Unofficial Andes

Storming hard in Las Lenas: Today was a good day of skiing but really low vis. With no trees to duck into it was a lot of skiing by feel but it was deep and light. Brake in the storm tomorrow then back to snow for Thursday and Friday. Will try to get some [...]

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I arrived back in Las Leans yesterday morning after a terrific two week stay in Portillo. Portiilo is a wonderful resort that all travelers to South America should visit. Back in Las Lenas it is windy with wind scoured terrain, but with 10.5 inches on the way its back to the Las Lenas [...]

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Today I dislocated my shoulder skiing for the third time in six months. Not a big deal but I needed to ski down to the clinic to have it put back in. Cost 100,000 Chilean pesos – that’s about 200 US dollars – Ouch.
There is something about skiing that keeps us all coming back day [...]

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Today I woke up to clear skies and a good foot of fresh snow. After two runs I had my bearings on the resort and headed up the Roca [...]

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I just arrived in Portillo, Chile. Pumped on finally arriving and anxious to make my first turns in Portillo I dump my bags in the room and get my gear on. A strong storm is moving into the area but I thought I would try and get some skiing in anyway. As I [...]

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“I’ve got a question for you. Are most people you ski with in LL grabbing a season pass and apartment and plunking down for the whole winter? Sounds like it must get pretty quiet in between storms. I’m digging the regular updates!”
Hi Josh, thanks for the question.
Yep, most of the gringos from North America and [...]

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Photo By: UnofficialAndes.com
I arrived in Pucon, Chile at 6:45 a.m. on a dark, cold, rainy winters morning. As the bus pulled away from the bus stop I look out into the pitch-black morning. It’s June 21st, the Southern Hemisphere’s winter equinox, I am in the middle of nowhere, in the midst of a nasty [...]

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Anyone who has spent time away from home on the 4th knows how much it sucks missing love ones and fireworks but 6 inches of fresh sure can help. Here is a short clip of my new roommate making some turns in Las Lenas. Its snowing hard so we should have some great shots and [...]

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I have talked to plenty of people who have spent thousands of dollars and week’s of their lives sitting in Alaskan cabins waiting for skies to clear so that they could enjoy their first taste of Heil-skiing. Well, after eight days of sitting in a Santiago hostel waiting for my first taste of South [...]

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My journey started two weeks ago when I bought a ticket from LA to Santiago, Chile. Within hours of buying my plan ticket I was informed that the Andes had received no snow and the weather experts were predicting a very dry season for South America. South America’s Andes mountain range is very similar [...]

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