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Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today.
Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today.

The southern Andes mountains of Chile and Argentina still have nearly no snow.

Many of the ski resorts in this region have pushed their opening dates back from June 18th to June 25th, to July 1st to July 5th and now many are just saying “To Be Determined”.

There isn’t enough snow on the ground to ski and the forecast has next to nothing in it.

Central Andes ski resorts such as Valle Nevado (Chile), Penitentes (Argentina), and Las Lenas (Argentina) as doing alright due to a 10-foot storm that buried them in early June. ย Since then, they haven’t seen much snow, but they’re all open daily.

We’ll focus on the bigger southern ski resorts of Cerro Castor (Ushuaia, Argentina), Cerro Catedral (Bariloche, Argentina), Nevados de Chillan (Chillan, Chile), and Corralco (Chile) that are struggling below:

Cerro Catedral: ย Opening Date TBD

Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today.
Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today.

“Apertura de pistas para principiantes y sigue la fabricaciรณn de nieve en Catedral

El centro de montaรฑa tal como lo hace desde principios de mes, sigue fabricando nieve y prepara para este fin de semana pistas para Principiantes. Hacia la prรณxima semana se espera la llegada de nevadas que permitirรกn evaluar la apertura de las pistas en el sector medio y alto. Desde hoy, todos los dรญas hay paseos a la cumbre.

Fabricaciรณn de nieve y trabajo de pisado en Plaza Oertle y Base permiten habilitar desde el sรกbado 2 de julio una pista de principiantes en Plaza Oertle, a unos 1300 metros de altura sobre el nivel, con ascenso por telesilla Princesa I, donde el acceso serรก exclusivo para bautismos de esquรญ o snowboard con instructor habilitado. De ser posible, el otro plano estarรก dentro del Play Park de la Base con dos medios de arrastre en funcionamiento.

Ascensos todos los dรญas

Desde el 1 de julio para paseos hasta la cumbre el Cerro Catedral estarรก abierto de lunes a domingos, de 9 a 17 horas. Desde la cumbre se avistan imperdibles panorรกmicas y tambiรฉn se pueden degustar exquisitos platos de la regiรณn patagรณnica en los paradores.” – Cerro Catedral, today

Basically translates to: ย We’ve got some trails open for beginners on artificial snow. ย We’re hoping for a big snowstorm next week. ย 

Forecast for Cerro Catedral showing no real snow.  image:  snow-forecast.com, today
Forecast for Cerro Catedral showing no real snow. image: snow-forecast.com, today

Cerro Castor: ย Opening Date TBD

Cerro Castor in Ushuaia, Argentina today.  photo:  castor
Cerro Castor in Ushuaia, Argentina today. photo: castor

“De a poco comenzรณ a caer nieve en Cerro Castor. Ya bajรณ la temperatura y hoy vamos a empezar a fabricar nieve โ„โ„

Esperemos que el pronรณstico de nevadas se cumpla para lograr las condiciones necesarias y podamos abrir cuanto antes!” – Cerro Castor, today

Translates to: ย snow is starting to fall on Cerro Castor. ย The temps have dropped and we’re starting to make snow today. ย We hope the forecasted snow brings enough snow to get us open.

Forecast for Cerro Castor showing no real snow.  image:  snow-forecast.com, today
Forecast for Cerro Castor showing no real snow. image: snow-forecast.com, today

Nevados de Chillan: ย Opening Date TBD

Probably not a great sign that their bike park is open this weekend...  image:  chillan yesterday
Probably not a great sign that their bike park is open this weekend… image: chillan yesterday

“Estimados/as amigos:Informamos a toda nuestra comunidad esquiadora, visitantes y amantes de la montaรฑa, que los รบltimos dรญas hemos registrado condiciones climรกticas desfavorables. Esto ha provocado una disminuciรณn en la caรญda de nieve, lo que implica que hasta el momento nuestras pistas no estรกn en condiciones para su apertura, afectando directamente el inicio de la temporada 2016.Sabemos que existe un compromiso con nuestra fiel comunidad, y por lo mismo, estaremos informando constantemente por medio de nuestras redes sociales y sitio web oficial sobre la reprogramaciรณn, hasta que el centro de ski se encuentre en condiciones รณptimas para entregar un servicio de calidad y sin inconvenientes.” – Nevados de Chillan on June 20th

Basically translates to: ย We don’t have the snow to open. ย We’ll let you know when we do.

Forecast for Chillan showing no real snow.  image:  snow-forecast.com, today
Forecast for Chillan showing no real snow. image: snow-forecast.com, today

Corralco: ย Opening Dateย July 9th

The southern Andes looking dry from space yesterday.  Corralco, Nevados de Chillan, and Cerro Catedral all in this image.  photo:  nasa
The southern Andes looking dry from space yesterday. Corralco, Nevados de Chillan, and Cerro Catedral all in this image. photo: nasa

“Debido a las condiciones climรกticas de los รบltimos dรญas, informamos que Corralco Mountain & Ski Resort no abrirรก su temporada este viernes 1 de julio, postergando el inicio para el 09 de julio, siempre y cuando las condiciones climรกticas asรญ lo permitan.” – Corralco, June 28th

Basically translates to: ย We don’t have the snow to open. ย We’re planning on opening on July 9th.

Forecast for Chillan showing 8" of snow in the next 5 days.  image:  snow-forecast.com, today
Forecast for Chillan showing 8″ of snow in the next 5 days. image: snow-forecast.com, today

 


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