Ski Chile 2025

[Casey E]

The slide

https://youtube.com/shorts/Vh7Ursxlw...kkInB4WDHTR47V

[wordbird]

Still below average year in the central zone? At least Eduardo and Mercurios finally look more or less filled in Argentina side, but probably only for a week with warming temps and the sun...

Perhaps one more Santa Rosa in store to make it up?

[PB]

SWEEEEEEET.

[Casey E]

Santa Rosa bestows upon those of faith.

The original was a nun in Peru that prayed for the pirates stalking Lima to be vanquished, in a storm it turns out. 1,600’s or so, at the end of August.

Déficits still everywhere, but least in Santiago, 9%. The rest ranges from 20% in general, up to 40% in Chillan town.

[Casey E]

Nice to see

[Casey E]

On all those reports of people trapped in a skier-provoked avalanche in LP, here is the official communication

“Estimados Parvinos,

El día de ayer, esquiadores ingresaron a una zona cerrada y claramente señalizada como prohibida en El Muro (Barros Negros), provocando un alud que impactó a personas en una zona cercana.
Esta acción imprudente puso en grave riesgo la seguridad de quienes se encontraban en el lugar y podríamos haber lamentado consecuencias mucho peores o incluso fatales.

El riesgo fue advertido con anticipación a través de redes sociales y el área estaba debidamente señalizada.

Activamos de inmediato nuestro protocolo de rescate con pisteros, personal del centro, drones y sondas.

Afortunadamente, luego de activar el rescate, no hubo víctimas.
Según el reglamento que todo usuario declara conocer y aceptar al comprar el ticket/pase, el Centro puede bloquear el pase a quienes con su conducta pongan en peligro a los demás usuarios del Centro o no respeten las señalizaciones del Centro.

Se considera causal de bloqueo permanente las infracciones graves a las obligaciones del cliente, al reglamento del esquiador y a las normas de seguridad de La Parva.

Algunos responsables ya fueron identificados y se procedió al bloqueo inmediato de sus pases de temporada y se hará lo mismo con nuevos infractores de este u otros hechos similares.

Hacemos un llamado enfático a respetar las señaléticas, las reglas del centro y las normas del esquiador, y a esquiar solo en pistas habilitadas.


Atentamente,
Equipo La Parva”

As I hear it (I was in Fabres), 3 or 4 yahoos climb up a bit to get a run thru some rocks above the traverse to Barros Negros when it recently opened.

A slide falls onto and below the traverse, affecting several people, one of which gets a bit trapped but is promptly dug out. Related lifts closed. This, some 100m before the provoked slide on the “Muro”.

Here (prior photo)

[Casey E]

Got this view of the slide from my place, my old camera is good for something. 1 is detonation, 2 is skier. The red line is the Barros Negros traverse. Not clear who set it off.

[Casey E]

The word from 3 days ago

[Djongo Unchained]

Keep bringing the stoke Casey, the true winter peeps among us thrive on your thread.

[2FUNKY]

Amen.


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[m2711c]

Yep.

[mcski]

Sí

[byates1]

https://unofficialnetworks.com/2025/...do-snow-storm/

Dumpage

[Casey E]

And the racers take over



Lots of lines were had by those willing to hoof it, but the heat is now taking its toll







Nowhere inbounds was untracked.



Another little slide appeared in the zona



MCP has been boasting about their improved lift line management. I agree

[Casey E]

Skiing on Nevado de Longaví, shaky video but you get the idea

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BV...ibextid=wwXIfr

[Casey E]

Fabres, after several consultations, wishy washy answers, and a harrowing access trail, was groomed.

[wordbird]

Another storm coming for central zone. "Tonopah low" style, an Eastern Sierra term for rocky mountain low with eastern winds in the spring, should keep Las Lenas season going into September. With an average backloaded season it would have almost been worth going down this year. Back to the Santa Rosa topic, it's kind of crazy because it almost never storms off the coast of Peru. Back when the nun prayed it was on of the two largest cities on the Americas(the other being Mexico city). Unfortunately Lima isn't a great tourist city like CDMX these days, but definitely got great potential(I've had way more fun in Mexico city, but maybe I need to make some Lima local friends, so YMMV). Despite my dislike of Peru I might actually go to Huaraz/Northern Peru this fall, I've heard great things about it seems like it's the coolest non temperate glacier/mountain zone in the Americas.

@Casey Did that four section crown with the new slide, slide immediately after the storm, or all of it slid at once when you posted that picture? Seems like it's quite a big slide in warm weather for a few days after the storm if all of it slid at once.

[Casey E]

Strange little storm this one



Heaviest snowfall is on the Argentinian side, for once



Las Leñas red dot at the bottom.

This could be flurries for the next 2 days. Drizzling and grey in Santiago, but it’s sunny above the clouds!

[Casey E]

Some days the clouds take over













Except when looking down, here on Eclipse VN

[Casey E]

Considering that the eleventh commandment was fulfilled, with no line left untracked,




It is concerning that the avalanche danger was notable, or considerable, as you wish

[Casey E]

Speaking of Valle Hermoso

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5hmUvD..._web_copy_link

[Casey E]

So much stoke on instagram from this last week, here are a couple of samples of heliski central Andes

Spiro

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN8-lR9D..._web_copy_link

Dos tiempos

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwjFA..._web_copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN2FM..._web_copy_link

[Casey E]

Tío Bobs got a dusting today



But Valle at a similar altitude had mostly wet so far

[Casey E]

“alex.blasco95
[emoji554]? A•D•V•E•N•T•U•R•E [emoji3555]
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Spent this two pasts days with @orlanditodiazl [emoji238] in Cerro Capita?n Del Quempo above Valle del Cepo to ski a dream line [emoji1071]”

Dats some line

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN3jr3Ow..._web_copy_link

[Casey E]

Not enough faithful and Sta Rosa fizzled out, at least in Chile. So we head into a dry September, not forgetting the old old adage “something always falls for the 18th”.