If you are an expert skiers with dreams of skiing some of the best lines on the planet, this Go Pro video of Portillo, Chile’s Super C couloir will get you searching for the next flight down to South America this summer. Pro skiers Chris Davenport and Sierra Quitquit filmed this edit in September of…

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Today, June 20th kicks off the first day of winter 2016 in the Southern Hemisphere.  Since this make it the first day of summer north of the equator, we thought we would share some social media pictures from this weekend and today in Chile to cool you off.  Sick of the heat?  It’s not too…

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Despite some miss information floating around online by some larger snow blogs, Las Lenas is indeed open for the 2016 season.  Partially at least.  Today, June 17, 2016 Las Lenas opened part of the upper mountain to the public and hotel guests staying at Escorpio and Acuario. Our local amigo Jose Beccar got up there…

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Las Lenas has reversed their decision to delay opening for the season.  A few days ago they had announced that due to rain at the base of the mountain, they would not open this Friday as planned.  However, due to heavy snows on the upper part of the resort during the warmer than normal storm, and…

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June 15, 2016–  The massive snowstorm that slammed into the Chilean and Argentine Andes at the end of May and early June shut down Los Libertadores Pass for 15 days.  Not since 1996 had the border area at 3,200 meters above sea level seen such an intense storm, dropping over 4 meters of snow, (13…

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We just had a quick Facebook Messenger chat with Anton Sponar from Arpa Cat Skiing in Chile about the current early season conditions at the adventure backcountry operation near the town of Los Andes. Anton flew down earlier than normal from Aspen last week as the northernly storm grew in intensity.  Thanks to upwards of…

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June 13, 2016  With opening day in Portillo just around the corner, Chile’s most iconic ski resort has been working around the clock to prepare the hotels and mountain safety for their first day of the 2016 ski season set for June 18th.  Their biggest challenge has been digging out after the monster storm that dropped…

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With deep snowfall as early as April this year, the Central Chilean Andes ski resorts have built up very impressive early season bases of snow compared to previous years.  The ski lifts in Central Chile have opened or are opening as much as 42 days earlier this season compared to 2015. When you buy a…

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Farellones Chile, the small ski village high above Santiago was founded in the 1930’s.   The rustic mountain town is home to numerous ski lodges, refugios, and high end bed and breakfast hotels and private ski homes.  With several restaurants and popular bars and nightclubs, Farellones is a great base for your visit to El…

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We have never seen anything like this. The road to Portillo ski resort is completely buried.