Comments on: Planning on Going to South America Next Summer?

By: josh

josh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:11:58 +0000

Thanks for the info!

By: Zaskoda

Zaskoda — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:37:52 +0000

I hit Chile last summer. We stayed in Pucon and rode Villarrica, an active volcano.

The snow conditions aren’t the best. There are no trees (shaved off by lava flow) and lots of surrounding lakes that tend to reflect a lot of sun. This means the surface melts near the end of each day and re-freezes over night. It’s almost always custy unless it recently dumped

However, the terrain is amazing. There are huge features carved by lava flow that are fun to play in. Some parts feel like giant half pipes.

By: josh

josh — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:17:00 +0000

That would be nice as I will likely not be able to talk that many friends into forking over the cash needed for this type of trip. If I do go, I’ll definintely post about here!

By: VancityAllie

VancityAllie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:48:31 +0000

Some of my friends have been talking about heading to Argentina next summer for a trip. Maybe I’ll see you up there

By: josh

josh — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:46:03 +0000

Thanks, dc! I’ll check it out now.

By: dc

dc — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:38:03 +0000

Go in late August if you can, there’s an annual storm that dumps on Argentina / Chile called the Santa Rosa (if I remember correctly). Best bet is Bariloche.

Here are two long blog posts about my experience riding there:

http://blog.dcdomain.org/2007/09/south-america-week-3-bariloche.php

http://blog.dcdomain.org/2007/09/south-america-week-4-bariloche-and.php