Archive for the ‘sports’ Category

Published Articles on Shames Mountain Co-op

Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in business, sports, travel | 1 Comment »

Written by Jamie As we posted last week, Shanie and I have been involved in a new and unique project to organize a Co-op and buy a ski area in northern British Columbia, Canada We did an interview with the Terrace Standard ...

A New Kind of Ski Area

Monday, September 14th, 2009 Posted in business, sports, travel | 2 Comments »

Written by Shanie Although it doesn't have to do with Patagonia directly, the new concept of Shame's Mountain Co-op is connecting with Bariloche through its membership to the global snow community. Shames Mountain Co-op (SMC) is a cooperative that is joining a ...

Bariloche Trekking Circuits

Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in sports, travel | 5 Comments »

Written by Shanie One of the great things about adventure travel in Patagonia is the trekking hut circuit. Beautiful, manicured, single-track trails connect manned and unmanned refugios (Spanish for hut). The trails wander through the protected national forests, varying in length and ...

Catedral Backcountry

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in day to day, sports | No Comments »

Written by Shanie Knowing that another storm is coming in, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went skiing in the backcountry between Cerro Catedral and Refugio Frey. Though this hasn't been the best year for snow, there is enough out ...

Soccer Season On Hold

Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in culture, entertainment, sports | 1 Comment »

Written by Jamie Big news for Argentina, the start of fútbol season has been suspended for the time being. The New York Times is reporting that due to the massive amount of debt the teams have, the season is being put on ...

New Snow!

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Posted in day to day, sports, travel, weather | 4 Comments »

Written by Jamie I am happy to report the area received a good amount of snow last night. The top of Cerro Catedral had about 2.5 feet of powder today. Looks like there is more precipation in the forecast beginning Sunday. Looking west from ...

Update on Fundación Cruzada Clothing Sale

Monday, August 3rd, 2009 Posted in cosas lindas, culture, resources, sports | 4 Comments »

Written by Shanie As we posted last week, Fundación Cruzada Patagónica had a gear sale to help generate proceeds from winter equipment that was kindly donated from friends of ours in Lake Tahoe. The clothing exchange went off great and the foundation ...

Sharing the Snow

Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in day to day, sports | No Comments »

Written by Jamie Skiers and sledders alike were enjoying snow this weekend at Refugio Neumeyer

Recap of Las Leñas Trip

Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in sports, travel | 5 Comments »

Written by Jamie As some of you might know, we first moved to Argentina in 2005. We purchased and lived on a farm in the southern part of Mendoza. The reason we chose the area was to be close to Las ...

Patagonia Ski Update

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in day to day, sports | No Comments »

Written by Jamie We took advantage of the fine weather and headed around the lake to Cerro Bayo. The day was without wind and plenty of sunshine after the morning low clouds burned off. The upper half of the mountain had pretty good ...