One of the most spectacular volcanoes in Chile. Driving along the valley Osorno looms high and ominous and there is no escaping it’s glare! We arrived at the base early and again we had the ski resort to ourselves. There are numerous lifts that can give access to some amazing off-piste, however we wanted to ski from the summit. The skin up took 4 hours but 300 metres from the summit the slope angle changes from 30 to 50 degrees. The last section has to be negotiated with crampons and ice axes. The ski down was spectacular and as we arrived at the bottom for some hard earned cerveza’s you could not help thinking that skiing would never be the same again. The land of volcanoes had us hooked. The thing about volcanoes is they're round and if you have them to yourself with untracked snow you could still be skiing after three months making fresh track.
Phil Smith, Snoworks All Mountain Ski Courses
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