Snowsure: 3.2
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Cerro Catedral is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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July 20, 2023
Patrick Jones from
Argentina
Patrick Jones from
Argentina
I go every year for the past 20. It's always a pleasure to snowboard here. Since 2018 managment has changed ownership and this year 2023 they have added 1 six pax lift, and two 4 pax lifts. Great views, best snow in July, weather is best mid August, but you can run out of snow. Some years it is still possible to ski beginning of September, but it's not assured. Great places to stay at in the "villa". In my opinion, it challenges best place in Argentina with Cerro Castor in Ushuaia.
July 10, 2019
David from
Argentina
David from
Argentina
Beautiful place with outstanding landscapes.
Snow quality - good when you have it. Would say that 90% of the season you cannot ski all the way down. Expect to stop midway and get a lift to the base. Some days expect high winds and very low visibility.
Mountain runs - fun tracks for intermediate level, beginners only at the base with huge crowds. Just a few for advanced, not really for advanced if you are looking for it.
Infrastructure - very old lifts and I doubt about how secure they are. Missing investments. Poor resting areas for families to recovery from cold. Lets say there are none available. Only options are the small restaurants fully packed and you cannot sit unless you spend money.
Personnel - general impression is bad. Had an issue with my lift card and had to buy a new one as there was zero intention by the local manager to solve it. I felt I was robbed as they did not refund 2 days of my lift pass.
Overall Cost /Benefit - as expensive as any other American ski resorts but with much less infrastructure. Do not recommend as there are many other better options to go.
August 17, 2017
Gonzalo from
Argentina
Gonzalo from
Argentina
The best place to ski in South America by far. Excellent views, plenty of snow, beautiful village.
There are more than 10 places in the mountain to lunch or drink a cup of coffee, all of them different, all of them charming. The best by far being Refugio Lynch
Only cons, several winds that do no allow the elevation vehicles to run all the time and company in charge of the ski concession (Catedral Alta Patagonia) is a disaster.
Only comparison to Bariloche are the Europe ski centres; not even in the US you have such views and maginificences as in Bariloche.
September 30, 2016
John from
USA - California
John from
USA - California
I skied there four days in September, 2016. Two of the days were sunny and warm, and two were very stormy with 18 inches of snow (good) and a lot of high wind (not so good, especially because the good skiing is mainly above treeline). On the two sunny days the snow was good with nice spring conditions, though it did get heavy later in the day on the last day, which was very warm. On the two stormy days the snow was good though rather heavy due to the relatively low elevation and late time in the season, but in wind and heavy snow visibility it can become impossible since you are above the tree line. There are plenty of nice intermediate (blue and red) runs and despite other comments I have seen the grooming seemed fine to me. Also, I thought the signage was as good as most places and I like the European and South American system of marking the edges of the runs with small signs; color-coded to the rating of the run. Wish U.S. areas would do that. The view at the top is the most spectacular of anywhere I have skied; think Telluride mountain scenery combined with Tahoe lake views. Definitely worth a trip but be aware of the visibility limitations on stormy days and of the fact that, unless you are really lucky, the lower half of the mountain is not skiable so you will need to ride up on the gondola or 6-pack chair to where there is snow, ski the upper mountain, then ride down again at the end of the day. Lots of good food and drink options both on-mountain and in the base village and of course pretty unlimited if you stay in the city of Bariloche.
August 07, 2016
Jack mayhoffer from
Argentina
Jack mayhoffer from
Argentina
Absolutely beautiful resort but don't believe anything this website tells you about conditions.
[note from the editor: establishing an honest source of reports for this area is an issue at present. Please do subscribe as an Eyeball Reporter to submit your observations at the ski area ([email protected])]
July 19, 2016
Guy from
Argentina
Guy from
Argentina
August 03, 2015
Ken Stauffer from
USA - California
Ken Stauffer from
USA - California
July 21, 2015
ronagliati
ronagliati
I am sorry to start with this sentence. Sell or rent the ski resort for the Americans, Japanese, Chileans.
A huge mountain with the worst care of the company who takes care of the tracks and the safety of the people.
They don't prepare the tracks; as if they didn't have snowcats.
It snowed a meter and 80 cms on July 18th of 2015 and I destroyed my board on the 20th 'cause of the rocks on the tracks, not outside on the tracks.
I go sky early in the morning expecting good tracks but what I see is the worst work of the people responsible for the tracks.
Not only one track can be called a good one and just good.
The track Lynch used by the Argentinean alpine ski team is full of holes, moguls and huge imperfections. How can an alpine team practice on a place like this?
I am sorry, but I have to inform people who really want to ski safe about these bad aspects.
We don't travel abroad to suffer or see others suffering because the treatment Catedral Alta Patagonia gives to the terrain.
Bad sinalization is also a problem. If there is a rock on the track there is no sign at all. I am saying on the track.
The sight-seeing is amazing, the pleasure and safety you expect is the worst.
Won't talk about hotels, hosterias, restaurants, 'cause they are really good.
The public transport to the mountain, Cerro, is ok, not good, ok. Too much time waiting for the buses.
I have 30 years of ski and snowboard, i travelled around the world, not only in USA and Europe, but Chile and Argentina also, and Cerro Catedral is surreal. It should be but it is not, and the responsibility is with Catedral Alta Patagonia.
I won't talk about the ski lift chairs 'cause they are too old and too slow. They have the main ski lift called Express but it is not an express.
Sell or rent to another company who really can take care and transform Cerro Catedral in a place that can be compared with the Chilean ski resorts.
This information I have provided is for the people who really enjoy skiing and snowboard.
I hope this information can be useful in the present and in the future.
September 03, 2013
owain price from
Argentina
owain price from
Argentina
Snow-forecast has been the forecast of choice for everybody in Cerro Catedral for the 9 seasons I have lived here but there is another way to know what's going to happen next - observe the Teros, a local plover like bird that nests on the ground. A pair have been nesting in the same spot in my front garden for 9 years. Every year the first warmish day in early August they show up, a sure sign a big snow storm is not far away. They come and sit right on the spot where they nest, even though its buried under up to a metre of snow (in 2006 .. we wish past couple of years). So if you aint got wi-fi observe the teros .. (see fotos for pic)
(note from the editor: amazing!)
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