Unofficial Andes

Overview
If you are planning on a short one week ski trip to South America, Portillo is a great option. It has been said before but it is worth saying again, the experience at Portillo is like that of a cruise ships that’s has been permanently docked in the Andes. Portillo is located on Chilean/Argentinean [...]

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Here is a good article from the New York Times on skiing in Bariloche.
WHENEVER summer rolls around, I start thinking about snow. The Rocky Mountains may have melted, but I knew that somewhere below the equator — in the impossibly distant, sexy and expensive ski resorts of the Andes — the lucky ones were strapping [...]

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SkiScoop.com’s South America Page is filled with loads of information on skiing South America. It has video, stories, photos and tons of other cool thing on skiing the Southern Hemisphere.
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Here is First Tracks Online’s review of Las Lenas.

Las Leñas, Argentina
Review by Tony Crocker
“As measured by Google Earth Eduardo’s has the same average pitch as Squaw Valley’s 75 Chute for over twice the vertical. There are further long and steep routes through the rocks moving south from Eduardo’s to the Marte liftline and beyond, [...]

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Here is a resort review of Las Lenas from By Samantha Dobbs.
When I told my mother I was [...]

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Check out the amazing skiing, snowboarding, and nightlife in Bariloche, Argentina. PowderQuest Tours and Ride Guide presents.
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Photo by: UnofficialAndes.com
Overview
Bariloche is the ski bum capital of Argentina and the major gateway into Patagonia. Official it’s San Carlos de Bariloche, but every one knows it as just Bariloche. Other then the skiing, Bariloche is best known for its fine chocolate. The city is a mix of a classic European alpine town and [...]

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Photo by: Hugo Palma
Pucon is quite an interesting place. It looks very similar to the green mountains of Vermont, however instead of rolling green hills there are equally sized volcanic cones. The ski resort is located right on a smoking volcano, which has been know to kick up huge perfect smoke rings.

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Overview
Valle Nevado is the largest and most posh ski resort located near downtown Santiago. The resort, which consists of a hotel complex but no real town, is located 1 hour from the city center. It is accessed by a single road, which makes about 50 death-defining switchbacks as it climes higher and higher [...]

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