 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey! I was hoping to head to South America for 4 weeks skiing in July and August. I started looking at Chile first but the price of accommodation seems to be really limited near the resorts and crazy expensive (around $130 per night for shared dorms in a hostel).
I then turned my attention to Bariloche in Argentina, a much wider choice of accommodation it would appear but the prices I found for the ski pass there also seem crazy, almost ¢3000 for a 30 day pass. (https://www.interpatagonia.com/catedral/tarifas_i.html)
Can anyone who has first hand experience of South America resorts please let me know if it really is this expensive or am I missing out on cheaper ways to make it work?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes it’s expensive. My stepson went out last summer from July to October. He based himself to ski at Chapelco - his girlfriend was working there and decided to only ski when conditions were good. He bought the 5 day non consecutive pass as a result (a few times!). He did a bit of travelling about so also skied Bariloche and some other places for the odd weekend and just bought 1 or 2 day passes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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So there’s no such things as season passes?
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Dang : that is a shame.... Skied in Argentina in 2005. It was cheap as chips back then. One of my favourite ever ski trips : good snow, interesting culture (plus we attended a good friend's wedding in Buenos Aires). Lift passes for £10 and a steak & wine for £4. Lived like kings for 3 weeks. Skied Bariloche, Chapelco, Cerro Bayo and also at Ushuia at very southern tip of Patagonia. However that was after the Argentine peso had just collapsed (and 20 years ago). Lots will have changed since then and local economy improved for the better.
I imagine if you get off the beaten track there will still be cheaper & less commercial resorts. Chile was always the most expensive country in South America (noticeably more expensive than Argentina).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Argentinian currency probably still cheaper than toilet paper in 2005?
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@Haggis_Trap, Jnr was saying that the cost of things in supermarkets, bars etc... was changing from one day to the next.
@abc, yes, but for Jnr he said it wasn't worth it. He skis all European winter anyway so prefered to just pick and choose when he skied and didn't want to spend $2.4k on a season pass in one go.
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Chile prices have gone nuts.
Go to Argentina, slightly cheaper.
Go to Antarctica, for untouched backcountry.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
Chile prices have gone nuts.
Go to Argentina, slightly cheaper.
Go to Antarctica, for untouched backcountry. |
Oh yes, let's all pack our Black Crows and avi gear and hop on the next fight to Antarctica to ski windblown snow in -55C with a colony of Emperor Penguins ...
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