Days 0-3 Cerro Catedral Weather Summary: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 30°F on Wed afternoon, min 12°F on Thu night). … Read More

Are you thinking about extending your winter by traveling below the equator to South America for earths next winter season but are apprehensive because you don’t know what to expect? Well, … Read More

It is the equivalent of late October below the equator and  Valle Nevado, Chile is already getting pounded with snow. Here are some photos from their Facebook Page showing the extent of … Read More

Jackie Paaso in Las Leñas (Photo by GP Martin) Tim Dutton About to Tee Off in the Las Leñas Slackcountry (Photo by GP Martin) Walking back to the Village of Las Leñas … Read More

Unofficial Networks has obtained this official email from Valle de Las Leñas.    On a historical occasion, Valle de Las Leñas is pleased to inform you about the purchase of a … Read More

As the North American season begins to wind down many skiers thoughts turn to the next ski season. Not the 2012/13 season but the “Summer Season” below the equator in … Read More

Swatch Skiers Cup Is Back | 2012 teaser The Swatch Skiers Cup is based on a simple concept first developed by Freeriders Kaj Zaricksson and Sverre Liliequist: bringing together the … Read More

Lake Nahuel Haupi and Lago Moreno este.  Bariloche, Argentina. Julian Donatelli is a local professional photographer in Bariloche, Argentina who was nice enough to share these photos with Unofficial.  His … Read More

Thanks to Trevor Martin for the edit and the following words about the event… A few great things about Valparaiso Chile:  -It was the largest port on the Pacific coast … Read More

On 31 May 1970, an earthquake off the coast of Peru caused a substantial section of the north slope of Mt. Huascaran to collapse. [Situated in the Cordillera Blanca, the world’s … Read More

Carston Oliver is one of the most talented all around skiers in todays freeride scene. His ability to hike all day, ski big lines, and throw down wild tricks off … Read More

Snowboarding is much more than just banger after banger; It’s a journey, it’s euphoria, it’s pain, it’s excitement, it’s fear, it’s meeting new people, it’s sending it, it’s SNOWBOARDING. -Aaron … Read More

This week’s exotic volcano is Ecuador’s Cotopaxi. Rising to a total height of 19,393 feet, this enormous glacier-clad stratovolcano is one of the true jewels of the Andes, and is … Read More

Jordan Manley is back at it with episode 3 (season 2) of A Skier’s Journey. In this episode Jordan travels far south to Argentina. You can watch more episodes of A Skier’s Journey HERE. Argentina: … Read More

With a waning start to a La Nina winter here in California, the dreamy feeling of floating through thick pow is beginning to fade to a foggy memory.  But alas, … Read More

Wild winds parlayed into perfect pow in and around Las Leñas, and with this strange device known as a tripod a few cross-valley shots were captured.  Please note that this … Read More

This past summer in South America was spectacular…depending on where you were.  It seemed to snow every four of five days for four or five days in Patagonia & Las … Read More

5 Reasons Why Are The Trees in Patagonia So Great for Skiing:

1 – No Tree Wells

2 – No Branches Down Low…

The Las Leñas staple, Jordi Tenas, shares with Unofficial his 2011 “summer” edit. It’s not hard to see why Jordi chooses to give up the beaches of Northern Spain to plunge … Read More

The Rip Curl team was on the search again last winter for their new movie THE GUM. It all started with a trip to Argentina where they’ve been spotted strange … Read More

#1 AIGUILLE DU MIDI – Chamonix, France – Built in 1955, held title as highest cable car on Earth for 20 years – Carries 65 passengers – Highest vertical ascent … Read More

The newly opened Puma Lodge, located outside of Santiago, Chile at an altitude of 1,325 meters, is the worlds first 5 star Heli-Ski Lodge. Opened at the start of the 2011 South American ski season this … Read More

One run in Las Leñas 2011: Eduardo – Our Spanish buddies from Argentina,  Txema Trull and Jordi Tenas, sent us over this POV video from August 31, 2011 of their first … Read More

As the snow is starting to fall in the northern hemisphere, the season is coming to an end in the south.  But, there is still some good riding to be … Read More

Conditions are pretty beat in this video, but it’s good to see Tanner Getting his confidence and legs back.  Wether you can’t stand him or think he’s the man, I … Read More

This summer we mostly saw snowboard edits come out of the SASS editing room. So when I saw they released a ski edit for session five and six I was … Read More