Snowsure: 3.5
- 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
- Las Leñas is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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June 16, 2010
Jerry from
USA - California
Jerry from
USA - California
If you dream of breathtaking vistas, mind blowing powder days and bucket loads of fun stop what you are doing, drop everything and head to Las Lenas in Mendoza.
I had a wonderful trip last year and I would give my thanks to Las Lenas Holidays staff they were so professional. Thank you for all of your help and patience.
Summarizing, everything was perfect, we will be back this season for sure.
June 15, 2010
Gonzalo from
Argentina
Gonzalo from
Argentina
Las Leñas (Las Lenas) would have probably have gone broke a loooong time ago if it weren't for the fact that it's an awesome mountain. Many rides are long and there are incredibly nice steep and off-piste runs for the intermediate and advanced skier. It's the closest ski center to Buenos Aires (overnight 15 hour bus, totally worth it), good to take into account if you just want to ski a couple of days without travelling much (to the other resorts).
The very negative side: old, clunky lifts, some of them which service the best part of the valley (Marte lift) get closed with no apparent reason on the average, more than half of the time (my personal opinion is because they are lazy on the maintenance and the runs on that side don't get the maintenance they need during most nights). Rental is expensive and equipment, although in good shape, is old. The overall quality of the food in most restaurants is way below average, especially for what they charge you.
I went to Las Leñas (Las Lenas) about a dozen times and this description fits to most of them unfortunately. I keep trying, mainly because it's close to where I live (Buenos Aires) and I usually don't get to have too many days off to spend travelling. This year I'm trying Chile, though.
December 21, 2009
Kevin Lee
Kevin Lee
I spent two days skiing Las Leñas and both were good days. We stayed in one of the towns nearby and took the hotel shuttle to the mountain each day. It was much cheaper that way than staying on the mountain. The rental shop at Las Leñas is the best I have ever seen anywhere. They actually have expert gear for rent and to my great surprise they had my exact all mountain/ all terrain free-riding skis so I rented them of course, I was very happy. Regarding the skiing, like most areas of South America the lifts are old and clunky. When I say old I'm talking decades old, 30 or 40 year old technology, fixed grip doubles, poma tows that sort of thing. The famous Marte lift actually services some impressive terrain. I had quite a few long powder runs down the back side. I was eying the run right under the lift, which looked quite awesome, but for some reason was closed. I don't understand that because there was a good base and other runs just as steep were open. On my second day there, the winds were too strong to open the Marte so I had to spend the day down low, which was a bit boring. I explored the entire area and found one small pitch of some interest. It's called Pluton on the map, it's a shoulder off one of the lower lifts, a black run of medium steepness, nice soft pack. There were ski patrollers at the top requiring people to sign out, a bit of a joke, I found a route around them by skiing down the main run about 20 meters then taking a sharp right over the edge onto the run. It was in amazingly good shape, I think because they limit access to it on the premise that it's too scary, I was in my element, I warped that run for hours, Made a lot of serious cuts on it.
All in all, Las Leñas was a memorable experience, I will return there is more terrain up top that needs exploring.
December 07, 2009
Mark Cervantes from
Argentina
Mark Cervantes from
Argentina
I just wanted to reach out and thank all the people that have been contacting us in regards to Las Lenas and all the others we have first hand knowledge about. Fabio in the US mentioned us a couple of months ago and we have already helped several people plan sick vacations for next year in Patagonia. If you want info on the Las Lenas or any of these resorts contact us at [email protected] or visit our site soon.
We ski them all and love telling people how to best enjoy them. I am packing the car and headed to mountains so perhaps we will meet along the way !! Bring on the freshies...
Mark Cervantes(Owner/Founder)
September 28, 2009
komase from
Switzerland
komase from
Switzerland
I am 35 now and I have skied since I was 3 and snowboarded since I was 19. I do some snowboard-carving, not off-piste snowboarding, nor jumping (visit extemecarving.com). I'm used to European ski resorts. I was just in Las Leñas (Las Lenas) and can recommend it. Yes, the lifts are old but it would be too expensive to renew them all and very quickly you are used to it. They are very well maintained.
Nice service and people in the whole Las Lenas area. Almost no 'aprés-ski', no parties and no good food except the Mexican restaurant. It really is a resort for skiing not for partying. Very expensive: 45 dollars a day for skiing. There are very few hotels at Las Lenas and you pay 300 dollars a night for a room.
Most of the time the weather is very good. However, it is always a bit windy. After a snowfall you get, probably, 1 or 2 days of excellent off-piste-skiing before the wind blows away all the snow and, I guess, it must be great to do some off-piste-skiing up there. You can go up by lift at 'backside' and drive down the upper part of the mountain on the 'frontside'. Yes, Martes is usually closed, but the slopes up there are not that interesting anyway. There are enough at the front part of the mountain and as soon as it's not windy it opens. It's not that they don't groom up there (no lazyness :-D).
The slopes are very wide and always well groomed. Excellent for carving but you will probably be the only carver. They ski and snowboard a very old fashioned way there and only the 'jumpers' are very good.
You find slopes for all levels.
If you are used to European ski resorts and want tho go for skiing and not for partying and you already know that you pay the same price in Las Leñas (Las Lenas) then I can recommend it. All resorts in Chile are much more expensive anyway; best would be Bariloche but there was no snow this year and I didn't dare to go to Ushuaia because I thought it might be cloudy.
July 23, 2009
Alex from
Sweden
Alex from
Sweden
I just arrived from Las Leñas (Las Lenas); a really amazing place. I got lucky and enjoyed 3 great powder days. The infastructure isn't the best but the mountain is worth it. Las Lenas is one of the best places on earth to free ride, if not the best one.
I travel with Big Powder and those guys really do their thing with nice hotels, great food and nice people.
July 22, 2009
Manu from
Argentina
Manu from
Argentina
June 08, 2009
Tom from
United Kingdom
Tom from
United Kingdom
Las Lenas offers some of the worlds' best skiing and is easily accessible for North American and European skiers & snowboarders. The resort is revered by pro riders and hard-charging enthusiasts, many who return year after year for the unparalleled access to big mountain skiing along with a consistent, massive snowfall. The Andes Mountains are the highest outside of Asia with reliable skiing every ski season. The summit of the lift-served terrain at Las Lenas is 11,253 feet above sea level and the surrounding mountains rise well above 14,000 feet. Source: Laslenas-ski.com
September 07, 2008
Jose from
Argentina
Jose from
Argentina
September 07, 2008
jose from
Argentina
jose from
Argentina
Las Lenas... it was a very good place. I totally agree with Alex! Alex you are the man... I ski there all my life and now I wana search some other places, I love Las Lenas snow and its pretty close of my house, 1200 km, 10 hours by car, but year after year Las Lenas it's expensive more than Europe, and the lift are since 1983, slow ugly all the time out of work, its a shame, the people in the holle valley smoke and I have to change my lunch place many times about that, now its a big storm in all the resorts of Argentina, Bariloche have 1mt in the base and 350 in the top and Las Lenas too, the only problem now in Las Lenas is the owner, it's a guy for Malasia and the only business its looking for is the water reservation, and the lif and the resort doesn't gives a damn!!
Well thanks for said than here all of the skiers talk in English, in Buenos Aires too, and I'm a big traveler to and now the best ski resort we have is Bariloche or Castor, but the problem in Bariloche you have to look very well the snow, because many times the snow its bad or not much,
Cheers!
Nearest