Hola amigos,
Freshly back from NZ (and still jet-lagged, I think I feel worse after the return leg, rather than the outward leg? Just something I've noticed over the years), but it's time to head back down south and back to Chile, with 4 weeks skiing at Nevados de Chillan. This will be summer number 4 down in Chile and I'm looking forward to skiing some pow. We got the views in NZ, but we didn't get the snow. Hopefully this trip will make up for that.
So far, the southern resorts in Chile are doing really well this season. Admittedly, I haven't been keeping too much up to date with what's happening further north and the resorts closer to Santiago, but I don't think they are doing quite as well as the south. Nevados de Chillan has been having a great season with more than 4m of snowfalls and a great base established. I believe they have been a little busier this summer due to the north not having quite as much snow. Hopefully as August progresses, it will start to quieten down.
This season I have a couple of groups coming down. Most of my guests are from the US, but we have some from the UK and also Australia. I know most of the people on the trip already, only 1 person I have not met before. Should be a good crew. Fingers crossed there is a storm brewing for the second day of the trip (11th August). Would love to get some powder turns in early.
I think for this trip, given I did a lot of writing for the NZ trip and I've been reporting from N de C for a few years now, I think I'll be focusing more on photos and video's rather than copious amounts of writing. I will pick up the slack when I do the second trip report in September when I head down to Corralco and Antillanca. They will be new trips so I will give more focus to them. So, fingers crossed for a fun and safe time. The adventure starts tomorrow!
- Matt
Freshly back from NZ (and still jet-lagged, I think I feel worse after the return leg, rather than the outward leg? Just something I've noticed over the years), but it's time to head back down south and back to Chile, with 4 weeks skiing at Nevados de Chillan. This will be summer number 4 down in Chile and I'm looking forward to skiing some pow. We got the views in NZ, but we didn't get the snow. Hopefully this trip will make up for that.
So far, the southern resorts in Chile are doing really well this season. Admittedly, I haven't been keeping too much up to date with what's happening further north and the resorts closer to Santiago, but I don't think they are doing quite as well as the south. Nevados de Chillan has been having a great season with more than 4m of snowfalls and a great base established. I believe they have been a little busier this summer due to the north not having quite as much snow. Hopefully as August progresses, it will start to quieten down.
This season I have a couple of groups coming down. Most of my guests are from the US, but we have some from the UK and also Australia. I know most of the people on the trip already, only 1 person I have not met before. Should be a good crew. Fingers crossed there is a storm brewing for the second day of the trip (11th August). Would love to get some powder turns in early.
I think for this trip, given I did a lot of writing for the NZ trip and I've been reporting from N de C for a few years now, I think I'll be focusing more on photos and video's rather than copious amounts of writing. I will pick up the slack when I do the second trip report in September when I head down to Corralco and Antillanca. They will be new trips so I will give more focus to them. So, fingers crossed for a fun and safe time. The adventure starts tomorrow!
- Matt