It happens every summer. The warm months get downright hot, and all the snow melts in the Wasatch, leaving brown cliffs and scree fields instead of snow. Nothing quite makes me lament the disappearance of ski season as much as the fact that I haven’t skied in months, and the knowledge that the next time I will ski is months away. What’s a guy like me to do? The best option if you want to ski in the summer is to fly to the Southern Hemisphere. If you’ve got the motivation, you can explore the remote mountains of Patagonia. Of course you might want to hire a guide service, so why not buy local with Utah-based Patagonia Ski Tours and Jans Sports? They’re friends of UtahOutside.com, and they have a Argentine ski tour package called the Jans Guided Patagonia 5 Star Ski Tour. The package is new this year, and sounds like a damn cushy trip filled with epic skiing, luxury accommodations, and expert guiding around the mountains of Argentina.
According to Justin Lozier, head guide of Patagonia Ski Tours, the trip with Park City-based Jans takes place over nine days and hits keys locales where guests can see Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Esquel, and El Bolson. As for the skiing, everyone will get to ski Cerro Catedral, La Hoya, and snow cat ski at Cerro Perito Moreno. The tour includes 5 star lodging in Argentina, ground transfers and domestic airfare in Argentina, service of a Patagonia Ski Tours Local Agent for the entire trip (in addition to the services of their qualified professional ski guides) all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), all lift tickets and snow cat skiing, and their assurance that you’ll have the experience of a lifetime.
If you don’t belong to the tax bracket that can afford such luxury 5 star hotels with their ski vacation, Patagonia Ski Tours has got you covered too. They say they, “know the towns, the locals, the best places to eat and most importantly, the best places to ski.” Their guides, Lozier and Snowbird ski patroller Sean Zimmerman-Wall, are passionate about what they do and speak English and Spanish fluently. All skill levels of skiers & snowboarders are welcome, including families. The tours ski both in-bounds trails and out-of-bounds terrain in and around the finest resorts in Patagonia. They also offer guided backcountry hut skiing and hut-to-hut ski touring adventures, volcano ski tours, wine tours, and city tours of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires.
So if you’re thinking about skiing Argentina, don’t go it alone. Patagonia Ski Tours offers guests an insider’s cultural experience through their partnerships in the region and participation in the local community. They are well versed in the language and local customs and find that most people that attempt self guide end up spending a lot more time and money than they would otherwise.
Basically if you’re a hardcore skier, and just can’t control the urge to break out your powder boards and make some turns, then save up your dinero, book a flight to Argentina, and make your reservations for the Jans Patagonia Ski Tours 5 Star Adventure Ski Trip. For more information, visit the tour page at Jans.com. You can also book reservations at PatagoniaSkiTours.com