About to arrive in Santiago de Chile.
Olympic games posters in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago de Chile.
Parkbench at the Plaza de Armas.
Victor explaining the layout of Santiago.
This looks a lot like Europe, but it's Santiago de Chile.
Traditional Clothing.
Palacia de la Moneda, in which President Allende died when General Pinochet took power in 1973.
He sells fish.
Marisco, cerveza y pisco sour.
Musician.
On the road to the mountains.
Table grapes behind Casa San Regis.
Evening in San Esteban, with powder on the horizon.
While we enjoy the last sunshine, powder is being delivered higher up on the hill. Actually it was dumping all night up there. :-)
Fresh snow at Arpa.
Base station at Arpa - arriving here means that we survived the road.
Getting onto the snowcat - the only lift in this resort.
Aconcagua - the highest mountain outside Asia. We didn't ski this one, but it was always visible from the top of the slope at Arpa.
As long as you don't look West, there's just mountains around here.
The snowcat is leaving us at the top of the mountain.
Aconcagua.
I feel like an astronaut up here.
Peter coming down the hill; also, check out the reflections in Travis' goggles.
There were no lines on this hill when we started.
It's Cal's turn.
Cat track.
Goggle reflections.
Dave.
Peter, finishing off the traverse.
Next one, please! (Is this Dave?)
Oops!
Cal taking the traverse.
We're about to tear this up, aren't we?
Cal waiting for his run.
I'm having too much fun today.
Last run of the day - isn't it great when you can look back up the mountain and it tells you every turn you took (and, uhm, every face plant, too)?
Casa San Regis has a long and interesting history which is best told by the fireplace.
Another day at Arpa - our tracks are gone!
Casa San Regis.
While you can find all sorts of cars and trucks in Chile, traveling with horses isn't uncommon in the countryside.
The road to Portillo is lined with trucks coming from and going to Argentina.
Just a few more switchbacks and we'll arrive at Portillo.
Cal, Travis, and Peter after our first crazy Portillo-style Poma ride.
They have pretty nice rocks in Portillo, too.
Portillo rocks.
Laguna del Inca, Portillo, Chile.
Portillo, Chile.
Perhaps one of the scarier runs, Portillo, Chile.
View from the road to Valle Nevado, Chile.
Road to Valle Nevado, Chile.
Thanks much for digging a hole through the avalanche so we can get to Valle Nevado.
A little avalanchy perhaps. Seen from the road to Valle Nevado, Chile.
This is the sort of goodness they had at Valle Nevado for us.
Santa Teresita area near Valle Nevado.
Cerro El Plomo, 17795 ft, seen from Valle Nevado, Chile.
Our first Santa Teresita run, Valle Nevado, Chile. We sailed down a natural half pipe - snow was great.
On our way to the Farellones.
Very pretty rocks; road from Valle Nevado to Farellones, Chile.
Somewhat extreme lines etched by Danny and his friends.
View from our room in the Farellones hotel.
Mountains near La Parva, Chile.
Road from Farellones to La Parva, Chile.
Another mountain near La Parva, Chile.
Farellones with Santiago in the background.
View of Santiago from La Parva, Chile.
View of Cerro El Plomo from La Parva, Chile.
Me at La Parva, Chile.
Dave at La Parva, Chile.
Glacier of Cerro El Plomo, seen from La Parva, Chile.
Johannes at La Parva, Chile.
Cal at La Parva, Chile.
Last run of the day back to Farellones via El Colorado; Santiago is covered with clouds.
Dave with El Colorado and the cloud covered Santiago in the background.
El Colorado, Chile, with Farellones and the cloud covered Santiago in the background.
Evening view of La Parva from Farellones.
Sunset. Farellones, Chile.
Evening sky, Farellones, Chile.
Dave at El Colorado, Chile.
Cal at El Colorado, Chile.
El Colorado, Chile.
Peter at El Colorado, Chile.
Santa Teresita run.
Santa Teresita, Chile.
The last lines we drew into the snow. Pretty sure the one in the lower left is mine. Santa Teresita, Chile.
After our last run on this trip down Santa Teresita. Peter, Travis, Johannes, Dave.
After our last run down Santa Teresita. Travis, Cal, Dave, Peter.
Dave, Santa Teresita area, Chile.
Santa Teresita.
