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wooo hoo, so we made it to Bariloche which is part of the Patagonian mountain range known for a certain spot called Cerro Cathedral, which is good for Ski-ing at a decent price, so there we were.
We heard on the grape vine that it was not having a tremendous amount of luck with snow fall, infact it was rather shocking compared to last year, we were not so hard done by but there were people who had travelled there for the start of the season (two months prior) and not even got on the slopes yet. We held our breath and busied our selves around the town praying for a snow storm!
It was definately chilly enough, and we spent most evenings drinking Mate with the owners of our hostel and playing poker (not for profit) with them in the bar, not a bad way to live but we were getting itchy feet, so with daily snow reports being checked we decided a tripto a log cabin style hostel was in order in the next few days, to get us closer to the action! we left the little town of Bariloche and departed, but not without a night trying the famous swiss style fondue. Which was typically big enough for four, and once again, typically, rhi and I managed the lot! A massive pot of melted cheese with bread, sausage and potato to dip, yep we enjoy our grub!!!
So we headed off the the log cabin, which, although a litle cold, was very homely and had a good group of ski-ers waiting it out also! The next day we arose early (before the sun) to see if the reported snow had actually fallen...it had, from our window we could see the sun rise and light up the mountain, only to see a white mass and clear blue skys, we got sillyly giddy, got wrapped up and off we trotted to the mountains! well we got over excited, it seems the workers were unprepared after such a long time out for snow and skiers! The first report came back, no skiing due to unsafe snow, i beleive it was too fluffy!!so with tears in our eyes and a feeling of major dissappointment we caught the bus back to the hostel and collapsed!
So the next day up early and even with no snow report we risked it for a biscuit and headed off, and low and behold the slopes were open as if by magic! so we rushed about hired some ski´s and bought our passes and jumped on the first lift we saw to take on the slopes!
The day was awesome, so good to ski again, for me (corx), its been about 7 years!!! so we steadied our self on some green slopes then went higher to the blues and reds for some real fun! Its certainly a good thing that we picked it up again and quick because after reaching the summit we found ourselves in thick clouds, determined not to let it dampen the day, excuse the pun, we followed the dissappearing figures down the mountain with no clue of slope gradient and no clue where to turn, all in all a rather cool and different way to ski, but we loved it, and skied untill our legs gave in, i.e the last lift down! we felt extremely happy and lucky to have managed a ski day when the season had been so bad, and with that done the next day was spent planning and actually travelling to mendoza! which will come next.....
Take care
Corx n Ibbs!!! xxx
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