Quick Facts

Season: June 19 to September 26, 2010

(June 19 conditions permiting, tentative)

Ski Week: Saturday to Saturday

Elevation: Top: 3,340 m (11,253 ft)

Bottom: 2,240 m (7,349 ft)

Vertical Drop: 1,110 m (3,904 ft)           

Annual Snowfall: 250 Inches/ 635 Cms

Lifts: 12

Runs: 35 Marked Runs

Hours of Operation: 9:00-5:00

Terrain: 30% Beginner, 25% Intermediate, 20% Black, 25% Double Black

Currency: Argentinean Peso $1 USD = $3.15 Argentinean Pesos

Electricity: 220V, 50Hz

Language Spoken: Castellano (Spanish), little English Spoken

Terrain Park: Yes, rails and small table tops

Half Pipe: No

Time: Atlantic 1 Hour ahead of New York

Tourist Visa: Most foreigners do not require a visa to visit Argentina. Please check with your embassy. 

Drinking Age: 16

Argentinean Beer: Quilmes, Andes, Isenbeck

Price of Beer: $0.80 USD 0.5 Litre bottle in store, $2.00 USD can in abar

Grocery Store: Yes, located next to Esparta and across from Tebas apartments,(Supermercado)

You Can’t go in to the Grocery store (Supermercado) with ski boots on!

Recommended Books: Lonely Planet Latin American Spanish Phrase Book

Pharmacy: Yes, located at the base of the Pyramid building

Movie Theater: Yes, located in the Aries Hotel

Snowboard Leash: Required to ride the lifts, it is seriously enforced, will not let you up.

Cat Tracks: Bring them to protect your ski boots as most paths are all gravel around the apartments.

Power Bars: Bring a bunch as they do not sell them.

Skis: If you want to ski some of the steep out of bounds terrain we recommend bringing your fat skis.  Las Lenas has some fat skis like Crossmax and the old X-Scream and Rossi Triple X from 2000 but not many.