Valle Nevado Closes Today

Today marks the end of the 2008 ski season at Valle Nevado Chile. Valle Nevado this year saw excellent levels of snow with spring conditions being the norm in the last few weeks.

2008 Ski Season Nearly Finished

The South American ski season is drawing to a close. Portillo have announced they will shut this weekend with Saturday 4th October being their last ski day for 2008.
It has been a bumper snow season in the Andes. The snow is now disappearing fast with warm spring conditions throughout the South American ski resorts.

Bariloche Snow 2nd September - Photos

Bariloche has been one of several resorts to be gifted by the annual annual Andean snow storm the Santa Rosa.
Here are some photos the snow conditions at Catedral Bariloche Ski Resort earlier today.

The Santa Rosa Hits the Andes

Numerous resorts in the Andes of South America have benefited from the Santa Rosa who has delivered fresh powder to ski resorts in both the Chilean & Argentinean Andes.
It has been snowing all weekend in Bariloche and is still snowing today.
Termas de Chillán has had fresh powder with lots of fresh tracks to be had.

If the temperatures stay low it looks like the season could be more certain to continue into October.

Snow Forecast for Bariloche Argentina

Over the next 5 days regular snowfalls are forecast for Cerro Catedral Ski Resort Bariloche. There is no major snow storm forecast however snow is forecast on most days between now and next Tuesday (2nd September).
Follow this link for a more detailed breakdown

Portillo and Valle Nevado Roads Now Open

The road between Santiago and Portillo Ski resort is again open to traffic heading for the resort. The road however remains shut at the border with Argentina meaning there is no road access to Mendoza.
The road between Santiago and Valle Nevado & the Three Valleys if now fully open.

Massive Storm Hits the Andes

Over the last few days the Andes of Chile & Argentina have been pounded by a huge snow storm. The roads to Portillo and Valle Nevado near to Santiago have both been closed preventing access to these key Chilean ski resorts.
The road to Portillo was shut at the normal holding point near to Los Andes where as Valle Nevado was shut a few miles short of the resort where the road forks from the main Farellones road. Access to La Parva & El Colorado has been possible.
With clearer weather forecast until at least the weekend all access are expected to be open again today.
Portillo are currently reporting on their website the road being closed.
Valle Nevado report the access road as being open.
(at 4.50 am Santiago time)

27cm New Snow Portillo

Portillo has just received a top up of 27cm (10.6 inches) of new snow in the last 24 hours.
New base depth at low level = 221cm (87 inches)
New base depth on the Plateau = 260cm (120 inches)