Finished my first 6 days of skiing with the CASA tours. We started with two days of snowcat skiing in El Arpa www.skiarpa.com . The one lane road up, including the later snow covered part was an adventure in itself. The first day was one of the two best days they had this year. This area is owned and developed by Tony Sponar, an Austrian ski instructor from Aspen. The area is probably as large as all the areas in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons in Utah. There are only 15 or so skiers there each day. The base lodge is about as big as double garage, with no electricity, and the second day no water as well. Unique is an understatement.
We then skied Portillo, Valle Nevado, La Parva, and El Colorado. The later three are really one huge area, but owned and operated by different uncooperative folks. Every lift at these areas is different from every other. From single pomas, to tbars, to 4 and 5 person pomas. The later are an experience on the way up.
I skied tele 3 days and alpine 3 days. Both are starting to feel like they did toward the end of the season last year. The conditions are highly variable, which of course brings out the worst in my skiing, but I am managing.
One bad experience, was my stupidity to drink water at San Rafel, which tasted bad. In fact I spent 15 hours in bed after the second day at El Arpa. Was better the next morning that heavens.
Back in Santiago now, and traveling to Chillan today with Will Wasson of Snofari www.snofari.com .
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Cal ... Sounds like you had a meeting with Montezuma himself!!! Glad you're having a good time and seeing how the rest of the world lives. Give my love to Dominique ... can't wait to see the phots when you return.
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