Valle Nevado, Chile on June 3rd, 2016. photo: valle nevado
Valle Nevado, Chile last night. photo: valle nevado
A large series of storms just unleashed on Chile and Argentina in South America. ย
Portillo is claiming 79″ of snow in the past 48 hours and 100″ of snow in the past 7 days.
The snow piled up at Valle Nevado, Chile right now is towering and the just bumped their opening day up to June 10th. ย La Parva will open on June 9th. ย Penitentes and Las Lenas in Argentina just got over 3 feet of snow. ย El Colorado, Chile got so much snow that they’ve been open since June 1st!
The forecast in Chile and Argentina is for a few days of sun now. ย These places need to dig out, groom, get patrol out there, and get these resorts ready to open.
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Valle Nevado, Chile today. photo: valle nevadoValle Nevado, Chile today. photo: valle nevado