Patagonia 8-day off piste snowboarding trip

First, a 30 minutes transfer from the airport in Bariloche brings you to a nice Hosteria in Bariloche city center.

Then, you will meet me and check the gear needed for the trip. A dinner in a local beer brewery awaits you.

You’ll spend the night at Hosteria Las Marianas.

We experience the southern snow for the first time today!

First, a half hour drive brings us to Challhuaco valley where we will enjoy the view over the lakes and Bariloche city.

This is an easy snowboard tour to begin with, in Bariloche’s backcountry.

Here we will do some avalanche safety training to make sure that we are ready for this trip.

Overnight at Hosteria las Marianas.

We leave Bariloche and travel by car along the Nahuel Huapi Lake.

Then, passing the small Villa la Angostura we will reach the Samore-pass next to Puyehue volcano.

This pass offers some great snowboarding as it’s one of the places with most snowfall.

After the riding we cross the boarder to Chile and drive up to a small ski area named Antillanca.

Finally, we will spend the night in a wooden lodge.

Overnight at Antillanca hotel.

We will reach the top of our first volcano today, the Casablanca, which means ‘white house’.

Then, while riding we will we be able to see the magic volcano Osorno.

Finally, the Teski mountain lodge will be waiting for us with a delicious dinner and rest.

On our third day we will snowboard in the glaciated volcano Osorno. Amazing views of Puerto Montt and the pacific ocean.

Finally, we will drive down to the city of Osorno. Chilean seafood for dinner, and overnight in Hotel Lago del sur.

We deserve a relaxing bath in natural hot spring today!

These thermal pools are located in a privileged place called ‘Cajón negro’. This path was completely inaccessible before, up in a hill in the middle of native forest inside the Villarica National Park. It has 17 pools with temperatures ranging between 8 to 42C.

They are accessible by a beautiful 450 meters wooden walkway.

Then, we’ll have a nice ride towards Chile’s outdoor paradise, Pucon.

Overnight at Hotel Malalhue.

The highlight of the tour!

We leave Pucon behind us and drive into the Villarica National Park.

After 15 minutes we will reach the base of the small Pucon ski area. We will climb the 2,840 m high volcano Villarica today.

Great downhill runs.

Today we drive back to  Bariloche, where we started our journey.

On our way we pass through the wonderful Lanin-National park. A typical Patagonian ‘asado’ (barbecue) will be waiting for us.

Then, we will spend the night at Hostería Las Marianas in Bariloche.