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So if TGR is on the blink, along with my 11 years of photo uploads and riveting commentary, do tell, where shalt I migrate for 2025? Suggestions are welcome.</p>
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So if TGR is on the blink, along with my 11 years of photo uploads and riveting commentary, do tell, where shalt I migrate for 2025? Suggestions are welcome.</p>
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Go to Facebook and search The Powder Group for any updates on where we might land this thing.
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Sorry, search The Powder Zone.</p>
Stoked on Casey's annual thread. After being unusable for a couple weeks it seems to be working now. Who knows
Photos from last year are gone. Migrate or go dark…. ?
If the energy is still there, migrate and rebuild—Ski Chile has too much potential to fade away. New year, fresh start, maybe even better photos and memories ahead. Going dark feels final, but a migration could spark new interest and keep the stoke alive for 2025.
such a positive attitude from bot!
Testing testing…..
Incoming!
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Woot!
Upped the ante
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Probably won’t snow much more than this in May, but it is a start, from north to south
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Corralco
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Quick survey: anyone listening? TGR alive?
Anyway, old habits die hard. A quick webcam walkabout:
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Brazilians, I believe
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Maule
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V Callaqui
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Corralco
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Note the two chairs merging at the top.
And, the view from an artesan village in Santiago, el Altar peaking out
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I’m looking at the thread. Thanks for all your posts over the years and now. Thinking about it. Depends on the next [emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]] weeks…
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Watching.
Hope to finally make it there this summer.
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Still alive, still thinking about LL 2 summers ago. Definitely need to make it down to Mendoza again and hit Portillo next time as well.
The whole experience was a fever dream, no snow at LL base in July then storm of a decade and all of a sudden it was on
Always watching yer posts!
Always look forward to the Casey e thread!
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Watching. Thanks for posting
Watching, keep up the reports, always appreciatedhttps://www.tetongravity.com/forums/.../thumbs_up.gif
I'm a last minute kind of guy.
My sister works for Delta and I used Buddy Passes to chase storms to some of the best resorts, in prime conditions.
Delta is doing away with them and this might be my last hurrah.
Casey, you are an incredible resource and the TGR anchor of the South! Please keep going, I watch and daydream all summer- coming down for your late season is one of my favorite things to have penciled into my calendar. The forum has been unreliable for a bit and traffic has dropped off, but I’m really happy to see you are having success with images. Thanks for the stoke!
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Niice. Following, thanks for keeping the dream alive Casey E. "If you dont do it this year..."
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Always reading. Thanks for posting, Casey.
I want my baby back
OK, Tapatalk works for now, so more stoke is due. Maule got the most out of that last front, as attested to by a couple new webcams en la zona.
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These placid scenes belie a violent past.
A close up of a portion of the V Planchon Peteroa stretch of activity
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A bit further south along the divide, east of V Descabezado Grande, the remote Calabozo complex
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And the winner for most precipitation to date, V Villarrica
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The short/medium term weather outlook is basically blah, as in neutral, or la Nada. The south am SST anomalies show the tail end of the 2023/4 el Niño which may have brought last years May/June storms, slipping into la Niña until hovering around neutral lately.
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So the forecast for June-Sept is decidedly neutral
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Which means close to “normal”, or unpredictable. A dry fall, according to the Chileans. More later…
So the forecast is not just affected by el Niño cycles. We also have the Madden-Julian Oscillation, or MJO
https://www.climate.gov/news-feature...why-do-we-care
And the Southern Anular Mode, or SAM
https://www.worldclimateservice.com/...ular-mode-sam/
The Aussies track them both well, and the Chileans include their charts, concluding a general dry trend.
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and projects below average rainfall for MJJ
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Down on the ground, rainfall to date is normal in Santiago, Curico (Maule), and Temuco (Araucania). And it is currently nuking in Portillo
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They were wrong last year, and may be again this year.
Laguna del Maule last Saturday, courtesy of Slava
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Not bad for this time of year
You mentioned Australian monitoring of Southern Hemisphere parameters. You may find the following sites from our Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) useful,
https://reg.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/...&period=weekly
https://reg.bom.gov.au/climate/ocean.../?index=nino34
If you go into all the sub pages there is a wealth of data on all the various indexes, with graphs, data, moving averages, color maps etc I am in Australia. Part of the reason I love your updates is you post really good info on what the Chileans are thinking about the Southern Hemisphere trends. Also, your pics and updates are just generally awesome as wellhttps://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ular_smile.gif
These scenes today do not denote a lack of precipitation
Valle Nevado with El Cono and sta Teresa upper left
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V Chillán
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V Antuco
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Corralco
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Take that Meteo.cl!
And don’t forget..
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Driving around Santiago oriente provides nice views of
El Plomo
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El Cono and El Colorado on the right, with the Manantiales area of La Parva on the left
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Has anyone stayed at the Inca lodge at Portillo? How was it and more importantly, how's the food in the cafeteria?
I only had lunch there. The food was good. But the place was way crowded. Get there early. Tio Bob’s had better food and views.
Apparently, if you stay in the Inca. All your meals are in the cafeteria.
I'm thinking of treating my best ski buddy and the price difference is significant.
Eating in the dining room is vastly superior to the cafeteria. Both in ambience and food quality. Not to mention service.
In my experience, the best way to Portillo, is to stay in the Chalets. This requires four people and planning ahead. You get a kitchen and living area, a view of the lake, two bedrooms and bathrooms. We stop in Los Andes, and stock up on supplies on the way up.
The Chalets are less expensive than the hotel, offer more space and privacy, and include eating in the dining room. Staying in the Octagon is also a reasonable option. I would not recommend the Inca for adults, it is fairly rugged.
If all you are after is skiing, a bed at night, and basic sustenance, the Inca may suffice. Portillo has so much more to offer.
Yeah, “not for adults” is about right. I remember getting woken up by drunks coming home after the disco, rowdy bathrooms, puddles, etc. Better if you are 4 buddies, and get a private room at least. Chalets sound better.
Hey, this almost slipped under the radar from Corralco : "¡Sé el primero del día! Esquía incluso antes de la apertura del centro de ski y sé el primero en disfrutar del powder (detalles serán enviados vía
correo electrónico)". That, for seasons pass holders. I can just imagine the rowdy bunch of day skiers watching the local crew rip the slope before "opening".
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Still few day ticket prices published yet, but a general idea is US$50 low to US$80 high season. Probably Valle Nevado is the most expensive. Slightly cheaper in the south.
La Parva/Valle Nevado seasons pass prices are now:
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The dollar is at 940 pesos. This includes Les 3 Vallées 10 tickets, and passes to MCP resorts in the US of A. And vice versa. https://www.thepowerpass.ski/