Argentina

Thanks to Dorian Densmore for putting together and sending us this awesome little spotlight video of one of Las Leñas’ local legends: Alejo Sanchez.

From Dorian:

Alejo Sanchez sleeps less, snowboards more, and goes bigger in life than most anyone I have ever met. He is a super nice guy who has lived his whole life in Argentina, shredding during our (in the northen hemi), summer months. His strong motivation to work hard in the mountains, combined with his love for nighttime activities, make him a really fun person to hang out with, if you can keep up.

This video shows what it is like to spend one day as Alejo, and follow him through Las Lanas ski resort, his home in the wintertime.

Nice one, guys!

This video is the second part of the adventures of Dorian Densmore in South America. Check out the first part here. Once again, Dorianito is out shredding some steep, narrow couloirs with friends. Riders are Dorian, Matthias Weichselbaumer, and myself. Editing by Dorian, Adri Millan, and Josh the Vegetable. Yeah Dorian, looking forward to the next installment.

This video features the adventures of Dorian Densmore in South America. It shows a typical day in Las Leñas, Argentina: a mission to ski a double secret hidden couloir. It has good music, good vibes, and good skiing. The video was edited by Dorian Densmore, with the assistance of Adri Millan and Joshi the Vegetable.

Nice work, Dorianito!

This is Matthias Weichselbaumer’s wrap up video from the 2012 season in Las Leñas, Argentina. It is filled with stoked, satisfied skiers and snowboarders. If watching this doesn’t mak you happy, then you are probably a bad person.

Nice one, Matthias!

The Blister crew was down in Las Leñas a couple weeks ago testing skis, and since returning to the USA they’ve been putting posting a high quality assortment of photos, videos, and ski reviews. If you aren’t familiar with Blister Gear Reviews, you should be. They put together the most comprehensive and thorough reviews of ski gear available on the internet. If you want to know what skis to buy, they are the resource to read.

Cerro Leñas and pow. BlisterGearReview.com

Take a look at some of the reviews of next year’s skis they’ve put together from the Las Leñas trip:, 

Dynastar Cham 107

Salomon Rocker 2 108

Salomon Rocker 115

Down Skis Countdown 3

Fischer Watea 106

Atomic Automatic

Penelope. BlisterGearReview.com

These are the wrap up videos for Session Two of SASS Global Travel’s ski and snowboard camps in Bariloche, Argentina. Despite a tough snow year, it looks like these guys managed to find some good riding and get some quality footage. Plenty of classic Catedral cliff lines in both of these videos. Nice work, SGT!

This is the highlight video for the Red Bull Beyond The Line free ski competition. This event went down at Catedral, Bariloche in the end of August. The venue combined cliffs, steeps, and natural airs with man made jumps. It was a show case for Argentinian free ride talent, with locals taking the top 3:

1. Tomas Blanc

2. Facundo Aguirre

3. Santiago Guzman

The winner will go on to compete in the Red Bull Linecatcher in France this winter.

This trip report, written by Zach Paley for his blog, describes a trip to ski Adrenalina on Cerro Yeseras a couple weeks ago. This same excursion was captured in video … Read More

This is Las Leñas in the spring at it’s finest.

First, some big, easy access couloirs in perfect corn.

Next, the annual fashion show. Of course, we use the term “Fashion Show” loosely here. Fashion implies that items of clothing are being modeled, when in reality the models are wearing as little clothing as possible. But hey, “Fashion Show” sounds less creepy than “A Ski Resort Full of Guys Leering at Girls Strutting Around in Little To No Clothing.”

Hooray for Argentina.

Zach Paley has some pretty nice shots from Las Leñas these past few weeks. They really capture how unique the terrain is down here. This is a quick sampling – … Read More