Chapelco 25cm in 24 Hours

25cm (10 inches of snow has fallen at Chapelco in the last 24 hours according to their official website. They now have 67cm (26 inches) at the top, although snow is still scarce on the lower slopes.
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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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

Chapelco Planned Opening 28th June

Chapelco Ski Resort (San Martín de los Andes) have just announced their new planned opening date of Saturday 28th June for the 2008 season.

Argentina Ski Resort Opening Dates

Revised Ski Resort Opening dates for Argentina:-
Las Leñas - June 13th
Cerro Castor - Ushuaia - June 14th
Chapelco - San Martín de los Andes - June 21st
Bariloche Catedral - Postponed from June 14th to 21st (to be confirmed in the next few days)
Cerro Bayo - to be confirmed