Some V Sollipulli fun coming up in August
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Some V Sollipulli fun coming up in August
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So to corroborate their July/August/Sept forecast, meteochile first shows two alternative forecasts (USA, Korea), which show lower than normal precipitation, and some "indefinition" further south
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And then lays it out by latitude, with "normal" precipitation ranges for reference
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So it will precipitate, just less than normal, say 100-150mm in Santiago -Qta. Normal, which translates, all else equal, to around 100-150cm of new snow left in the season for the 4 Valleys/Portillo.
For Temuco, the same number would be 250-350mm, or 250-350cm more snow coming. It is very cold at the moment in the southern cone with lots of social media posts of snowy roads, stranded animals, forests drooping under the weight of wet snow, etc.
So the season should still be good, albeit with less frequent and intense storms. For the rest of July, in spite of a dry 10-day forecast at the moment, it should be closer to "normal", or greater:
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In NOAA words,
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and "In summary, ENSO-neutral is expected to continue for the next several months, with La Niña favored to emerge during August-October (70% chance) and persist into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2024-25 (79% chance during November-January)."
Some recent gleanings
Cold enough to freeze the ocean in Tierra del Fuego
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Central valley freezing fog south of Stgo
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South to north, select ski areas
El Fraile, Coyhaique
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Osorno, for sitters
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Antillanca trenching
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Villarrica (¨Pillan") scenic chair
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Llaima (Las Araucarias)
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Antuco
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Which has 500m vertical and some neat volcanic features
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Chapa Verde
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Quite the crown in that Antuco photo. One of my favorite volcano corn skis I've had in Chile.
Boom goes V Villarrrica last night
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The 500m no-go zone was a little short.
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From a neighbor a couple days ago
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Spot the Pillan ski area in there
Today
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Valle del Cepo, Valle Nevado, more rad than Sta Teresa
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Blowing the super c
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Getting it on Santa Teresa
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Is it worth coming in October? I've always wanted to come in august/september obviously. But working seasonally I just dont know if its ever gonna happen. This year I think I can be done by late september. I imagine volcano corn season would still be good then? Dont expect to get much lift served still at that point but catching a little bit of it if possible would be fun too.
I went expecting to ski corn in October 2019 (mostly Region de Bio Bio, Auracania) and there was a 1 m powder dump. So we skied pow off the top of Lonquimay and Llaima, then corn in Antuco and frozen corn in Chillan. I think we got pretty lucky. But there's definitely skiing to be had reliably in October, especially further South. The lifts were still turning at Lonquimay, which was great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ak_pride
If you are expecting spring conditions, you will have a blast. The main gamble is rain, but you have 1,000km of latitude to choose from, and it is supposed to be dry. The ski areas that could be open in October are the 3 Valleys, Corralco, Pillan, Antillanca, and Osorno. Often weekends only. Chillan doesn’t seem interested in October and may run the lifts/cats just for racers (like the Canucks). BC could also be Maule if they permit.Quote:
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Groomers are as good as ever, and LP added a couple of their few black runs on Las Vegas and Alpha
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Fabres was fab
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Santa Teresa from VN
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The cold spell has helped a lot for the piste renewal, but the heat is now on the way.
So the clouds will finally get their chance tomorrow, but no precipitating, then it’s back to sunshine. Some piste pics from recent days
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Tres Puntas and environs
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Cerro La Parva southeast bowl
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Northeast towards Bismarck peak
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El Plomo to the north
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El Pintor bowl
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West to La Parva
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The hotel and ski area base
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The south ski out from Tres Puntas to the Embalse lift
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And a Sunday afternoon paseo to the La Parva southwest bowl
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The main chute in the middle
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And some Franciscano tracks on 3 week old snow and yet another heli prowling.
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Old powder hunting is a shady business.
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A quick trip north and then east from La Parva, past the Las Bronces and Andina mines, to Portillo
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Los Arenales, Araucanía. It took a long time to get here, from summer pastures to ski area, abandoned, and now a backcountry alternative to Corralco, with "identidad cultural"
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You do have to pay to get in now though. Several minor peaks stretch north at 1,900- 2,000m, with lovely forests up to about 1,700m.
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For the hard up in need of work to be able to ski
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Villarrica lets a black one loose
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The ski area closed, but will be up and running shortly. Business as usual according to the locals. Yellow alert
maintained, no-go zone at 1.5km.
Wondering about backcountry near Portillo? This just in from Sunday
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"Estero Ojos del Agua", accessed from the road at the bottom of the valley, before the caracoles. Cerro Juncal in the distance.
Or Cajon del Maipo, Cerro San Gabriel, from July 14
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Sick.. getting after it
Got a late full moon ski in on Monday
Skied up to the Franciscano dome at 3,620m
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Where we set up shop with a view
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The view east to Tortolas, Tres Puntas, and El Cepo/Klatt range
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South to Cerro Peladero
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El “Apu” (guardian) Plomo and its Incan Adoratorio
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“El Santuario de Altura del Cerro El Plomo, hasta donde se sabe, corresponde al centro de un conjunto de santuarios que es el más austral del Imperio Incaico. Por otra parte, el cuerpo congelado que en él se cobijó y el rico ajuar asociado a él hacen de este Santuario un testimonio arqueológico excepcional de la cosmovisión andina.”
“el santuario se compone de una plataforma llamada "Adoratorio", ubicada a 5.200 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Unos 200 metros más arriba, hay tres recintos rectangulares conocidos como "Enterratorio", pues en uno de ellos se encontró al niño sacrificado.”
Quite the mountain mystique, common in the Andes,
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All fueled up, we hunkered down for the moon to come up, under a roof of stars
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8 million blokes in this photo, plus Farellones to the left
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The moon rose with the arrival of a groomer
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Moontan time on El Franciscano beach
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The ski down involved hunting recent grooming and chasing our moon shadows.
This is simply outstanding. Thank you Casey for keeping this going- I will let you know if I get down there, hoping for September or November
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Looks like the boys at Dos Tiempos have been milking Valle Arenas
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Says 4 days ago.