Snowboarding in the Andes

Looking quite steep up there

Sea of clouds - 'mar de nubes'

Always wanted to go snowboarding in the trees...

Nothing like the view from the top!

Nerves before the big ride down

These are photos from the two days snowboarding I had during July holidays. The skifield is called Cerro Bayo and located just outside the cosy village of Villa la Angostura, near the border with Chile in the south of Argentina (just beyond the mountains in the view from the top pic is Chile) . The snow and weather were perfect, as is evident from the images. What is not so obvious is the state of the chairlifts. Two days later they fell injuring over 50 (otherwise happy) skiers and snowboarders. Discounting all of that it was a great experience and worth every centavo of the 200 pesos per day it cost me (just over NZ$100 in real currency).