Skiing Volcanoes in Chile

The Chilean volcano circuit is an incredible experience for those who love to travel and ski.  If you’re coming from the northern hemisphere early fall is a perfect time to explore the onset of the austral spring.  The days are relatively long, the snowpack is well settled and the weather tends to stabilize in September and October.  The Chilean Andes are long and varied and offer many different possibilities for backcountry skiing.

To the east of Santiago the mountains tower over 5000m and offer a drier climate.  Further south, in the Araucanía Region, araucaria trees and deciduous forests rise up to approximately 1500m and provide open and well spaced tree skiing.  Araucaria trees are endangered and some of them are over one thousand years old.  Above that, the height of land rises up to nearly 4000m and the expansive alpine yields boundless terrain for backcountry enthusiasts to explore.

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