August 5th - 8th, 2005, Las Lenas Argentina

Oh my, like the others, I am drooling intensely. My goal is to ski SA summer of 2006. I'm missing out on a trip this year (in 2 weeks) with some friends due to funds, but can't wait to go next year. Any tips for someone who's never been there before and has no idea where to start? I will also be looking for some folks to join or to join me...<br><br>~Lara

The weather hasn't quite turned out to our liking.  Wednesday it warmed up and rained, Thursday was sunny but very windy, and today (Friday) was also cloudy and very windy.  We went for a tour Thursday but didn't ski Wednesday and today.  The winds have been so strong.  Despite the sun, our tour was cut short by the wind.  At one point my entire pack started to blow away.  This morning only a couple poma lifts were running and the Marte chair has not been open since Tuesday.  I think the main drawback about both Las Lenas and Portillo is that the possibility of downtime is high and there are not many alternative things to do.  Here are a few pictures from yesterday's tour.

Looking up valley

Interesting peak across valley

Looking across valley from high point on tour

Wow, that's a lot of spindrift comming off the peaks in your photos -- definitely looks very windy. I'm sorry to hear about the wind. Your photos are great.

JEALOUS. &gt;

is it just me, or do all these photos portray the slopes to be VERY uncrowded? I've done the New Zealand thing, but it is clear that I need to score some action in the Andes!

I am also trying to tenatively plan for South America in Summer/Fall of '06.  We'll see if it happens.<br><br>Gracias por los reportajes! Que sigan disfrutandose!