Snowcovered Volcan Villarica dominates the winter skyline of Pucón and beckons the people to come play on its slopes. As residents, we qualified to buy the discounted season's passes for the little resort and could ski as often as we cared to.
On Thursdays, Henry always joined his classmates for a day of exercise on the slopes at
Centro de Ski Pucón instead of going to gym class at school.
We made the drive along with Chilean tourists in their rented ski clothes.
Some of Henry's classmates ski, but most are snowboarders.
From the parking lot, Andarivel No. 1 lifted us up to the ski slopes that skirt the volcano above the snow line.
Sometimes friends from Pucón would join us. This is Deanna Sverdlov with Susan.
Here we are posing on the deck of the day lodge.
Henry riding Andarivel No. 3 overlooking Lake Villarica and the town of Villarica on the left shore.
The students quickly tired of skiing the easy slopes, so they would build kickers to pump up their adrenaline levels.
Henry did the videos when he wasn't taking his turn jumping.
Susan ready for another cruising descent.
The weather is the major factor limiting the skiing here in Araucania.
Many days the volcano is shrouded in clouds. When it is too windy or there is zero visability, only the lower slopes are open.
Here is our neighbor, Anthony Riggs, an ex-New Hampshireite who teaches snowboarding and randonee at the resort.
The day lodge has a cafeteria that serves surprisingly good sandwiches and a full bar.
This day we met David Johnson, at one time a patrolman at Montana's Moonlight Basin, and now owner of
Casa Tours. David impressed us with his encyclopedic knowledge of Chile and Argentina and we collected many tips for our upcoming travels around the continent.
Some of our friends here are just learning to ski or snowboard and, for them, the area is a perfect snowy classroom.
Macarena Ayala improves her skiing skills each time she returns to the mountain.
The poma lift is perfect for beginning skiers.
Susan follows Macarena who practices her snowplow turns.
The view down the slope to our little village of Pucón at the foot of the volcano.
Across the valley in the distance we can see Volcan Llaima where there is another ski area called
Las Araucarias. We intend to travel the eighty kilometers and try the skiing there before the end of the season.
Snowcovered Volcan Villarica dominates the winter skyline of Pucón and beckons the people to come play on its slopes. As residents, we qualified to buy the discounted season's passes for the little resort and could ski as often as we cared to.
On Thursdays, Henry always joined his classmates for a day of exercise on the slopes at Centro de Ski Pucón instead of going to gym class at school.
We made the drive along with Chilean tourists in their rented ski clothes.
Some of Henry's classmates ski, but most are snowboarders.
From the parking lot, Andarivel No. 1 lifted us up to the ski slopes that skirt the volcano above the snow line.
Sometimes friends from Pucón would join us. This is Deanna Sverdlov with Susan.
Here we are posing on the deck of the day lodge.
Henry riding Andarivel No. 3 overlooking Lake Villarica and the town of Villarica on the left shore.
The students quickly tired of skiing the easy slopes, so they would build kickers to pump up their adrenaline levels. 
Henry did the videos when he wasn't taking his turn jumping.
Susan ready for another cruising descent.
The weather is the major factor limiting the skiing here in Araucania.
Many days the volcano is shrouded in clouds. When it is too windy or there is zero visability, only the lower slopes are open.
Here is our neighbor, Anthony Riggs, an ex-New Hampshireite who teaches snowboarding and randonee at the resort.
The day lodge has a cafeteria that serves surprisingly good sandwiches and a full bar.
This day we met David Johnson, at one time a patrolman at Montana's Moonlight Basin, and now owner of Casa Tours. David impressed us with his encyclopedic knowledge of Chile and Argentina and we collected many tips for our upcoming travels around the continent.
Some of our friends here are just learning to ski or snowboard and, for them, the area is a perfect snowy classroom.
Macarena Ayala improves her skiing skills each time she returns to the mountain.
The poma lift is perfect for beginning skiers.
Susan follows Macarena who practices her snowplow turns.
The view down the slope to our little village of Pucón at the foot of the volcano.
Across the valley in the distance we can see Volcan Llaima where there is another ski area called Las Araucarias. We intend to travel the eighty kilometers and try the skiing there before the end of the season.
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We apparently have skiing on Mt. Hood and I'm actually thinking about going. It's only been 27 years....
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