A view of Cerro Catedral from home. By late June, the snow pack was a foot or two deep and the lifts opened a couple weeks later. The base area is at 1,000m (which is just about at snowline these days); the ridge top is 2,100m. The Nordic trails are at treeline to the left in the photo, just behind the silhoutte of near trees.
In the base area, heading to the gondola for a ride to the Nordic trails.
While we're skiing up in the mountains, the lowlands are sunny and dry, often shorts and T-shirt weather.
Hans Peter with a view of Lake Nahuel Huapi in the distance.
The Club Andino crew of older juniors with a range of expertise. The group travels once or twice a year to regional races, mostly just enjoy informal skiing at Cerro Catedral.
The Club Andino Bariloche junior Nordic team is directed by Lola Lovisolo and her husband, Julio Moreschi. During the summer months, they take a small number of Argentine national team skiers to Europe to train during the Northern Hemisphere winter.
Julio was an Argentine Olympic Nordic skier during the Sarajevo and Calgary winter games.
During the 2 week winter vacation from school, the Club Andino has 20-30 skiers that attend a Nordic camp with full-day sessions for instruction in classic and skate technique.
Here's the whole crew down at the Club's base area lodge where they have lockers and a cafeteria for break time.
Hans and Marco towing an unsuspecting victim.
Ooops!
Annalise got to join the younger crew.
Lola does a fantastic job with a large number of young skiers, teaching technique while making sure everyone has fun at the same time.
Patricia and I were able to ski with the kids on our own a few times as well.
