Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Portillo por día

Some updates are in order. Enough snow fell from the last storm that:

1. Portillo is selling day tickets.
This is a big one. People were getting upset. Our facebook page was actually getting spammed badly with angry posts from what I assume were perfectly reasonable human beings. That is, perfectly reasonable before being told that Portillo was closed to the public. Then they freaked out. Are we that great? I guess so, as I saw a few of the posts and they were kind of ridiculous. Skiing (in bounds) isn`t some kind of naturally given right. What reason does anyone have to get angry, and I mean really angry, at us for closing Portillo? The answer is none. Grow up... and then come skiing. It`s only slightly less expensive than tickets in the U.S., but obviously well worth it.
   $33.000 / adulto
   $22.000 / menor
   More info here.

2. Juncalillo has been opened.
The run is national team training grounds every summer. It`s easily our longest run, super fun, and generally uncrowded. Plus the lift, which passes over the road to Portillo, is just incredible. Nobody likes traffic, until they`ve seen it from the air. Hundreds of trucks pass by the hotel everyday (we're a half-mile from a major border crossing), and Juncallilo gives skiers a bird`s eye view of the absurd congestion, which practically reaches Los Andes
  
3. Cara Cara is up and running.
Condor was getting old. Now with the other side of the mountain operational, most of the traversable terrain is skiable. All that`s left is Roca Jack, but from what I hear patrol plans on opening Roca this week. That would mean everything but Vizcachas will be open by the end of the week. Que bueno.

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