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Hey everyone. I'm a 20 year-old student and am really keen to spend a season in S. America this summer- was wondering if anyone has any advice... I've done quite a lot of research, and it seems the resorts are generally much smaller than most European resorts. I will need to find a job (bar work, or something) out there to finance my everyday living, so somewhere with a good nightlife would be great. At the same time I would of course like a wide range of pistes and a high likelihood of good snow. Valle Nevado, in Chile has been recommended to me as it is only a short distance from Santiago and the nearby resorts of La Parva and El Colorado can also be accessed from there. Have any of you ever skied in any of these places? Any advice on this topic would be much appreciated!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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loulabelle, welcome to snowHeads you could try ww.epicski.com it's US forum and there appear to be a number of skiers there who've skied S. America. Good luck.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks for the info guys- I'll follow those leads and see what more I can find out. By the sounds of it though, there's not much going on in many of the actual resort towns... do you think it would be a bad idea to spend two months there?!
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A lot more people seem to head to New Zealand to do seasons during our summers. Queenstown has something of a reputation for being a fantastic and happening place to be. Santiago is only about 40kms from Valle Nevado so you aren't far from a pretty lively place if you wanted to head away from the mountains for a couple of days.
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loulabelle, welcome to snowHeads.
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Thanks... like the sound of it being so close to Santiago, but was kind of hoping to stay in a resort with a half-decent nightlife so I could work in a bar or something. Apart from of course looking for great skiing, one of my other plans for the summer was to brush up on my Spanish as have forgotten loads since starting uni (hence S. America). Must say, New Zealand does sound pretty tempting though. Oh, the decisions.
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Its only 40KMs to Santiago , Yes. But, its a steep narrow hairpinned road up .It takes at least 1 hour to drive up thats not including if you have to fit chains. There are chain gangs there to do that for you .
BTW Dont leave it any later than September for South American skiing .
New Zealand . Queentown is a tacky tourist town in a beautiful area. I cant understand how the Kiwis allowded the place to develop like it has. I was there in 1990 so god knows what it is like now . THe skiing is not that great unless you go Heli Sking. The Remarkables are just Un-Remarkable. Coroonet & Cardrona are small . Treble Cone is quite good especially the scenery. The best place I skied on the Southern Island was Mount Hutt which is nearby Christchurch.
The reason why people go to work in NZ is you get paid , English is the lingo . Basically its "easy" theres no challenge or culture shock. Whereas in SA they got real cheap labour already in Chile & Argy . If you can undercut the locals & want to work for less than $5 a day and can speak Spanish then you may be able to work.
ONe other thing about SA . Although English is spoken more widely in the resorts dont take it for granted, Its not Majorca or Tennerife.
A brush up on your Spanish will help you alot even Portuguese as you get alot of Brazillians sking there as well.
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