Argentina is a great tourist proposal and the mountain, associated
to the snow, is one of its main attractions. In the matchless
frame of the Mountain range of the Andes, there are important
centers of ski specially designed for the lovers of all type
of winter sports. Distributed in several provinces of the west
and the south of the country, and surrounded by impressive landscapes,
they are ideal destinies to participate, in addition, of a tourism
it ventures of great wealth. The visitors will find tracks of
international quality with elevation means and infrastructure
of last generation. The nascent ones will have on excellent
schools of ski, Argentine and foreign professional instructors,
and modern equipment, and the experienced skiers will be able
to choose tracks of different levels from difficulties to enjoy
to the maximum the incredible adventure to slide by the snow
immersed in the particular silence of the atmosphere, with the
always present panorama of an incomparable nature.
In
the heat of Mountain range of the Andes, in the province of
Mendoza and to 2,240 meters on the level of the sea, is the
Valley of the Firewoods, surrounded by hills Small towers, the
Necklace, Ponce, the Firewoods, Between Rivers, Martín
and Fossils. The Firewoods, the most modern integral center
of mountain sports of Argentina, offer 228 hectares of great
natural beauty. The enormous mountains covered by the best snow
of the region, are the perfect frame for their famous tracks,
for nascent skiers, intermediate and advanced. The access to
the Valley is direct, which guarantees minors times of transfer
and greater benefit. By airplane, flights to San Rafael with
transfers including and flights charter to Malargüe; in
single automobile to 1,212 km of Buenos Aires and in Dormy-bus
from the Federal Capital and other great cities of the country.
The Firewoods count on different options from lodging, an exclusive
hotel of five stars yet comfort and incredible views to the
Mountain range, hotels, apart-hotels, departments and dormy-houses.
Restaurants, international casino, one movidísima discoteca,
make of the Valley of the Firewoods a center outside series.
Caviahue
To
the northwest of the province of the Neuquen, in the heat of
Mountain range of the Andes and to 1,647 meters on the level
of the sea, is located Caviahue ("place of celebration
or meeting ", in language mapuche), with an atmosphere
of clear atmosphere and calm. This mountain villa, is on the
foot of Copahue volcano and to borders of the Caviahue lake.
Nailed in the Provincial Park Copahue-Caviahue, of 28,300 hectares
with forests of pehuenes (araucaria-araucana), lakes and lagoons,
cascades, thermal terraces of basalt, outcrops and mallines
of height, it offers to the tourist a unique spectacle, remaining
snow cover still in spring. This tourist center of alpine ski,
of bottom and integrated mountain station, offers seasons of
4 to 5 months of snow extensive tracks of ski. To 18 km of distance,
are the famous Spas of Copahue, a center of health and beauty
to 1,900 meters of altitude, with a singular pure and dry air
microclimate.
Chapelco
With
the incomparable drop curtain of bottom of the Andes, added
to the panoramic views of the Lácar lake and Lanín
volcano, from all its platforms, Chapelco is one of the most
attractive destinies to enjoy the snow in all its splendor.
This important and exclusive center of dista mountain ski and
activities 20 km of San Martín of the $andes, tourist
capital of the Neuquén. To borders of the Lácar
lake and with an architecture of mountain style, it offers one
varied hotel infrastructure, between hosterías, cabins,
hotels and apart-hotels. Their restaurants invite to discover
the most varied plates of regional and typical food and to enjoy
the good international gastronomy. Numerous pubs, confectioneries
and a casino grant an interesting nocturnal life to him, for
the perfect combination of ski and diversion.
Cerro
Bayo
Villa
the Narrowness, in the province of the Neuquén, is one
of the most fascinating places of the Argentine south. Surrounded
by natural forests and to borders of the lake Nahuel Huapi with
his recondite bays, to the frame of the Mountain range of the
$andes, he conforms a unique landscape. To single 9 km of Villa
the Narrowness is Bay Hill, an ideal place to enjoy the winter
sports. Bay hill is characterized by its natural beauty and
the calidez of its people. In winter it more and more concentrates
adept to the practice of the ski and snowboard, from nascent
to the most experimented sport. Their exclusive residences,
apart-hotels, hotels, cabins and hosterías of reputation,
do of this center of ski, a warm and familiar point of contact,
specially designed for the lovers of the nature in pure state.
Cerro
Catedral
The
Hill Cathedral is located in the National Park Nahuel Huapi,
surrounded by lakes and mountains, to single 19 km - by asphalted
route of San Carlos de Bariloche (Río Negro), a city
with an infrastructure of hotel and gastronomical services to
the height of the more demanding international tourism. Bariloche
counts on 18,000 beds, from the economic categories to a dozen
of hotels of four and five stars; part of these services is
in the base of the hill. The hill Cathedral throughout receives
the year to thousands of visitors who ascend until the summit
to contemplate the magnificent landscapes, to practice trekking
and moutainbike in the summer. In the winter, it is the center
of winter sports more developed of South America, by his 70
esquiables kilometers of ski tracks, their 200 hectares and
their means of elevation, between which aerosilla Séxtuple
Express is counted, with transparent cupola.
La
Hoya
Near
Esquel, in the province of the Chubut, one is the center of
ski and mountain activities the Hole. It receives his name as
a result of the form of the mountain, the one that consists
of an ample circus glacier, in that all the tracks converge
in a same point in the base. Already in years 30, pioneering
skiers of the region discovered that attractive natural formation
and began to frequent the hill. Today it is an ideal place to
enjoy the sport and the nature, to be located within a privileged
zone, with wonderful lakes like the Futalaufquen and the Menéndez,
in the National Park the Larches. In the heat of Patagonia,
also offers other attractions like the stroll in the mythical
train to steam "the Trochita", or to know the colony
Welsh Trevelin, where the ancestral customs last in their people
and her famous desserts and candies. The tracks of the Hole
specially were designed for their use on the part of skiers
of all the levels. Nevertheless, its more excellent characteristic
is in the possibilities that offer for the practice of the ski
and snowboard outside track, that turns to this center in one
of the best ones of South America that discipline. Esquel, to
15 km of the Hole, is the center of services in which the complex
leans.
Cerro
Castor
The
ski center Cerro Castor, with its extensive tracks, the quality
of its services and the beauty of the landscape, is the ideal
mountain for the adventure in the aim of the world. One is to
single 27 km of Ushuaia, the most austral city of the Earth.
Located in the South end of the Mountain range of the $andes,
the site invites to enjoy most fascinating geography. Its climate
is ideal for the practice of the winter sports, to count on
the best quality of snow and one of the most extensive seasons
of South America. With means of elevation of last generation,
that allow an effective distribution of the skiers in all the
mountain, it is acceded to a esquiable dominion of 400 hectares.
Tracks of ski apt for all the levels - one of them of competition
accredited by the F.I.S. - they extend throughout more than
17 km and are prepared to enjoy without limits of the nature.
The itineraries outside track excellent and are very varied,
ideal for which they look for virgin snow or extreme ski and
snowboard.