Oh, let's go skiing again- Valle Nevado, Chile

Getting stoked. (and no I did not ski in jeans, we were taking a look at the mountains while our driver threw some chains on).

Oh ya, it snowed a ton before this day. Good thing I knew that before going up hahah. The resorts were reporting 4 cm fresh and it barely sprinkled the night before in Santiago. First time I have ever skied this much powder (8-16 inches) on skis that were ~78 mm underfoot. Someone give me credit for this.

Here is a pic. K2 Apache Chiefs, the last person who used these skied more rocks than snow. No worries.

The best snow was down low. With a base of 9,000 feet, that can happen. Especially because this has been a dry snow year for Chile, with really high winds.

This is a picture of the false summit at Valle Nevado that is to the left of the central (lift-served) peak of the resort. I hiked this to drop in off a lil cornice and get some untouched lines. Good hike and great skiing. Nothing like a drop into high speed powder turns.

This is kinda what I did. Hard to see in the flatish light and from the perspective of where this picture was taken from. But, orange is hiking, green is skiing.

Great Day!! I have a lot more respect for everyone who skiied powder prior to the year 1998 and the reality of fat skis. A lot more work, but still so so worth it. Cannot wait for December, in the Sierra Nevada, to ski pow with the fam and friends.