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One of the secret skiing spots of the driest desert on earth (Northern Atacama Desert) - Cerro Toco northeast side. Far away to the left one can see the snow fiels of Llullaillaco.
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[ Post a Comment ]| climbxclimb | Very nice! | | 
Voted 10/10 | It looks like you are on the moon! | | Posted Jun 28, 2006 9:48 pm |
| Ski Mountaineer | Re: Very nice! | | 
Hasn't voted | Thanks!
I skied in many weird places, but this was among the more exotic ones for me!
Cheers,
T.A.
| | Posted Jun 28, 2006 9:53 pm |
| tphubbard | Bizzare | | 
Voted 10/10 | Was it icy? How long was the run? | | Posted Sep 3, 2006 11:47 am |
 | | Ski Mountaineer | Re: Bizzare | |
Hasn't voted | Hi!
It was that typical hard pressed dry snow found in the Atacama and Dry Andes. The run itself is short, perhaps 200m vertical. But for the fun of it is OK. I descended with bike first, then hiked up again to ski down - to get something out of the day (:
It was a very dry year, and the only option in the area (except for a 300 m couloir near El Tatio). Quite a few peaks up there are skiable in snowy years (El Nino).
Cheers!
Peter | | Posted Sep 4, 2006 2:27 pm |
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