South American Ski Experts in Chile and Argentina
Your dates. Your group. Our people
Tell us who's coming and what you want out of the week. We build the plan, book the pieces, and put you with the drivers, guides and hosts we use ourselves. You show up and ride.
Start with a free callWhat we handle
We plan and book
- Airport transfers and a private driver
- Lodging at the tier you want, from a shared house to the best room in town
- Licensed guides for resort and backcountry days
- Cat-ski and heli-ski days with operators we know
- Lift ticket advice, including the days a pass you already hold covers
- Dinners, asados and the nights out
You book
- Flights. We'll tell you the routing and the board-bag rules
- Travel insurance, which is required
A Chile custom week, three ways
Per person, seven nights. Indicative until we quote your trip.
Ride the Tres Valles
from ~$3,000
Shared house or a three-star in Santiago or Farellones, a private driver up and down, two guide days, and lift days at Valle Nevado, La Parva and El Colorado.
Cat day + Portillo
from ~$5,000
Boutique hotel, three guide days, a cat-ski day at Ski Arpa, and a day at Portillo.
Heli week
from ~$8,000
Portillo or a top Santiago hotel, a private guide all week, one heli day, and the dinners booked.
Every trip is quoted. The season runs late June to mid September, and the best weeks are mid July to late August.
Argentina
Bariloche is home, and the rest of the country is a short hop from it. Three weeks we build often, and none of them is a fixed package — ask us and we will tell you honestly what fits.
Bariloche · Cerro Catedral
Resort week
The biggest ski area in South America, and the town we know best. Lift days at Catedral, a driver up and down the hill, a guide for the days worth guiding, and the asado and the nights out after.
Bariloche backcountry · Refugio Frey
Guided touring
A hut trip into the granite spires above town, with certified mountain guides and the avalanche gear included. Built around fitness and conditions rather than a fixed itinerary, with resort days either side.
Las Leñas
Steep terrain
The steepest lift-served terrain in the Andes, when the Marte chair is turning. A week timed around the weather, with guides who know the traverses and a plan B if it stays shut.
How it's priced
A planning fee, quoted for your trip. It covers the plan, the bookings, one revision and a pre-trip call. It's non-refundable once the plan goes out.
You pay the hotel, the guides and the operators for the trip itself, at their own price. We tell you what each one costs before you commit to it.
Flights are yours. We'll tell you exactly what to book.
Somewhere we have not named?
Europe, Canada, anywhere else: we'll point you to someone we trust, or tell you honestly if we can help. Send it anyway.
Request a call
The more you tell us, the more useful the first reply is.
Questions
Do you host custom trips?
No. We plan and book them, and we are a message away while you're there. If a hosted week fits your dates, we'll say so and point you at it.
Can we mix a custom trip with one of your lodges?
Yes, and people do. A few days on your own terms either side of a Pop-Up Lodge week is a good shape for a trip.
Do I need an Ikon Pass?
No, but it pays for itself fast in Chile. It carries free days at Valle Nevado, and we'll build the week around what your pass already covers.
Is travel insurance required?
Yes. Rescue in the Andes is not free, and no guide or operator will take you out without it.
What about avalanche gear for backcountry days?
Your guide provides it or arranges the rental. We'll tell you what's included before you book, and what's worth bringing.