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If someone had said to me I would be standing on the top of a live Volcano looking
down into the centre of the earth with bubbling lava one minute and then skiing off
piste in perfect snow the next I would have thought they were crazy. Yet here I was
doing exactly that. Chile is a country of startling contrasts which on average is
over 2,700 miles long, the equivalent distance from Edinburgh to Baghdad and never
more then 150 miles wide with some of the most active volcanoes in the world.
I first
started my adventures in Chile ten years ago when I was lucky to meet a good friend
of mine Cristián Levy. Cristián runs his own Chilean tourism agency based in Temuco
in the centre of the Lakes and Volcano district. I was familiar with Valle Nevado
and Portillo the main Chilean ski destinations but Cristián persuaded me there is
a totally different side to skiing in Chile.
Antuco, Corralco, Araucarias, Pucon,
Huilo Huilo, Antillanca and Osorno are ski areas very few skiers have ever heard
about so when I took my first group there 10 years ago needless to say I was pretty
apprehensive. We’re used to The 3 Valleys and the Espace Killy with hundreds of ski
lifts stretching in every direction. Here we were traveling half way around the world
to ski in resorts with only a few ski lifts! You have to be joking I thought. Nervous
was an understatement. I had persuaded some of my guests to take three weeks off
work and part with a fare chunk of their income to ski in a resort with a couple
of lifts!
What’s the point heading half way across the world to ski in somewhere exactly
the same as our own back door, I kept saying to myself. My worries were totally unfounded,
this was a totally different type of ski experience. The scenery spectacular, the
hospitality
overwhelming, the skiing totally different and the opportunity to ski
from the top of live volcanoes! Chile had me hooked.
Every year I have added to and
amended the itinerary, added Argentina and shaped it into the ultimate South American
skiing experience, designed for skiers from limited or no off piste experience to
off piste experts.
This year as always we'll be heading back to the Southern Volcanoes
for another Snoworks Skiing Adventures. If you fancy joining us the dates are August
20th to September 2nd 2011.
For full details see: http://www.snoworks.co.uk/adv.asp
You
can drop me an email at phil@snoworks.co.uk
"My skiing experiences with Snoworks have always exceeded expectations but this 14 day trip to Chile has been (literally) the icing on the cake! The scenery is spectacular, the hospitality overwhelming, the culture utterly fascinating and so different with the skiing in a class of its own. If the skier inside you has a passion for exploration, I thoroughly recommend a Snoworks Adventure. It truly is a trip of a lifetime."
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