Now, as folks flee to the coast and mountains seeking respite from the relentless Southern Hemisphere summer, some have bumped into another meteorological oddity: snow in the Andean resorts during ...

Chile’s family-run Hotel Portillo attracts novice skiers and Olympians alike. Its fascinating history includes an impulse ...

Further up in the mountains near the Argentine border and some 160 kilometers from Santiago lies Portillo, one of the oldest and perhaps best-known of the Andes resorts, with some world-class skiing.

Why? Because while my neighbors were either mowing lawns or chilling by the A/C, my mind was about 5,000 miles south, in the Chilean Andes, where it was the middle of winter.

In this Oct. 30 file photo, snow is piled at the base of a ski slope at Seven Springs Resort in Champion, Pa. Several ski resorts have opened or will do so this week in New England. AP File ...

EAGLE COUNTY ” Bryan Daino spent his mornings learning math on his laptop, and his afternoons snowboarding the Andes mountains. Daino, a Battle Mountain High School junior, was one of several Vail Ski ...

Tag: Andes Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 17:00 UTC “Society of the Snow”, a film based on the epic tragedy of the Andes, wins Oscar nominations ...

Ski resorts across the country have been struggling from warm temperatures and little snow. But recent storms are providing much-needed relief, bringing fresh powder to mountains and joy to skiers.