wind from Tuesday […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 5, 2024 0 Comments
Cerro Catedral, Argentina, Report: Tasty Tree Skiing as Ice Finally Turns to Powder in Patagonia Report from September 2, 2024 August was a rough month here. Cold, icy, un-snowy. Our hopes were set on a snowy September and on Day 1 of September, it snowed… We got out there on Tuesday, September 2, to sample the goods. Our first run in the trees was splendid. The snow wasn’t perfect, it wasn’t deep, and we were […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | September 4, 2024 0 Comments
Norway Mountain, MI, Ready to Re-Open for the Upcoming Season It’s been seven long seasons since the lifts were spinning at Norway Mountain in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. After a year of progress updates, skiers and snowboarders in the Midwest can rejoice over the good news: Norway Mountain will officially reopen for the 2024-25 winter season. Related: Norway Mountain, MI, Aiming to Reopen for the 2024/2025 Season This past […] Industry News John Cunningham | September 3, 2024 0 Comments
It’s Septembrrr… Beware It’s September… It’s September and wether you know it or not, you’re mind has been seasonally shifted. September is the first of a series of months that end in “-ber” that lead to you saying “brrr.” The equinox is only 21 days from today. From then on, night is longer than day, cold stronger than warm, and storm will prevail over calm. Powder Magazine has already come out with their first issue of winter 2014/15 and their second issue will appear in days. Ski and snowboard movie trailers are dropping left and right and movie premiers loom […] Miles Clark | September 2, 2024 24 Comments
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