Chile Ski: Reid & Team Ski Some New Terrain on Villarrica
With a gnarly low pressure system poised to strike our intended high camp on Lanin, in my experience the windiest mountain in the world, we decided a more prudent plan would be to focus our efforts on skiing some new terrain on Villarrica. This meant foregoing our two day attempt on Lanin (with the forecast, our odds of summiting were minuscule) so with a team consensus we decided to spend an evening camped on Villarrica instead.
Today we traversed around the mountain to the east and found a very long run down snaky lava tubes full of corn snow. We skied three runs today totaling 5800 vertical feet, and now we're about to have dinner at our Villarrica camp. Another fun day in Chile - hoping the weather is merciful tomorrow.
RMI Guide Tyler Reid & the Chile Ski Team
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