South America is incredible if you are so inclined to look towards the mountains. Las Lenas is a dream come true if you look back down them with skis or a snowboard on your feet. When the Marte Chair is running, you can forget the likes of Chamonix. This is truly a big mountain, ...

It was snowing hard as the huge, blue bus ran the gauntlet over the pass between Chile and Argentina. In Bariloche, it was snowing harder, and with stiff backs and heavy bags, we dug in for the night at a hostel. Grande flakes of snow fell in slow motion all night and when we ...

I really don't like it here. I'm actually doing my best to refrain from using the word “hate”. The mountains dominate the view from the tent door, the glacial stream is pristine azule, and the weather has been brilliant for 3 weeks, but I feel like arse. I have chronic diarreheo ...

I don't know if there is a happy ending to every story, but there was to this one. After all the shenanigans of getting into and out of Santiago, our first day at Termas de Chillan, was epic, but nothing compared to the next 2 days of bluebird skies and cold, deep powder. Check ...

The skiing at Termas de Chillan is incredible! The snow and the terrain are amazing, and after the chairlift has stopped spinning, when you need somewhere to rest your weary legs, there is no better place to do so than the Mission Impossible Lodge. An open fire, wholesome, home ...

After everything that could go wrong went wrong, the gods finally smiled on us and dumped 30cms of fresh, breathless powder on Termas de Chillan on Tuesday night. We woke up to a foot of dry snow piled on the bannister on the deck, and immediately the trials and tribulations of ...

Okay, so I know it isn’t really the poor, ski bum thing to do, but when you get the opportunity to hang out with the rich and famous while heli-skiing, you can't say no. Naturally enough, when the chance came up to go to Mike Wiegele’s Helicopter Skiing, I accepted immediately ...

It has been a long winter. Not that I mean to boast, but we started skiing in early November and some are still going. Not me; I’m done, I’m out. Before I put on that summer wax though, I needed one last fix. I sobered up after the World Ski and Snowboard Festival in Whistler, ...