Unlike other summer ski and snowboard programs in North America, All Star's South America Snow Session gives clients access to mid-winter conditions with regular powder dumps, and guiding at South America’s largest single resort – Cerro Catedral Alta Patagonia. Cerro Catedral can be compared to Lake Tahoe or Mammoth Mountain, in terms of terrain, weather, snow quality and snow quantity, although the experience is almost more akin to Silverton Mountain – lots and lots of seldom-ridden off-piste terrain that feels more like lift-accessed backcountry than resort riding.  Dollar for dollar, All Star's Argentina camp is the best summer snow experience on the market. Why settle for anything but the best? Guiding all day, every day from the top pros and guides in the world including Michelle Parker, Chris Coulter, Natalie Gough and James Heim.  All-Star will provide you with the most unique ski and snowboard travel experience of your life in Argentina by using pro skiers, snowboarders, and guides to educate you in backcountry riding, get you shredding some of the wildest terrain you’ve ever ridden, and do it in a safe progression that allows you to reach a new level in your skiing or snowboarding career.

San Carlos de Bariloche, set at the edge of the Andes and surrounded by countless lakes and jagged peaks, is the perfect stage for expeditions and missions of every kind – want to land that backflip you’ve always dreamed about?  No problem – the coaches will take you out and build a backcountry booter into a soft powder landing.  Want to ride trees?  Cerro Catedral has some of the best tree skiing in the world.  Want to see how steep you can take it?  Bariloche is chock-full of chutes, cliffs, bowls, couloirs, and pillow lines that will test riders at every level.  Want to roll like Jeremy Jones? Pack your splitboard or touring skis and we’ll take you out for a multi-day backcountry mission to the Frey Hut.  The All-Star Argentina experience is as close to true skiing or snowboarding as you will get – untamed, unlimited, and untapped.

Mountain Info:

• 1,500 acres in-bounds, 3,000+ acres including sidecountry terrain
• 33 chairlifts
• 3 peaks
• 3,500 foot vertical drop
• Summit tops out at 7,800 feet

All our coaches and guides have at minimum achieved their Level 1 AIARE avalanche safety certification, and all our guides have Level 2 or 3 certifications and have attended guiding school and are certified in wilderness first aid, along with several of our coaches.

Bariloche is a very safe city and is very comfortable for tourists to travel in.  The “bad” parts of Bariloche should be avoided as they should be in any city, but we are far away from the downtown area anyway.  The resort area where All-Star operates is very safe and crime-free.  However, all clients should be responsible for their gear and equipment, lock their doors when they leave to ride for the day, and not leave things like snowboard bags, laptops, and bright, expensive snowboard jackets unattended as these attract attention and pick-pocketing does exist.  As long as you’re smart about your stuff, you’ll be fine.  It is highly recommended that clients buy travel insurance before they come down, both for things like theft and also for flight and baggage delays and other reasons.

• It is Winter in Argentina during the North American Summer
• Daylight is from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. during camp
• The Andes mountain range is the highest mountain range outside Asia
• Full Service International Airport
• Modern Medical Facilities in town
• 150 Kinds of Chocolates

Cerro Catedral is the largest resort in South America – about the size of Mammoth Mountain, California, which the skiing and riding is most similar to, with a wetter, coastal snowpack that sets up very quickly and hangs onto all kinds of faces and rock outcroppings, making for perfect cliff take-offs. With a 3,500 foot vertical rise, the snow gets deeper and lighter as you get higher on the mountain. With over 33 chairlifts including a gondola and a high-speed six-pack, the lift system is fully modern. However, with grooming mostly limited to a bunch of cat tracks circling the mountain, the off-piste experience is closer to that of Silverton Mountain – lots and lots and lots of untracked woods, chutes, and bowls that are barely skied outside of our groups. The skiing is raw and is closer to lift-accessed backcountry than the traditional North American resort experience. We ride everyday using proper backcountry travel protocols and guides, and every client rides with a beacon, shovel, and avalanche probe everyday.