The DEEEEEEP South

[Laundrew]

Chile Argentina anyone?

[New2me]

I was just looking at SA last night for a possible place to go in July maybe.

[Laundrew]

http://www.skiportillo.com/html-s/skiing-3.html

I think that is the height of their season.

[thedude]

oh snap, that reminds me... i need to save up about $700 for thsi summer if i go down there t see by bro Nick. he lives liek 30 min. from a lareg resort down there, and is the onyl place in Chilie wiht a super pipe. i can't remember the name of it for the life of me

[kelly]

I wanna go... to portillo and that other one simon suggests... las lenas in argentina?

[Laundrew]

i think it would be a good experience.

Las Lenas looks nice.

[New2me]

I kinda liked this one.

http://www.elcolorado.cl/centro_ski/index.htm

[kelly]

that mountain looks FLAT!
look at all the hiking terrain at las lenas, fun! :)

[Laundrew]

http://www.heliskichile.com/precios_he.htm

[kelly]

ooh, heli... fun
tho I'm so not rich enough.

[J4S]

totally! fej and his lady hit chile last year. paid like 3200$ for like 2 weeks of room and board and 9 days of heli. It looks like good times! Alaska has some good deals like that as well.

[Laundrew]

http://www.laslenasvacations.com/trips.html

[kelly]

For all who are interested: I have contacted Las Lenas and have asked about the possibility of group rates. I'll keep you updated.

[Laundrew]

right now we are looking at $540 for this:

Prices include seven nights lodging, four meals per day, lift tickets, and free access to all our fitness and entertainment facilities.

Inca Lodge rooms are smaller and have four beds (two bunks). Bathrooms are communal. Guests dine in the hotel’s self-service cafeteria, but otherwise have full access to all hotel facilities. The Inca Lodge is popular with young adults, backpackers and students

[Laundrew]

The Airport you are flying into is SCL (santiago chile) use this site. www.kayak.com (thank you lauri )

[e.]

whoa i never clicked on this thread before because i thought it was about something else. yeah when u say deeeeep south u mean it buddy.

[kelly]

Ok, if anyone is really interested in this trip, please PM me so I have your name.

As laundrew said, there is a package for 7 nights lodging at a hostel at the base of the mountain, 7 days of lift tickets, and meals for $540.
This is a link to the hostel: http://www.skiportillo.com/html-eng/hotel-inca.html

It looks like airfare would be around $1200 for most people.

The tentative dates would be august 12th - august 19th.

[MakeYourselfSD]

im lookin at portillo for a late july trip...not terrible expensive...the flight is the bitch

[Neliconcept]

id be semi interested if it wasnt terribly expensive.. all my summer trips have been cancelled

[Corkscrewed]

whoa i never clicked on this thread before because i thought it was about something else. yeah when u say deeeeep south u mean it buddy.

LOL, i was thinking the same thing! I was gonna ask what the riding was like in Alabama, texas, etc. (you know...just to be a smarta**) but i think i like this thread even better. I heard Las Lenas was the sh!t, although i have yet to go. It should be a relatively inexpensive trip due to the exchange rate working in our favor! Hmmmm...

[kelly]

I wanna go

[snowboarding_bear]

is chili and good? my friends n i are thinkin about bolivia this july or hopefully sooner

[FearMe]

Why Bolivia? You want to go to Santiago then head up to the resorts. I lived with a Chilean backcountry guide for a season and he runs a back country tour company down there.

[forumrider9753]

meet you there!

[get me out of GA]

Anyone wants to take a trip to chile, let me know cause I would love to take a trip there this summer. My parents told me they wanted to send me over seas this summer, I said hell no I would much rather go to Chile.