Ski Chile 2025

[Casey E]

This is useful to gauge opening dates



It doesn’t matter much what the ski areas say. One big storm can mean opening.

For now though, with nothing on the horizon, late June is the likely date.

[Casey E]

Fun video from last year, lots of the 3 valleys, in particular La Parva. Takes a couple of minutes to get going.

K2 presents "Chile Today, Gone Tamale" - Sam Kuch, Addison Rafford, and Manon Loschi in Chile.

https://youtu.be/IzlFi32VxMI?si=aMdVnsqRCKm0L9IT

[Casey E]

And another drone vid from around Bariloche

https://youtu.be/Mbjz7uyY0PI?si=9DfBC87EBPuHaIK2

[Casey E]

A good effort at avalanche prediction after the recent dump, this one for upper La Parva

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKiW2raO..._web_copy_link

andes.consciente
Boleti?n de Avalanchas #1 - Zona La Parva
¡Lanzamos nuestro primer boleti?n de la temporada!
Una herramienta clave para tu seguridad en la montan?a, elaborada junto al Centro de Ski La Parva y @snowlab_cl @pisteroslaparva

[Casey E]

Epic long distance photography can be had in these parts, as attested to on facebook



Shot from Concon on the Chilean coast, the Aconcagua, entirely in Argentina, looms above what I think is the top of ski Arpa. Or thereabouts. 150km away



Authors and more here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GA...ibextid=wwXIfr

[Casey E]

Here is one of mine, 184km from V Quetrupillan to Tronador on the left.

[byates1]

Eehhuuggee!!

[siwi]

Snow in the forecast for Thursday?!! Hope to see big depths in the short distance ski action photography from your home in La Parva by next weekend Casey.

[Casey E]

The forecast has been bouncing around a 4 day 3 Valleys total of 35-90ccm for a few days now, most falling Thursday. It remains to be seen if this series of fronts is an atmospheric river event or a few days of chubascos (snow showers). Another front looms 9 days out, but that is beyond my confidence level.

Grooming has begun in Valle Olímpico

[Casey E]

Now that the coming “train of fronts” is morphing into an atmospheric river of 3 fronts, over 5 days starting Wednesday night, the event is becoming clearer, and the news is buzzing. The main worry, aside from some very intense rain in certain coastal areas, is the wind associated, especially in the first front.



The rain and snow will get all the way up to the southern Atacama desert. Accumulations are greatest the central zone, from Arpa in the north to Las leñas in the south.




Further south, from Chillan to Pucon

[Casey E]

Snow forecast is a blowup 6+ days out.

[Casey E]

Time to chalk up some “before” shots




That looks bad but the webcam a couple hundred meters higher is more palatable



I think the base is deepest around Maule, given precip to date and webcams





Chillan is naked at the base



But not so bad up higher on the chain




Corralco and points south have a 1,700m snow line



V Puyehue

[Casey E]

Just a reminder that there is a base on the higher Andes. V San Jose (5,800m) from Lo Valdes

[Casey E]

Valle Nevado is betting on the 60-80 cm forecast for tomorrow. Hopefully the wind won’t blow it all away.



The dif between 3,000m (above) and 2,700m

[Casey E]

Corralco chimes in

[wordbird]

Huge numbers for the central zone for the next 10 days. Agonizing over whether I want to go this year, the prices for Las Lenas are way up

but only about every third season there works ou.t Was planning on coming down and buying a car for seasonal use down there this summer, but life put those plans on hold(no longer have my full-time remote job). I guess i'll need to forget about this thread for a few days and really take a look if i want to spend August/September mostly living in a hostel.

[Casey E]

Seems the series of storms is somewhat diluted now. But things are looking wintery





This will peter out during the day, and the next front comes late Sunday. We shall see what becomes of all the brouhaha…

[Shredhead]

You don't really want to be in Las Lenas during the storm cycle.
I had a bunch of buds there during a big cycle in the 90's.
The first week was totally shut down. Then when the finally opened the lower lifts, it was total carnage.
Low viz and pent up skibums, lead to a lot of injuries the first day.
Then they had to help dig out Marta.
They ended up with one good day, out of two weeks.

[wordbird]

This is useful to gauge opening dates It doesn’t matter much what the ski areas say. One big storm can mean opening. For now though, with nothing on the horizon, late June is the likely date.

Been there before, know how it is. The plan would be to go for all of August and September if they stay open. I think I jinxed the storm cycle by making an emotional post, now the amounts got halved(sorry Casey)

[wordbird]

Forums still seem kinda broken got a 504 error and I clicked reply with quote to Shredhead but ended up replying to the post above that.

[Casey E]

Nice sunset from Stgo today






Snowed down to 1,400m, maybe 70cm fell at 3,000m.

Still dumping at 8pm, and the groomers are out at VN



Too many social obligations to get out tomorrow, but I don’t see much being opened anyways…

[Casey E]

Portillo still getting it



While further out from the divide, the sun is out!

[Casey E]

And on dawn patrol, skinning up Colorado, who else but Slava

[Casey E]

Looking great from Portillo south

Tío Bob gotta get the shovel out



Maule



Chillan base



Don Otto!




Corralco got some rain

[Casey E]

Colorado steps up