New Snow at Chapelco, Argentina

20cm (8 inches) of new snow has fallen in the last 24 hours at Chapelco. The resort are now reporting 42cm (16 inches) at the top and 34cm (13 inches) at the mid station.
More than half of the lifts are open today.

Snow in Portillo, Chile

Portillo ski resort has received some new snow in the last week to add to the significant amount of accumulated snow they have.
We have just been advised by the resort that is again snowing on the mountain right now. (1658 hrs GMT)

Recent Snow in South America

In the last few days there has been new snow at Portillo, Valle Nevado, El Colorado & La Parva in Chile and Chapelco & Cerro Catedral (Bariloche) in Argentina.
More snow is forecast intermittently over the next 9 days.

Argentina Snow Update

Bariloche and Chapelco have received the most significant amounts of snow in the last week. Both resorts are open with some pistes and lifts remaining closed.
Chapelco is reporting 17 out of 22 pistes open today.
Las Leñas has had a great start to the season and although only light snow falls in the last week conditions are still excellent with the resort reporting all but one piste open, all with powder!

Chile Snow Update

All the main resorts in Chile including Termas de Chillán, Portillo, Valle Nevado and La Parva have received recent snow falls with the majority of pistes and lifts open.
More light snow is forecast which should help keep the favourable conditions.

Chapelco Snow Report Latest

New snow this last week at Chapelco has allowed the ski resort to open at least five of the lifts. It's been a slow start to the season for Chapelco, however ski conditions are starting to look better now.
Chapelco now has a base of 32cm (13 inches) at the top, still with no base on the lowest slopes, however with more snow forecast this week, this should change.
5 lifts are reported to be open at Chapelco.

Bariloche Snow Report Latest

Catedral Bariloche in Patagonia has received several lots of new snow this week. 5cm (2 inches) has fallen in the last 24 hours.
The top now has a base of 1.05 metres (42 inches) with 10cm (4 inches) on the lower slopes.
14 lifts are reported to be running.

Termas de Chillan - Snow!

Heavy snow is forecast to hit Termas de Chillán on Tuesday night (22nd)

Chile and Argentina - Latest Ski Conditions

Snow Conditions in the South American Andes
Chile & Argentina Ski Resorts Recent Data

Country / Resort	Lower Slopes	Upper Slopes	Last Snowed	Snow Forecast	On Piste	Off Piste	Lifts Open
Argentina
Cerro Catedral	5cm	60cm	13 Jul (5cm)	19cm	Wet	Heavy	19 out of 25
Chapelco	8cm	24cm	13 Jul	16cm	Packed	Limited	6 out of 10
Las Lenas	185cm	371cm	12 Jul (5cm)	27cm	Packed	Varied	13 out of 1
Chile
Chapa Verde	20cm	60cm	21 Jun (10cm)	20cm	Closed		0 out of 6
El Colorado	80cm	120cm	13 Jul (10cm)	11cm	Powder	Tracked	13 out of 18
La Parva	185cm	300cm	13 Jul (10cm)	6cm	Powder	Tracked	13 out of 14
Portillo	163cm	175cm	13 Jul (30cm)	4cm	Powder	Powder	6 out of 13
Termas de Chillan	10cm	80cm	12 Jul (2cm)	49cm	Hard	Limited	8 out of 11
Valle Nevado	80cm	80cm	13 Jul (10cm)	12cm	Powder	Tracked	12 out of 12

Chapelco - Light Snow Forecast

Chapelco ski resort is in much need of snow. Light snow is forecast for several days this week, hopefully followed by a serious storm!

Bariloche - Heavy Snow Forecast

Heavy snow in the region of 16cm (6.3inches) is forecast for Catedral Bariloche with moderate to light snow falls forecast throughout this week.

Chapelco Gets Much Needed Snow

50cm of fresh snow was added at the top yesterday with 10cm at the base. Another storm is forecast later this week and should be enough to get the mountain into full flow.

New Snow in Bariloche

It snow in Bariloche last night adding 50cm of fresh snow at the top and 10cm at the base. The resort are working to get more runs open tomorrow.

Las Araucarias Shuts as Volcan Llaima Erupts

Llaima Volcano has erupted and for safety reasons closed Las Araucarias ski resort in central Chile. The resort is famous for it's Araucaria trees and spectacular setting on the slopes of 'Volcan Llaima' in Conguillío National Park.
Not an immediate threat to residents of the area the lava flow is heading towards the direction of the Calbuco River.
The lava flow stretched over 2km and was 50 metres wide.
The last eruption was at the start of 2008 and there has been no significant activity between then and now.
There is no threat to other ski resorts although if the ash cloud increases it could affect air travel into Concepcion or Temuco airports.