 Ski Resorts
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Argentina | _ | | _ | | | San Carlos de Bariloche or better know to skiers simply as Bariloche is a breathtaking alpine town located on the shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake and is kept pristine due its location - right in the center of a national park.
Skiing is actually done at the resort called Catedral Alta Patagona, which is located about 12 miles from town and is connected to the ski area by a shuttle that runs approximately every 30 minutes.
Skiers and Riders may choose from accommodations in the town of Bariloche located on the lake or at the Bavarian style base village.
Bariloche offers a resort town atmosphere with many hotels, restaurants, shopping and legendry night life, while the base village area offers a mountain town feel hotels, shops and restaurants.
Catedral Ski Resort offers skiing on 2,964 acres via 39 lifts .The bottom half of the mountain offers 53 groomed and marked trails for skiers of all abilities while the upper half of the mountain is high alpine skiing with some groomed slopes and plenty of off- piste possibilities.
Many Argentines vacation in Bariloche as this resort offers a great ski and winter experience combined with plenty of dining and nightlife.
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form | | | _ | | _ | | | Like a sentry keeping watch on San Mart¡n de los Andes, the 1,980-meter-high Mount Chapelco lodges one of the most attractive ski resorts in the Argentinian Patagonia. Located 19 kilometers from the mountain village, this internationally renowned resort, with 20 runs of several difficulty levels and excellent snow quality, combines adrenaline and scenery. The impressive view of Lake L car, the silence of the lenga forest and the stunning presence of the Lan¡n breaking the mountain range horizon turn this place into a unique option for the practice of winter sports.
Chapelco is a newly refurbished ski area that was widely recognized as the best place to learn how to ski in Argentina. Under Alfred Auer's leadership, the ski school here introduced tens of thousands of Argentines to winter sport in the 1970s and '80s. Traditionally known for its gentle, tree-lined runs, new lifts were added in the late 1980s that opened up the advanced terrain above treeline. Today, Chapelco has become a sort of boutique ski area for those who shun the mob approach of Bariloche. Perhaps the greatest pleasure of skiing at Chapelco is the friendly, picturesque, and uncrowded town of San Mart¡n de Los Andes. The quiet tranquillity and surprising lack of "touristiness" is in sharp contrast to the intensity of Bariloche and the haughtiness of Las Le¤as. The village sits in a flat valley at the eastern foot of Lago Lacar and is oriented not to the lake front, but to the geographic center of the valley. The town, and its prices, has grown rapidly over the past few years, but San Martin maintains its charm with Swiss-style architecture and araucaria-filled public parks and squares
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form | | | _ | | _ | | | Tucked away deep in the Andes resides South
America's biggest and certainly one of the world's
most challenging mountain resorts. Las Lenas,
Argentina.
This resort is huge with over 40 miles of trails and a
vertical drop of 4,000 feet with 50% Advanced/Expert
terrain and 50% Intermediate/Beginner terrain.
With 12 lifts serving 43,200 acres and a hotel capacity for only
3,500 guests, you will find these slopes are uncrowded and
newly fallen snow remains untracked for days after a storm.
Completely above tree line, the resort offers huge open bowls,
long steep chutes as well as wide open groomed runs to satisfy skiers of all
levels.
The mountain is divided into two areas- the Lower
Mountain and Upper Mountain. The lower mountain is
served by 8 lifts and offers a wide variety of beginner
and intermediate terrain with many groomed options
as well.
The upper mountain is served by 4 lifts and offers
options in every direction.This is where the goods
are for advanced skiers. Hugh open bowls and steep
chutes that will satisfy the most hardcore skiers and
riders. Las Lenas offers some groomed runs off the
top and the views are spectacular.
The Las Lenas Resort is a small self-contained village with a
variety of hotels and condominiums scattered across
the valley floor. Resort amenities include a casino,
nightclub, Movie Theater, game room and pool tables,
supermarket and drug store, snow tubing hill and
several restaurants and night spots.
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form | | | _ | | _ | | | The newest in and most exotic resort in Argentina and, like everything in Ushuaia, the southernmost in the world, Castor Mount opens its fifth season. Very close to Tierra del Fuego capital city, where the sea and the mountains meet to be the protagonists of a dazzling geography, Castor is only 195 meters over sea level and its top rises to 1,057 meters.
With a skiable drop that reaches 772 meters, Castor Mount distributes 19 runs with different levels of difficulties and off-piste sectors into 20 kilometers. Nordic ski is the most outstanding modality, with circuits that go through lengas forests which can also be visited on snow rackets.
Unlike the general belief, Castor enjoys very good weather and the best quality of powder snow, due to the stability of its temperature, offering one of the longest seasons in South America.
Modern lifts, skiing and snowboarding school, and all the services that complement the infrastructure and Ushuaia scenery, turn Castor Mount into a complete resort, to ski in the confines of the world.
Season: from July 09 to October 16.
Weather: in winter, temperatures range between 5§ and -5§C.
Castor Mount has 19 runs, divided into 30% for beginners, equal percentage for intermediate level, 25% for advanced skiers and the remaining 15% for experts.
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